Trainings needs.
This report consists short description of the brightest human states, which you can develop or motivate employee to selfdevelop them.
PRIVATE & CONFIDENTIAL
TRAINING NEEDS ANALYSIS OF MR THOMAS
Mr Thomas is by nature determined and assertive; but will find difficulty, either persuading or influencing others, since he is not a natural people-person. However using his strengths, he will see a task - which involves others -through to completion in a thorough and determined manner: providing the objectives have been clearly stated and determined beforehand.
Mr Thomas needs security and prefers the status quo. He will therefore await directions or orders rather than instigate an action.
Mr Thomas's limitations indicate that he is stubbornly independent and will resist new ideas and activities if he does not agree with them: this could affect achievements and relationships. There may also be a tendency for Mr Thomas to do things himself rather than to delegate to others.
We recommend the following training if it has not already been given.
ACHIEVING EFFECTIVE RESULTS
Mr Thomas needs to acquire the ability to:
be disciplined
set objectives
organise self and others
plan a programme of achievement
create a climate of excellence
listen to and motivate others
monitor activities against a plan
take corrective action when necessary
complete tasks to a time scale and within a budget
Competent achievers are usually assertive self-starters who are confident by nature. They possess natural persuasive and influencing skills and are active, mobile, alert and independent. Although they may not be natural organisers, they know the importance of self-discipline and organisation for achieving results and objectives in a set time scale and within an agreed budget.
Poor achievers are not generally self-disciplined, positive or confident. They have a tendency to accept rather than challenge. Often they blame others for not setting targets, objectives or goals, which may contribute to lack of performance, but they fail to recognise that achievement can be self-generated. Since they are not self-motivated or self-starters, they seldom contribute in terms of new ideas or innovative approaches.
Mr Thomas's achievement levels could be improved through in-situ training from a boss-mentor. Project work would be the ideal vehicle for him to coach Mr Thomas through the following:
Goal Setting - Setting clear goals and time scales for himself.
Challenging - Questioning the status quo.
Innovating - Bringing forth new ideas.
Monitoring and controlling - Ensuring progress is made.
Communicating - Keeping in touch with those who have overall control or are part of the project.
Motivating - Inspiring all those concerned; keeping the project going.
Each project must be seen to be valuable, to be achievable and to have an end-result, so that competence can be recognised and confidence gradually increased over the training period - which could be upward of twelve months.
SELF-MOTIVATION
Mr Thomas needs to acquire the ability and confidence to:
get things started
overcome problems
keep pushing-forward even in the face of adversity.
Self-motivated people are usually positive, assertive, self-confident, determined and disciplined. They are alert, demonstrate urgency and rarely give-way even if the going-gets-tough. Such people usually respond positively to encouragement and challenge, and accept criticism.
People who are not self-motivated tend to be passive by nature, are non-demanding of self and others. They lack self-confidence and determination, and do not respond to encouragement, criticism or challenge. Such people dislike antagonistic situations: fear trouble, hassle, insecurity and conflict; and spend much time defending the status quo. They often have an extensive area of knowledge and expertise, but it is usually confined to a particular field and in order to get started they need to be given concise direction.
In order to improve self-motivation, training for Mr Thomas should ideally include:
Assertiveness training - Aimed to improve self
confidence; develop a positive mental attitude.
Self-awareness training - Accepting personal strengths; identify limitations; modifying behaviour.
Overcoming basic fears - Rejection, conflict, inter-personal aggression.
Questioning the status quo - The importance of becoming highly self-motivated; living with change, developing change-programmes; methods of ensuring continuous improvement.
After training, a mentor should be provided in order to reinforce the skills learnt, and further coach and encourage him until the motivation truly comes from "the self".
OTHER POTENTIAL TRAINING NEEDS
The items listed above are the key priorities for Mr Thomas.
Other training which would enhance performance could include:
Risk Analysis
Delegation Skills
It should be noted that all the training needs given, relate to soft competences. Vocational and/or specialist/technical job-related training is not included within this report.
