The convergence of learning and performance management creates an opportunity to diagnose and prescribe ways to better develop critical talent. By integrating learning and performance, organizations can more easily identify workforce trends in a more predictive manner, target organizational capability gaps, and enhance connections to build alignment with the business needs.

Whether the integration of learning and performance is driven by the organization’s learning group or HR, both groups need to know how to take advantage of this convergence. This whitepaper describes five ways that performance management can improve training initiatives:

• Producing development plans that work
• Improving leadership development programs
• Making learning opportunities more visible
• Aligning the training department to organizational needs
• Making learning and human resources more strategic