Ongoing Staff Training
When it comes to reinforcing training, how often is often enough? If you were a government employee, you’d be retrained annually. That’s the edict of Government Standards, as overseen by OSHA (the U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration).
Tip: “Employees are…much more satisfied when receiving multiple training sessions over time.”
That’s a far cry from life in a small business, however. With all the hats you need to wear as an owner or manager, ongoing training can easily fall by the wayside.
To help and make sure that doesn’t happen to you, here are suggestions and stats supporting ongoing training from several respected resources.
of employees are more likely to stay at a company that offers continuous training.
• Empowerment: “Employees are…much more satisfied when receiving multiple training sessions over time. They feel knowledgeable, empowered, and supported when an organization focuses on their development.” Source: Continu.com
• Productivity: “Companies in the top third of their industry in the use of data-driven decision making are, on average, 5% more productive and 6% more profitable than their competitors.” Source: Harvard Business Review
• Retention: “56% of companies with formalized education initiatives report improved employee retention, compared to just 21% of companies with ad hoc education efforts.” Source: Intellum
• Engagement: “Well-structured training programs positively affect the engagement levels of 92% of employees, underscoring the direct correlation between effective training and employee motivation.” Source: Axonify
• Process: “Collect data on an employee’s expected and actual performance levels using surveys and questionnaires, performance reviews/evaluations, observations of work processes, and tasks.” Source: Continu.com
• Staying Power: “76% of employees say they are more likely to stay at a company that offers continuous training.” Source: Society for Human Resource Management
Do you have ongoing staff training at your business? If so, tell us how it has helped with retention and share in the conversation on Facebook here.
Erinn Morgan
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