• Does your training support your business plan?
• Do your job environment and organizational practices reinforce training outcomes?
• Are your training processes effective and efficient? 
• Is your training effort properly staffed, organized, and managed?
• Do you have feedback systems to monitor business plans, performance problems and training results?
• Does your training address the core competencies of your business?

Ashton Training's fully-scalable instructional methodology, SMARTmethods, is based on a proven five-phase instructional design model. Ashton Training's number one objective is to align your training needs with your business goals and strategies.

Symtoms and Root Cause Audit

During this phase, Ashton Training explores the links between your organization and its people, process, and technology. We work closely with you, our client, to gain a complete understanding of your business goals and strategies, the objectives, the culture, the employees and the training initiatives. In this initial phase, Ashton Training will conduct a training needs assessment or a training audit . At this step, your desired performance will be calculated against your actual performance to help define the performance gap(s). Data will be gathered via interviews, surveys, observation, review of processes and documentation, etc.

Meeting Objectives

After completing the exploration phase, Ashton Training drafts a blueprint that encompasses your training goals while including our findings and solutions from the audit. It is during this phase that we brainstorm the program's vision, content, features, layout and design.

Align and Develop

The development phase is the most critical phase! This step lays the groundwork for the entire program. During development, Ashton Training builds, defines and customizes the program to align your specific training needs with your business goals and strategies. This is the most critical component because development supports the solutions.

Reinforce with Training and Coaching

This is the "kick-off," phase. Ashton Training delivers your solution(s) through a blended learning approach. Instructor-led, personal coaching are used to teach a Train-the-Trainer, or train your employees directly. Implementation may include a self-directed learning approach.

Tally and Measure

Ashton Training greatly values the benefit in performance metrics. In order to grasp an understanding of the effectiveness of your new program and solutions, Ashton Training evaluates and determines results in relation to the transfer of training. Establishing where the organization, team or individual stands prior to the learning does this.