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Proving the Value of Soft Skills: Measuring Impact and Calculating ROI
A Step-by-Step Guide to Showing the Value of Soft Skill Programs
As organizations rise to meet the challenges of technological innovation, globalization, changing customer needs and perspectives, demographic shifts, and new work arrangements, their mastery of soft skills will likely be the defining difference between thriving and merely surviving. Yet few executives champion the expenditure of resources to develop these critical skills. Why is that and what can be done to change this thinking?
For years, managers convinced executives that soft skills could not be measured and that the value of these programs should be taken on faith. Executives no longer buy that argument but demand the same financial impact and accountability from these functions as they do from all other areas of the organization.
In Proving the Value of Soft Skills, measurement and evaluation experts Patti Phillips, Jack Phillips, and Rebecca Ray contend that efforts can and should be made to demonstrate the effect of soft skills. They also claim that a proven methodology exists to help practitioners articulate those effects so that stakeholders’ hearts and minds are shifted toward securing support for future efforts.
This book reveals how to use the ROI Methodology to clearly show the impact and ROI of soft skills programs. The authors guide readers through an easy-to-apply process that
business alignment design evaluation data collection isolation of the program effects cost capture ROI calculations results communication.
Use this book to align your programs with organizational strategy, justify or enhance budgets, and build productive business partnerships. Included are job aids, sample plans, and detailed case studies.
As organizations rise to meet the challenges of technological innovation, globalization, changing customer needs and perspectives, demographic shifts, and new work arrangements, their mastery of soft skills will likely be the defining difference between thriving and merely surviving. Yet few executives champion the expenditure of resources to develop these critical skills. Why is that and what can be done to change this thinking?
For years, managers convinced executives that soft skills could not be measured and that the value of these programs should be taken on faith. Executives no longer buy that argument but demand the same financial impact and accountability from these functions as they do from all other areas of the organization.
In Proving the Value of Soft Skills, measurement and evaluation experts Patti Phillips, Jack Phillips, and Rebecca Ray contend that efforts can and should be made to demonstrate the effect of soft skills. They also claim that a proven methodology exists to help practitioners articulate those effects so that stakeholders’ hearts and minds are shifted toward securing support for future efforts.
This book reveals how to use the ROI Methodology to clearly show the impact and ROI of soft skills programs. The authors guide readers through an easy-to-apply process that
business alignment design evaluation data collection isolation of the program effects cost capture ROI calculations results communication.
Use this book to align your programs with organizational strategy, justify or enhance budgets, and build productive business partnerships. Included are job aids, sample plans, and detailed case studies.
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Published August 4, 2020
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February 3, 2024
A must-read for L&D directors! To climb the ladder and protect your L&D team, it's important for leaders to understand the need to prove the value of learning in the organization. Something that is not often considered is to see if your Mindful listening, Empathy or integrity in the workplace training programs are working.
This book teaches you how to work with the HRBP's and Stakeholders to demonstrate in your evaluations (often Kirkpatrick, Addie, ROI...) the program's impact. What to do if the results are poor, and how to enhance your evaluation reports. The second part of the book contains several evaluation examples to work as guidance.
This book teaches you how to work with the HRBP's and Stakeholders to demonstrate in your evaluations (often Kirkpatrick, Addie, ROI...) the program's impact. What to do if the results are poor, and how to enhance your evaluation reports. The second part of the book contains several evaluation examples to work as guidance.
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