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Casual Articles - Increasing the Return on Your Training Investment
People hire a residential cleaning service to make their lives easier. As a cleaning contractor, you not only need to provide a good service, but you also need frequent communication with your client to ensure that both parties understand their responsibilities and that there are no misunderstandings.Before taking on a new client, it is important to specify what services are included in their cleaning service. As you walk through the home with the client discussing the specifications list of what will be cleaned, be sure to ask plenty of clarifying questions. For example, "so you DON'T want us to dust the
Invest in good training. Once you have decided to spend money on training, spend it on the good stuff. While this isn’t the only success factor, look at testimonials and materials to determine that the training foc
Once you have done it, done it meaning become a business owner. Afterwards it seemed so simple, owning a business, and you think anyone can do this. But can anyone really do this? Start and run your own business? The question seems simple enough to answer, but is the answer right there, in front of you?I like to use analogies and I’m also a big fan of Seinfeld. In one episode, Kramer wants to build levels in his apartment. Jerry, knowing that he will never do it, bets Kramer that he won’t get it done. Kramer, sure of himself that he will, takes Jerry’s bet. After a couple of days, Kramer tells Jerry
Most everyone I’ve ever talked to has been to both excellent training (hopefully ours!) and training that was, well, not so good. In a perfect world we could connect the best training experiences with the best application back in the workplace. This would make the equation easy – pick great training, insuring that people would apply what they have learned, and the result would be a tremendous return on the investment for those funds spent on training.
As a deliverer of training and as one who has helped hundreds of people become better trainers through train the trainer programs, I wish the equation were that easy.
Unfortunately, it isn’t. It takes more than good training to ensure a good return on the money (and time) invested.
What organizations and individual leaders need to do then is look beyond the training event alone to find ways to increase the return on investment. They need to take some responsibility themselves.
Here are 6 ways to increase your return on this investment:
Align training investments with business needs. Some organizations use training as a perk for good performers. This approach of “training as a reward” can motivate some people (especially if the training takes place in someplace desirable) but in the big picture this usually isn’t the best way to invest these dollars. Have a plan that ties the skills that are needed to be developed to the strategic plan for the group. Make sure the participant knows why the skills being learned matter to the group and the organization at large. With this context, the participant has the chance to be more focused and will treat the training as a serious business activity and not a vacation from work.
Invest in good training. Once you have decided to spend money on training, spend it on the good stuff. While this isn’t the only success factor, look at testimonials and materials to determine that the training focu
Management By Objective (MBO)A Time Tested Management Method Classic That Works – With the Right PeopleManagement by Objective (MBO) is the basic “blocking and tackling” of management. It is simple, effective and can be used to some degree with most people who have some capability for forethought. Unfortunately this is not everyone. Here is a simple step-by-step description of how to use this powerful classic management method, which should be in every manager’s repertoire. It doesn’t always work for everyone; as the book Good to Great says, “you have to have the right people on the bus,” as no
As a deliverer of training and as one who has helped hundreds of people become better trainers through train the trainer programs, I wish the equation were that easy.
Unfortunately, it isn’t. It takes more than good training to ensure a good return on the money (and time) invested.
What organizations and individual leaders need to do then is look beyond the training event alone to find ways to increase the return on investment. They need to take some responsibility themselves.
Here are 6 ways to increase your return on this investment:
Align training investments with business needs. Some organizations use training as a perk for good performers. This approach of “training as a reward” can motivate some people (especially if the training takes place in someplace desirable) but in the big picture this usually isn’t the best way to invest these dollars. Have a plan that ties the skills that are needed to be developed to the strategic plan for the group. Make sure the participant knows why the skills being learned matter to the group and the organization at large. With this context, the participant has the chance to be more focused and will treat the training as a serious business activity and not a vacation from work.
Invest in good training. Once you have decided to spend money on training, spend it on the good stuff. While this isn’t the only success factor, look at testimonials and materials to determine that the training foc
When it comes to personality profiling, the human development industry has countless tests and assessments from which to choose. These instruments may differ greatly on the surface - in the number and names of the archetypes each model advocates and the method through which a person's type is determined. But at their core, they are all attempting to accomplish the same objective: divide humanity into a manageable number of types and describe each type as a set of distinct and demonstrable characteristics. These "psychometric" instruments are designed to "measure the minds of respondents and provide them with g
What organizations and individual leaders need to do then is look beyond the training event alone to find ways to increase the return on investment. They need to take some responsibility themselves.
Here are 6 ways to increase your return on this investment:
Align training investments with business needs. Some organizations use training as a perk for good performers. This approach of “training as a reward” can motivate some people (especially if the training takes place in someplace desirable) but in the big picture this usually isn’t the best way to invest these dollars. Have a plan that ties the skills that are needed to be developed to the strategic plan for the group. Make sure the participant knows why the skills being learned matter to the group and the organization at large. With this context, the participant has the chance to be more focused and will treat the training as a serious business activity and not a vacation from work.
Invest in good training. Once you have decided to spend money on training, spend it on the good stuff. While this isn’t the only success factor, look at testimonials and materials to determine that the training foc
I had a lunch meeting in an office building with a large open atrium the other day. It was a very nice spring day and the atrium was filled with sunlight. On the edges of the space were large trees and full green plants. These plants closely surrounded tables and chairs.We had our meeting in the atrium because it felt like being outside without the chill of a typical Midwest spring day. After the meeting, as I was getting ready to go I noticed that the plants were fake and I thought they were real. But the trees were large, about 14" tall so I knew they were real. Wrong again. I had to get very close but
Invest in good training. Once you have decided to spend money on training, spend it on the good stuff. While this isn’t the only success factor, look at testimonials and materials to determine that the training foc
In the World of Franchising every thing must be documented as the relationships could go South and turn into litigation. It has not always been this way, however due to the number of attorneys trying to scrap the creme off the money flows in the industry it has become a constant legal game. Personally I am more in line with Caesars thinking of what to do with all these professional parasites or Lawyers. [opinion].Never the less part of the CYA documentation war in franchising has to do with notices and communication between franchisors and franchisees. It is for this reason that I had decided to re-write ou
Invest in good training. Once you have decided to spend money on training, spend it on the good stuff. While this isn’t the only success factor, look at testimonials and materials to determine that the training focuses on important skills and delivers those skills in an effective way. Usually this means training in smaller groups with more interaction and practice time, and therefore higher cost. In training like many other things in life, you get what you pay for. The cost increment is typically not significant when compared to the possible improvement available from the experience.
Facilitate pre-training conversations and set expectations. As a supervisor or manager your job doesn’t end when the training is identified or scheduled, it has actually just begun. Sit down with the employee that is going to training. Have a discussion about why this training can be valuable to them and to the business. Have them think about their goals for the training. Recognize that the first few times you do this people are going to look at you like you are crazy. They may not have an answer and that is ok. Be patient and help them identify a goal or goals for their attendance and have them write it down and take it with them to the training. Then schedule a meeting for after the training event to review what they learned and how you can support them in reaching their goal(s).
Encourage partnerships. If you have more than one person attending the workshop, encourage them to partner up upon their return. A “learning partner” gives people support and some peer coaching and support when they are back at work. It helps people hold themselves accountable for doing something with what they learned. If you are sending just one individual, encourage them to “make a friend” in the training and form this partnership with that person.
Have a follow-up meeting. People should re
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