What is a Training Matrix and Why Do You Need One?

When you tell your employees about a new training course, how do they react? Do they look forward to learning new skills with enthusiasm, or do they groan and view them as a time-consuming chore? If you’re not getting the response you would like, maybe the courses are repetitive or only relevant for a few employees.

Does this sound like your company? You could use a training matrix to pick and assign courses more effectively – where each employee learns relevant and useful topics for their job.

The name might sound techy, but a training matrix is a simple concept. All you need is a spreadsheet where the rows contain employee names, the columns contain skills, and cells are used to assign and track courses covering the skills needed by each employee.