How To Keep Up With Employee Training And Development As Your Business Grows

Anita Ginsburg

October 12, 2015

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Employees are the lifeblood of any business, from tech startups to large corporations and every entity in between. Training and developing them should be of paramount concern to any business owner who wishes to succeed in their respective endeavor. But as businesses grow, so do the challenges that their workforce encounters, thus the need for newer employee training and development programs that complement the environmental changes.

Keep Training Programs Relevant

Employees don't like wasting time, so you should make their meetings worth their time. Make sure your employee training program is relevant to daily operations and will teach your staff something they can use to make their work faster and more efficient. Relevant programs also have higher engagement and participation rates from employees.

Invite New Trainers

Most businesses employ the same trainer for their annual employee training events. As a result, employees get fed with information that's just been reworked to sound fresh and different. A different trainer will contribute new content and a new angle to certain topics. This allows employees to tackle problems from a different perspective that may turn out to be more efficient.

Offer Different Ways To Get Training

Most employees already have a lot on their table. They are scrambling to finish work deadlines while attending their kid's recitals and PTA meetings. Have the training program accessible by providing both in-house and online training. Distribute video recordings of the training program for those who missed it so they can view it at home.

Location is Key

If training is currently held at conference rooms or a dedicated training center, consider changing locations every year. This doesn't necessarily have to be a 5-star hotel or luxury resort. It can be in another corporate training center or place like Noah's Event Venues that you can rent out at affordable prices. Event venues are serviced locations that not only provide the actual location but other extras as well, such as tables and chairs, a cleanup crew, and audiovisual equipment.

Capitalize On Tech

Companies can custom design low-cost tools that will streamline employee training and development. Social media is another helpful tech tool for data transference in a more organic and systematic approach. Employees can post their presentations and share audio/video recordings of relevant data.

Use these five simple techniques to keep your employee training and development program up to date and relevant to the current conditions in your respective industry. Rather than treat it as cost, these annual training programs are a worthwhile investment that bolsters employee capability and awareness.