Endurance Training - The Fuel for Your Company's Growth and Development
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This document discusses the importance of employee training for business success. It argues that as businesses focus on growth, productivity, and profitability, the skills and capabilities of employees become essential. A systematic training program can provide skilled staff, reduce turnover, improve quality and productivity, and allow the company to perform at its best. The document outlines steps to design an effective training program for both new and experienced employees, including assessing skills, setting objectives, selecting trainers, and evaluating the program. Regular training is presented as key to building organizational capabilities and a competitive advantage through employees.
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- 1. and customer and employee loyalty, it becomes increasingly clear that the knowledge, capability and skills of your team members will either be a limiting factor or source of unlimited opportunities. Experience has demonstrated that well designed and executed employee training programs will strengthen employee recruiting programs, increase productivity, improve quality, reduce employee turnover, increase efficiencies resulting in superior profitability and minimize the need for direct supervision or micro managing. In fact, when employees have the capabilities to perform their best, the company performs at its best. When you hire new employees are they capable of hitting the ground running or does it take longer than you would like for them to be significant contributors? Are your experienced employees continuously enhancing Endurance Training their skills or have they stopped The Fuel for Your Company’s Growth & Development growing professionally and becoming a drain on your organization. Companies By Jerry Scher, Peak Focus LLC can gain a competitive advantage through their employees’ capabilities; Business got you down? they are your link to your clients. Don’t you like doing business with competent Wondering what you can do to protect and expand your business people? So do your clients. while the industry is sputtering along? Are you struggling to enhance your company’s ability to adopt and use technology A systematic program of training advances? Are you attempting to strengthen your company’s should be developed for your competitive position by building a more effective and highly organization so that you can provide motivated team? Are you frustrated by the lack of knowledge skilled, competent staff; they are and skills your employees demonstrate? Are your experienced essential to building a strong and employees not meeting your expectations and contributing profitable company. Programs for enough to your company’s expansion? Are you struggling with new hires should be well planned recruiting and hiring new employees? If you have answered yes and customized to meet the specific to any of these questions, what are YOU DOING about it? needs of your new team members. The emotional impact of participating Perhaps you should take advantage of the current business slow in a well-designed training program, down to stockpile the fuel that drives your business’s growth and starting on their first day, can do performance, as well as the knowledge, skills and capabilities of wonders for employee morale. As the people that work with your organization a result of participation in ongoing training programs, employees will Training Overview become emotionally committed to As your business transitions through the different stages of solving new challenges that continually maturity, dependence on more skilled and knowledgeable people arise. Everyone in the organization becomes essential to your success. As you become focused on needs training if you are going to increasing productivity, efficiency, business expansion, profitability be able to build your organization’s
- 2. capabilities. You must ask what kind of performance do I want to improve at each level and build In an industry struggling with the challenges programs that will continuously move your team of continuous change, experienced employees members and your organization forward. must stay current with changing technologies, methodologies and processes. Your investment If you agree that providing training to employees in their continuous improvement will reap an at all levels of experience (not just new employees) abundance of benefits. Studies have shown that is an essential ingredient to building a successful employees that participate in continuous personal organization then you must bear in mind the development are more loyal, productive and long- principles, content and process necessary to term contributors to their company’s success. design an effective training program. Planning and preparation is crucial to the success of any training Consider the following steps to designing a effort. systematic program of training. ▲▲ Review your organizational objectives and New Employees determine the skills that your employees What’s it like for new employees the first day on the require to do their jobs effectively. job at your company? Who is responsible for their ▲▲ Assess the skills of current employees and all orientation and what information is covered? new employees to determine their strengths and weaknesses. When it comes to new employees, it is crucial that their orientation be carefully planned. They must ▲▲ Establish training objectives for each group of be prepared to do the work they were hired to do as employees. well as learn how to work within your organization. ▲▲ Select the employees that will participate in The trainers must carefully communicate your specific training programs. organization’s expectations and facilitate the ▲▲ Select the training methods and modalities initiation of critical relationships as well as mentoring that will be utilized (i.e., on the job training, opportunities. Frequently, new employees will classroom, role playing and simulation, select one company over another based upon the audiovisual media). training they will receive and the personal growth opportunities your organization can provide. ▲▲ Select the trainers for your programs and be sure they are your most effective teachers. Carefully determine the skill level of your new Go outside your organization, if necessary, to employees. Observe their work performance, ensure that your training programs will be well interview them about their strengths and presented. weaknesses and focus on the types of questions ▲▲ Administer the training to the selected they ask. Interview their more experienced employees (i.e., location, facilities, resources, colleagues about what training they require and timing). provide customized training opportunities as well ▲▲ Design an evaluation process for each training as the standard programs you provide to all new program utilizing both pre and post- tests. employees. If you want to maximize your return on investment, you must leverage every training ▲▲ Appraise the curriculum and modify and revise opportunity with new employees. The sooner they as needed. develop the required skills, the sooner they will be productive contributors to your organization. Who should do the training? You must identify people within your organization Experienced Employees that have the required knowledge and skills and Seasoned, experienced employees require have demonstrated the expertise to train others. continuous education to maintain their knowledge, These people should participate in train-the-trainer skill level and capabilities. Training programs can programs so they can learn the skills necessary to communicate your organization’s focus as well as become effective teachers. If you don’t currently promote the need for personal development. During have people on staff, look outside your organization. training sessions you can identify the wants and Take advantage of programs offered by industry and needs of your employees and identify those people trade associations, as well as services provided by who can become your future supervisors, managers your valued suppliers. and leaders.
- 3. If you carefully design a well thought-out systematic About the Author training program for all aspects of your organization, the training resources are not difficult to identify. Jerry Scher - Founder and Principal at Peak Focus, LLC During the current business slow down, develop your Jerry is well known as a business builder, people and your organization. Focus your attention on c-level executive, conference speaker, what you can control, not on what you can’t control. Build your team for the future. Invest in the training trainer, facilitator, coach, entrepreneur, of your employees to get a higher return on your and mentor. Regardless of the title, the investment. end result is the same–Jerry makes the people around him significantly more successful through his ability to simplify the complex, ask the right questions, and develop appropriate solutions to keep businesses and individuals moving forward. About Peak Focus, LLC People. Performance. Profitability. Peak Focus gives you the tools to grow, develop and strengthen your team. With a mix of resources that we’ve created ourselves, as well as several powerful tools we’ve carefully assessed and believe in, we combine our passion and experience to guide companies and individuals toward optimized performance. Select your team members with confidence, help your key players develop their soft skills, and learn how to coach your entire team more effectively by engaging the experts at Peak Focus. For more information and access to free resources, please visit our website at www.peakfocuscoach.com Engage With Us Free tools, resources & updates LIKE us on Facebook Check out our blog Follow us on Twitter Follow us on LinkedIn www.peakfocuscoach.com Peak Focus LLC © 2008 - 2013 • All rights reserved. Unauthorized duplication in whole or in part without permission is prohibited.