Five tips on ensuring staff training has the desired effect

Quality and targeted training of employees is key in keeping a company competitive and helping it develop. But preparing staff training is no easy task: it might turn out to be an extremely fruitful activity that will help the team and employees to have better results and bring more value to the company; on the other hand, it could also prove to be a complete waste of time and money. This article offers four principles for successful preparation of staff training at your company.

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Define clearly in advance what you want to achieve

According to Workforce.com, you must above all have a specific goal in mind. Construct the training from the end to the beginning; in other words, determine what exactly you want to achieve, and only then think about ways to achieve this goal and the steps you need to take.

Remember also soft skills

Many training sessions focus only on theoretical knowledge and skills. But often the biggest problem in implementing positive changes in the life of employees is overcoming their current habits and the status quo. You should therefore focus on how you teach your employees to incorporate the newly acquired knowledge into their everyday work.

Give employees an opportunity to try the new skills in practice

During the training, employees should test their new skills in a practical manner. By sitting down passively and listening, they will never achieve the same successful results as they would if you spend time during the training having them try out new things.

Get feedback from participants

Your employees are not students who have no say in what will happen; on the contrary, feedback on their part is extremely important. Discuss with them in advance what they want to learn and what they lack in terms of knowledge and skills. Also, at the end of the training, conduct a survey on how effective they found the training and what they would change, so you have relevant data for any future training sessions.

 

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Article source Workforce.com - website focused on HRM
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