Offering professional growth and skill development can help SMEs attract and retain the best talent. Fostering confidence and authority within your organisation allows people to achieve their best work, progress in their careers and enjoy job satisfaction. In turn, this is likely to result in fewer sick days and increased productivity.
A Positive Effect on the Bottom Line
The investment of time and resources into employee development, through targeted and relevant training, creates a workplace culture where everyone thrives.
Upskilling your workforce and building a team that’s engaged, more efficient and motivated also takes the pressure off managers, leaving them more time to focus on strategic planning and moving the business forward.
Time and Planning
Company training styles will vary according to size, workplace culture and resources. Formal programmes are more easily achievable in larger organisations, while smaller teams may prefer a more relaxed and collaborative approach to learning opportunities.
Shoehorning training initiatives into a busy work schedule can be tricky, and more urgent tasks will inevitably take priority. It’s therefore essential to make sure you extract the most value out of your L&D activities to maximise their impact.
- Free up staff schedules – flexibility is key. While some training will be most suited to group sessions, staggering sessions or allowing staff to study independently can help spread the burden of time spent away from essential work activities.
- Digital learning tools – technology allows many more innovative, accessible and engaging ways to roll out training. Digital learning tools are easy to implement and allow training to be done from anywhere, at any time.
- Individual learning style – one size doesn’t fit all. Every staff member will learn differently and have unique aims so tailoring your training to an individual’s specific needs and ability is important. Use a wide range of tools and approaches and make sure you follow up training sessions with staff feedback.
- Record training more effectively – accurate recording makes it far easier to monitor outcomes and produce evidence-based conclusions.
Training Records That Support Your Business
We know that SMEs invest significant time, money and resources into training and upskilling their people so it’s important to make this investment the most worthwhile it can be.
With no limits on space, you can record both past and new training so that everything is shipshape and up to date.
Our training records:
- Protect your organisation with a permanent record of every training session, including resources and material.
- Securely record confidential and sensitive information.
- Are easily and instantly accessible in one central place – but only to those who need to see it.
- Give staff a full history of the entire training they’ve received, which they can refer to in future to keep track of their own achievements and goals.
- Make it easy to refresh training on an individual as well as team level.
- Let you set reminders for upcoming sessions, so company engagement is increased and no one forgets when training is due.
