Inside ASI-AP

Julie just distributed via email the six month results of our SMART STEP internal training for 2007. We made some changes to the training program for this year that can be summarised by this saying: "planning to execute, and then executing to plan".

In 2006, the SMART STEP program was about each team member achieving 60 points of internal training. Since 1 point = 1 hour of approved training, this meant 60 hours of training a year per ASI'er. New team members needed slightly more at 75 hours to ensure extra training time was allocated for induction training.

In 2007, we became more focused. Just doing 60 hours of any old training was not going to be good enough. Instead, you have to do at least 60 hours of training, and the actual training you do has to be as agreed with your manager and documented on your SMART STEP Training Plan. This plan outlines the classes and training you will do, quarter by quarter. The training should reflect closing gaps in your skills matrices and other training relevant to your job responsibility.

Some of you still do not have a SMART STEP Training Plan and you need to work with your manager as a matter of priority to get the plans completed.

The spreadsheet distributed by Julie shows your quarterly actuals against your quarterly plan (I posted the plans for my direct reports earlier in the year).

I want to recognise in particular the following people who are either ahead of their plan, or within 10% of making their plan, as of the half way mark (June 30):