Seeking Your Thoughts: How Can I Improve My Training Feedback Form for Business Executives?

Hi all,

I am attaching the training feedback form that I have developed for my organization. I use this to give feedback to trainees once my induction training is over. (I would like to mention that my audience profile includes business development executives and managers). I have tried to incorporate SWOT analysis into this form.

I would appreciate valuable suggestions, feedback, and inputs from members.

Regards,
Neetu Singh

Thank you, Neetu, for posting the questionnaire and asking for feedback.

I am not an HR person; I used to be a manager years ago, and we never had any formal training sessions. Hence, pardon me if I ask a number of questions rather than give a pat reply saying "thanks for posting, so useful."

What sort of Induction training are you giving?

How long does this training last?

Do you give hands-on exercises (both individual and group)?

Do you give them tests at the end of the induction training to assess product knowledge?

What do you mean by SWOT Analysis?

Who analyses the Strengths and Weaknesses and Opportunities and Threats?

What is this SWOT for? Is it for the trainee or for the organization?

Do all the Skill and Competency areas have equal weight?

Why do Test 1 and Test 2 have different total points?

Have you used this to give feedback, and if so, have you asked for feedback on this from your executive trainees?

Maybe I am asking dumb questions. In which case, please ignore the posting.

Have a nice day.

Narasimhan

Hi,

Sorry for reverting late as I was on leave, so I could not access the net. Let me first tell you that it was really nice to see your queries. I will try to resolve your queries one by one.

What sort of induction training are you giving?
I take care of the entire training requirement of the Delhi NCR branch in my organization. So, induction training basically comprises introducing new joiners to our organization, a brief idea of the industry, our products, their KRAs, and a bit of selling skills as required by the target audience group.

How long does this training last?
Normally, induction training goes for 7-8 days; however, refresher training ranges from a 2-3 day session.

Do you give hands-on exercises (both individual and group)?
Yes, I try to include more practical exercises and some management games in my sessions as it makes the session more lively.

Do you give them tests at the end of the induction training to assess product knowledge?
Not exactly at the end of the session. In fact, I have designed two tests for my induction batch. The first test is conducted on Day 3, and the second test on Day 6.

What do you mean by SWOT analysis?
SWOT means strengths, weaknesses, opportunities, and threats. Through this, I try to analyze new joiners' personality and behavior in a 7-day session.

Who analyzes the strengths, weaknesses, opportunities, and threats?
What is this SWOT for? Is it for the trainee or for the organization?
As mentioned earlier, the trainer has to do SWOT analysis for new joiners, and this feedback is forwarded to senior management/HR, which is further kept in the personal file of that employee.

Do all the skill and competency areas have equal weight?
Not exactly. It differs based on the job profile of the audience.

Why do Test 1 and Test 2 have different total points?
The nature of the test is different, and the second test carries more weightage as it checks the product knowledge of the candidate.

Have you used this to give feedback, and if so, have you asked for feedback on this from your executive trainees?
I am already using the same formats for my training batches.

Maybe I am asking dumb questions. In that case, please ignore the posting. Please don't feel this way as I personally feel no question is a stupid question.

I hope I have solved your queries. In case of any further clarification, please email me.

Have a nice day.

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Thank you, Neetu, for the response. I had forgotten about this. Today is Janmashtami, and we are having some guests. Then I have to prepare for my presentations on Balanced Scorecard, Research Methodology seminars, and Author Workshops to be held in India from September till January '09, on and off.

Have a nice day.

Simhan

Hi Neetu,

I am Sneha pursuing an MBA and wanted to know how to make a questionnaire. I mean, what guidelines should be followed in order to make a questionnaire? I have been allotted a project on TNI. Could you please guide me regarding the format and what questions can be included in a questionnaire and how to evaluate it?

I shall be thankful for the help.

Regards,
Sneha

I am interested in studying the stress level of executives in any industry. I have prepared a sample questionnaire, but I don't know how to analyze the answers and create a presentation. Please help me.

Hi Neetu,

I am unable to open the form. Could you be kind enough to email it to me at pradhanupur@gmail.com? It would be immensely helpful to me since I am in the process of designing a similar feedback form.

Thanks and Regards,
Nupur

Hi,

I do have a similar query to what Mr. Narasimhan has asked. It's not very clear what your objective is. Could you please help us understand? Perhaps we can also gather some innovative ideas from your contribution.

Regards, Mitali