14 November 2019

Suffering in Silence…Not So Much

Employees are the heart of any business. When they are suffering, the company suffers. This means that training is vital to any company or organization. Any organization? How can that be? Your company may a small mom and pop restaurant or a large scale manufacturing plant. However, on an employee’s first day, they are given directions for where to place personal belongings, proper attire to wear for safety, how to interact with others (employees, customers, etc.), general job requirements, and safe/unsafe areas.

Two Potential Ailments…

Because employees do not suffer in silence, you need to determine which potential ailment is to blame. Is your training program suffering from company growth or limited training team resources? These are common ailments can be found in new and established companies.

Fast-Paced Growth

Start-up processes often only required one-on-one or simple hand-out training. Once staff grows beyond numbers to support these methods, it is difficult to know where to begin, what to do to accomplish the training goals, and how to keep pace with the new hires. Growth is a wonderful ‘problem’ to encounter. However, companies often are not prepared for the details involved with training the larger group of new employees.  

Small Training Teams

On the other hand, companies who have small training teams, find themselves busy with daily details of developing and delivering training. These teams do not have the time and resources to determine which training no longer meets employees needs and/or employees’ training desires. It is by no fault of the small training teams who are with the employees and supervisors daily. Even when these teams hear of an employee’s need or desire, they do not have the time to develop or implement it. 

How We Help

Depending on the ailment of the company, we can provide a training program or a training assessment and/or evaluation. Our ISDs have years of experience and degrees in instructional design. Because of our varied experience, we approach training with a fresh perspective through analysis and evaluation.

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