The size of your organization plays a crucial role in designing an effective L&D program. Whether 50 employees or 10,000 employees, understanding your company’s size assists us to tailor the program to meet your specific needs.

To achieve maximum impact, it’s important to focus on specific populations within your organization. Identifying the population you want to focus on and which are in most need for focused development. The next question will enable you to dive deeper into a specific function.

While some programs include various functions, some programs (mainly when the desired outcome is driving performance) focus on one function. The most popular function specific programs at Growthspace are Engineering (usually driving throughput and velocity) and Sales (usually focused on conversions and pipeline generation). In addition, the selection narrows down the potential skills to work on in the program.

The most important part of building an L&D program is achieving measurable KPIs for the selected cohort. In the program description it will be explained how to measure and prove that your program has an impact on your organization.

While the recommended format is usually derived by the population and the outcome, you know what your cohort needs. For driving individual performance, a 1:1 program is recommended, whole cohort-based programs are better suited for team building and best practice exchange.