Any sample training plans or suggestions on how to create one? Need to show how training impacts organizational goals.

There is a Training Needs Analysis document in the free section of my website below, which might be a good starting point for you.

How will a training plan per se show the impact of training on organizational goals? Don't you have to deliver the training and then evaluate the resulting performance in order to show impact? If the training plan isn't in existence yet, I assume there has been no training. If no training, no impact. And there may be no impact anyway since training may not even be the answer to addressing the organizational goals. Training could be the wrong "solution."

I have never created a training plan before, but I found a good book here:

http://www.trainingtime.com/psps/psitem.cfm?psid=4138

or another one: http://www.trainingtime.com/psps/psitem.cfm?psid=1431

Both books deal with training employees...hope this helps!

I take a very different approach.

1. Find out execs top issues, org goals, pain points, and the fraction of activities in the org that generate its highest value.
2. Develop training solutions for these.

Value at the C-level is instantly transparent. No need to develop a large catalog of courses to maintain or metrics for seat time, numbers of training impressions, etc... just plain "here are your problems/opportunities and here is how we support them" (yes, you can add major metrics and wins, but generally the value is known if the program is well-designed).

Anything that is not line-of-site, or is legacy "just hanging out"- get rid of it if possible- don't cloud or dilute value of your offerings with turkeys