---

Guest post by: Lola Kakes Become an Author

Tweet

---

---

Unfortunately, in a tight economy the first item to be slashed on the company budget are training programs, when in actuality training should be increased. One reason you should be looking to increase your training dollars is that you want to retain your star employees and show them that the organization believes in them and is looking to develop their skills to be even more valuable to everyone.

Let’s look at the different types of training that may be important to your organization.

Job Skills Training - A responsible organization will take steps to provide employees the means to improve their skills. This is especially true with new hires, who are not fully up to speed and may need a program to help them not only develop their skills but to reinforce the company policies and procedures. This type of training will help off-set the time to answer questions or to re-do a job because it was not finished to company standards.

Compliance Training - Employment compliance issues are constantly in the news and are always changing. Staying current on compliance issues may be critical to the liability of the company and may be crucial for new supervisors and current management to take. If your company is mandated under the Occupational Safety and Health Act (OSHA) to provide safety training, you may be at risk if you do not comply.

Employee Development - Helps a company place employees in the right position to reduce turnover and poor morale. Effective training will not only address the needs of the individual employee, but also communicate to the employee the needs of the organization.

Succession Planning - Training of your star employees into lower, middle, and upper management will give them the opportunity to learn new techniques and to develop new skills. This type of training helps the organization to plan for growth and retirement issues.

New Supervisor Training - All too often, a good, hard worker is promoted into a lead or first line supervisory role - without any training. By taking the time to analyze the capabilities of the employee and training them into this new role, will safe the company time and money and the individual the peace of mind of knowing what is expected in this new role.

Training, just like other functions, is a process. If you plan ahead and put a good, solid program together, training will only benefit your organization. With proper training, you can transform disengagement into employee engagement.

Related Articles

  Free Employee Training
  10 Lessons Learned During A Weak Economy
  Employee Training: A Management Perspective
  Zeroing In On Bad Economy Business Basics
  Creative Rewards on a Budget
  How to Keep Employees Happy, Boost Morale and Reduce Stress During an Economic Downturn
  7 Best Practices for Developing E-Learning Content
  Coaching Your Business To The Next Level Series Part 6 Invest in Your People
  The Case for Training and Development NOW!!
  HRO Trends and their Effect in a Tight Economy
  Stop Using the Economy as an Excuse!
  The Importance of Further Training and Education for Employees
  Four Ways HRO Firms Can Help Boost Employee Morale and Improve Productivity
  The Smart Alternative to Layoffs
  How To Retain Top Talent During An Economic Recovery
  Train Your Workers, Develop Your Leaders
  Companies are Investing in a New Kind of Customer Service.
  Training Helps Boost Return of Investments
  The Best Simple Business In This Hard Economy
  New Trends In HR Development

Related Forum Posts

7 words or less for Structogram
Re: Ways to Boost Productivity
Budget.
CEOs and Email - Slaves?
Re: Training and Self Development

Share this article. Fund someone's dream.

Newsletter

Get advice & tips from famous business
owners, new articles by entrepreneur
experts, my latest website updates, &
special sneak peaks at what's to come!

Name:
Email:

Popular Articles

15 Ways to Create High Visibility with FaceBook

Consistency: The Key To Success

Should Leaders Have Friends at Work?

Suggestions

Email us your ideas on how to make our
website more valuable! Thank you Sharon
from Toronto Salsa Lessons / Classes for
your suggestions to make the newsletter
look like the website and profile younger
entrepreneurs like Jennifer Lopez.