Top Training Priorities for 2003

To conduct the first annual training priorities survey, Brandon-hall.com e-mailed survey invitations to 5,424 senior training professionals (defined as one of the three most senior training professionals in the organization, division, business unit or function). We received 222 valid responses, for a usable response rate of about 4 percent.

Respondents were asked to name and describe up to three of their top training priorities for 2003 in open-ended essay format, for a total of 560 priorities. We then reviewed the provided name of the priority (not everyone offered one). If it was too specific, or too proprietary to a single organization, we converted it to a more general term. If no name was provided, we read the priority description and created a name for it that best reflected the type of priority that was involved.

The top training priorities for 2003 listed by respondents were:



28%: Softskills training