About PARTNER
PARTNER is an approach that can be used to develop training and development programs in almost any type of organization.
I have been thinking about a way to communicate the steps necessary in creating effective training programs to individuals that have been tasked with doing just that for their organization. Larger companies typically have the resources necessary to invest in hiring a training team with the depth and experience necessary to reach the intended outcome of any training interventions that might be required. Smaller organizations typically assign the task to an individual who may or may not have the necessary skill set necessary to jump right in. Often this task falls to a subject matter expert of one ilk or another, based on what the decision maker feels is required. Sometimes the task falls to the new HR generalist that was hired because he or she took a course in administering a training and development program. Having had this training project thrust upon them, the questions begin: What do I do? Where can I get some help? Do I go by gut feel? Can I just wing it? What if it doesn’t work? And on the questions go.
My purpose with this blog is to bring my thoughts to the blogosphere, allow folks to comment, correct, or simply read and nod. If all goes as planned, I will be able to pull all of this together and publish it as a volume that can be referred to and used as a guide for those who find themselves looking for a template to use when building their training and development programs.
About Jeff and The May Development Group
Jeff May is president of The May Development Group Inc. Most recently he has been working with Canada’s largest corporate training organization in the role of Director of Learning Services. Jeff also teaches management development and organizational behaviour courses at Seneca College of Applied Arts and Technology located in Toronto, Ontario, and at Canadore College of Applied Arts and Technology located in North Bay, Ontario.
He earned a Master of Education degree from Nipissing University in North Bay, Ontario, and an honours B.A. in economics from Laurentian University in Sudbury, Ontario. Jeff currently resides in Orangeville, Ontario, Canada, with his wife Maria and their two teenage children.
The May Development Group offers professional training development design, delivery, and advisory services, assisting organizations to look objectively and strategically at their business, its potential, and the challenging and complex recruitment, retention, and employee development issues they face. We help businesses to determine and then implement the best approach to address their training and development needs … one that fits their budget and yet still provides the positive return on investment that every training and development program should deliver.
Our goal is to act as a business partner with our clients, combining business experience and acumen with the practiced art of listening, in order to identify challenges, seize opportunities, and deliver solutions that will provide a positive return on investment. We have worked with a wide variety of organizations facing both adversity and opportunity. Our ability to provide keen insight and practical advice is not limited to any specific organizational structure, industry, or venue.
Whether your organization is seeking advice and assistance on employee development, succession planning, recruitment, or retention, you want to find solutions that make sense, are prudent, and can be executed in a timely manner. The May Development Group excels in delivering prudent advice and solutions. Jeff offers a wide breadth of skills ranging from situational employee needs analysis, to performance management, to curriculum design, to leadership and professional development initiatives.
