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November 20th, 2020 · 4 min read

How to reshape employee training and development with education

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What are the benefits of employee development?

  • Talent acquisition and retention
  • Evaluating skills gaps and upskilling employees
  • Improving employee productivity
  • Increasing employee engagement and satisfaction
  • Maximizing employee potential and company revenue
  • Increase promotions from within

Employee engagement through training and development

How to create a successful employee development and training program

  1. Map out company roles and the skills required of each of those positions
  2. Identify skills gaps within your organization
  3. Focus on what your employees want
  4. Choose the right training and education methods
  5. Set up metrics to measure the impact of your efforts
  6. Follow through and check-in on employees
  7. Instill employee development into every aspect of company culture

The importance of employee training and development programs

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Re-imagining education as a strategic skill-building catalyst

  • How can we close skills gaps with our current talent, and what talent do we foresee needing in the future? 
  • How can we create a sustainable framework that will actually give us that return on investment? How do we roll it out? 
  • What can we do to make employees aware our program exists, and how can we secure program buy-in from them? 
  • How do we offer our employees opportunities and skills that align with their personal or professional interests and our corporate interests?

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