Tools
1. Training Department Audit Tool
Do you know how much your training
programs cost? Would you like to know exactly how many hours
your staff spend in training each year? Do you suspect that
one department or office receives more training than another?
Point of Action’s Training
Department Audit Tool [pdf] can help guide your training
data collection process so that you can capture all of the information
necessary to run an efficient training department.
2. Online Training Survey
Tools 
Visit Beeliner.com,
Point of Action's preferred online survey provider. Beeliner
online survey software lets you conduct in-depth, professional
surveys from the web or in an e-mail message. Want to
know what types of training your employees need? Want
to know if your recent training program had an impact on job
performance and productivity? Visit www.beeliner.com
to create your own survey or use one of Point of Action's training
survey templates.
3 . Step-by-Step Plan for Improving Your Internal Training Processes
Perhaps your company is growing in size and expanding into new regions and industries. Maybe your firm is finding it increasingly difficult to manage its training function through the human resources manager or office administrator. With more staff at various professional levels working in different offices and distinct industry groups, it may be a greater challenge for you to identify gaps in staff competencies and construct training programs to close those gaps.
Growing organizations that recognize
this critical development phase as a valuable opportunity to
align their training processes with their firm-wide strategic
goals discover that their training function can be integral
to enhancing employee productivity, firm profitability and client
service. The Point of Action Training
Process Improvement Plan (pdf) offers a step-by-step method
for improving your internal training processes. By investing
some time and effort to follow these steps in your organization,
you will recognize your training function as a strategic partner
in your company’s growth rather than a hindering expense.
4 . Competency Benchmarks for Accountants
If you are looking to align your training programs with staff development competencies to ensure that your professionals have the knowledge they need to be productive and profitable, take a look at Point of Action’s Competency Benchmarks for Accountants tool [pdf]. Published by the AICPA’s Journal of Accountancy as a model benchmark system, these competencies will help to streamline your training and staff development processes.
If you would like
guidance on creating competency benchmarks unique to your organization,
please contact Point of Action anytime.
