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Step #2: Conduct a Needs Assessment

ITT Toolkit Tips for Success Conduct a Needs Assessment

A key initial step to developing an Increasing the Talent action plan is to gain a good understanding of the recruitment and retention strengths and challenges facing your company. This will help you and your working group determine what areas need attention and capitalize on areas that are already working well.

Tools

Needs Assessment Working Group Session (PDF): Follow these suggestions for facilitating a needs assessment session with your working group.
Needs Assessment Documentation (PDF): Use this template to document your needs assessment and priorities so you can revisit them if necessary.

Resources

Increasing the Talent "Assess" Tools: Complete set of assessment tools from the Implementation Tools section of this website.
Top Ten Tips for Skilled Facilitation (PDF): List of 10 best (and worst) facilitation behaviours.