Obtaining leadership buy-in is crucial for the success of your training program. When your leaders understand the value of what you’re doing as a training program manager, the entire organization feels the impact of that buy-in. When that impact occurs, you’ll be making great progress toward maximizing the results from your training efforts.
Unfortunately, obtaining leadership buy-in isn’t always easy, and knowing where you stand with leadership can be difficult to measure.
That’s why we’ve put together 5 signs that you have leadership buy-in for your training program – if you’re not seeing these signs, then you may find our free webinar on this topic very helpful!
Your Leaders Are Actively Engaged
This is the surest sign your leaders are confident your employee training will drive results. If your company leaders are growing themselves because of your training efforts, then they understand the value of what you’re doing. Developing the leadership within your company is a powerful way to further your organization.
Your Leaders Understand Your Contributions
Anyone can read a job description to you, so having leadership that knows what you do doesn’t necessarily indicate buy-in. But if your company leadership knows why you spend so much time developing training, it’s a strong indicator that they believe in your program.
As HubSpot writes, “Your Why Statement is a sentence that clearly expresses your unique contribution and impact.” When your leadership can define your unique contribution and impact, then they probably support your efforts.
You Can Prove a Return
At its core, a business exists to earn profits. Your training efforts are ultimately tied to this mission, and the ability to prove that training assists in this mission is a pretty sure sign that you’re doing alright in your leaders’ eyes.
For assistance in this area, be sure to check out some of our resources on proving the value of your training efforts.
Leadership Wants to Help
When your company leaders are making suggestions, or better yet – asking questions – about the state of your training efforts, it’s likely that they care about your success and understand how it ties into the success of the organization.
Leadership is Interested in Your Performance Metrics
If your leadership is interested in looking at your reports and seeing improvement, it’s a sign that they are eager to see how your training efforts are paying off. Repay this eagerness with detailed reports and data that tells a story.
Securing leadership buy-in can be difficult because most people simply aren’t aware that educating employees can create positive business results. As you work to develop engaged leaders, take note and celebrate times when these signs are present!