
What are you teaching?
Begin by pinning down what SHOULD be taught and learned (not what COULD be taught and learned).
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SAGE Learner Needs Assessments have expert design and technical rigor.
SAGE I Learner Needs Assessment

​Document review
Policies, procedures, job descriptions, training materials/records, file management, performance documents
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Uncover your organizational vision for workplace learning.
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Expose gaps and set priorities for a corporate learning plan.
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Get a professional opinion on the quality of your learning assets, such as training content and tracking.
SAGE II Learner Needs Assessment

Interview and surveying
Direct and indirect engagement to surface opinions, ideas, and instincts of the teachers and learners in the organization.
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Avoid wasted workplace learning that nobody asked for:
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Understand what your people like, what they want, and what they need from you for their professional development.
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Harmonize senior and junior perspectives:
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Incorporate the views of learners and their managers to balance the realities of the job with the organization's ideals.
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Qualitative and quantitative measurement of your teaching and learning culture:
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Allow professional surveying and interviewing techniques to paint a holistic picture of your approach to workplace learning.
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SAGE III Learner Needs Analysis

Observations & visits
Sit-ins, ride-alongs, site visits and direct observations
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Harmonize theory and practice:
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Eliminate blind spots between what happens on paper, in training, and on-the-job.
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Identify your learning culture:
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Reveals what happens at the individual, team, and whole-of-organization levels. This gives you the power to renovate the learning culture.
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Uncover the highest-value learning opportunities for your people:
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Pinpoint topics, modules, and delivery approaches that will advance your organizational goals.
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Get clarity to move forward confidently in content creation, training rollouts, and tracking outcomes.
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