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Learning & Development Strategy

A practical professional development programme focused on learning & development strategy, designed to strengthen people capability and organisational performance.

Type
Professional
Level
Advanced
Duration
5 days
Delivery
In person, Live online, In-house
Languages
English, Arabic

Learning & Development Strategy develops the capability to design learning priorities that are directly connected to organisational strategy, workforce requirements and future capability needs.

The programme moves beyond isolated training activities and focuses on building a coherent learning and development system that identifies strategic capability gaps, prioritises interventions, selects appropriate learning approaches and measures organisational value.

Participants learn how to create an L&D strategy that supports performance, leadership development, workforce adaptability and long-term organisational capability.

Objectives

  • Understand the strategic role of learning and development.

  • Align learning priorities with organisational and workforce requirements.

  • Identify strategic capability gaps and development priorities.

  • Design integrated learning portfolios and delivery approaches.

  • Measure the contribution of learning to organisational performance.

Learning outcomes

  • Translate organisational priorities into learning and capability requirements.

  • Assess strategic learning needs across different workforce groups.

  • Develop a structured L&D strategy and implementation roadmap.

  • Select appropriate learning approaches for different capability needs.

  • Define measures for evaluating learning effectiveness and organisational value.

Who it is for

  • Learning and development managers.

  • HR and talent-management professionals.

  • Organisational development specialists.

  • HR business partners.

  • Managers responsible for workforce capability development.

Programme modules

1. Strategic Learning and Development
  • Role of L&D in organisational strategy

  • Learning versus capability development

  • Future workforce requirements

  • Strategic alignment

2. Capability and Learning Needs
  • Organisational capability gaps

  • Role and workforce requirements

  • Strategic learning priorities

  • Learning-needs evidence

3. Designing the L&D Strategy
  • Strategic learning objectives

  • Learning portfolios

  • Prioritisation

  • Governance and ownership

4. Learning Architecture and Delivery
  • Classroom and digital learning

  • Experiential learning

  • Coaching and mentoring

  • Blended learning strategies

5. Implementation and Engagement
  • L&D implementation roadmaps

  • Manager involvement

  • Learner engagement

  • Learning culture

6. Measuring Learning Value
  • Learning metrics

  • Transfer to the workplace

  • Performance impact

  • Continuous L&D improvement

Methodology

The programme combines strategic L&D frameworks, capability-analysis exercises, practical planning tools and organisational scenarios. Participants progressively build elements of a learning and development strategy that can be adapted to their organisation.

Assessment

Assessment includes capability-analysis exercises and a final applied assignment requiring participants to develop an L&D strategy with priorities, implementation actions and measures of success.

Certificate

Certificate of Completion

For your organisation

This programme can be delivered for a single organisation, team or institution, and adapted to your context, participants and objectives.

Organisational delivery is scoped and priced individually, and is not booked from this page.

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Upcoming sessions

No dates are scheduled at present.

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