The document summarizes interviews with two human resources professionals about how they conduct needs assessments in their organizations. The first professional determines needs by asking administration and occasionally sending out surveys, while focusing on legal and popular topics. The second professional formally assesses needs by first meeting with executives for support, then working with managers and experts to develop survey questions to gather data from focus groups, interviews, and surveys. The professional analyzes the confidential data and shares it with managers, evaluates training initiatives through participant surveys, and recommends establishing teams focused on development needs assessments to better track training effects.