The Towards Maturity Benchmark survey has been running now since 2003 and over 1200 organisations have taken part.

The Benchmark is aimed at those implementing learning technologies for staff in their own workplace. All those who complete this review receive a personalised benchmark report  that provides you with personalised feedback and comparisons for key industry performance indicators. You will also find out your own Towards Maturity Index score to provide a measure of your implementation practices.

You can take part in the benchmark 24x7 free of charge at www.towardsmaturity.org/mybenchmark.

Is it worth the time? - here are just a few of the things that people are saying about the benchmark:

What do people say about the Benchmark Centre?

ʻWe are modernising the way that we think about learning in the council and technology is a critical element. Taking part in the TM Benchmark review gave us a chance to reflect on our strategy and implementation plans. We found the benchmark centre to be very easy to navigate through and the options available are brilliant, especially the Action Planning section. The personalised report helped us refine our approach and provided practical actions that really increased engagement and saved us time. This tool would be especially helpful with providing the senior managers with performance indicators as well as keeping the e-learning team focused on ongoing improvement. I have been trying to use Excel to create a similar approach so that we could actively monitor our plans, this is so much more useful! All relevant elements are in one centralised place. Snr L&D Officer, Lincolnshire CC 2011

The Benchmark Centre Made me reflect on what we weren't planning to do but perhaps should be planning to do! OD advisor, national housing partnership 2011

The personalised benchmark report we received has provided a framework for learning technology strategy and implementation that I keep coming back to - in essence it has helped me to define my objectives, highlighting areas where we can further develop a culture of learning RNLI 2011

To date over 1200 organisations have been through our review process: 

I believe this is the best survey I have spent my time on (even though it was a long one). The questions were well thought through and I could for once relate them to my organisation that I support Snr L&D manager, multinational airline 2010

"It was really useful completing the survey, it gave me time to reflect and take stock. I can see how advanced we are in Cisco" David Loewy, Field Client Manager, Cisco Systems Ltd 2008

"I've found that participating in the research programmes from the Towards Maturity team has always provided a good opportunity to 'take stock'. Their pragmatic approach to benchmarking good practice provides a very useful source of industry information and food for thought" Mike Booth,Learning Technologies Manager, Cable&Wireless 2008

I have just completed the Towards Maturity 2008 Benchmark review and found the process of taking part really useful.  We don’t have anything like this in the NHS at the moment and I am looking forward to seeing the results. It will be very helpful to know how our activities compare with others so that we can build on our strengths and improve our weaknesses’  Alison Wright,E-Learning Programme Manager, NHS Education South Central 2008
 

"It takes time and experience to embed learning technologies properly and we have found that taking part in the Towards Maturity research over the past few years has been a really useful exercise to help us compare our experiences and collectively learn from others also on that journey" - Charles Jennings, Global Head of Learning, Thomson Reuters 2008

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