In today's tough business climate, you need a strategic approach to training to achieve the level of cost-effectiveness and service delivery necessary for success.

'Practical Training Strategies for the Future' offers advice, guidance and practical tips to help you accomplish this. It provides a step-by-step approach to developing a training strategy. Developed with the busy manager or training professional in mind, it has an easy-to-use format featuring diagrams, summaries and checklists.

Contents include:

• Introducing a strategic approach to training
• Training links to HR strategy
• Tailoring training to the needs of the business
• Promoting individual learning and development
• Working with technology
• Skills for the strategic training function