subject: 6 Reasons Why You Should Invest In Online Staff Training [print this page] It's no secret that having well trained staff makes your business successful from day to day and is essential to grow your business, but it is also better for employees themselves. They feel more motivated, more productive and produce better results.
Staff training can be delivered in a number of ways, traditionally by having your staff attend specially designed courses aimed at increasing skills in particular areas or, in large organisations, through the use of online induction.
The benefits of online staff training are self evident. Staff can choose convenient times to complete training tasks, and they can also use quiet times to augment their skills by completing online training modules.
Let's take a more in-depth look at why you should invest in online staff training.
Induction. When staff are new to an organisation, it can take a while for them to settle in and learn the ins and outs of the day-to-day working arrangements. Running specially designed induction sessions can be useful but you run the risk of information overload. Online training modules can be designed in such a way as to impart information in a succinct manner but with the added advantage of it always being available for reference purposes.
Safety. If you operate in a high-risk industry like building, mining or engineering, occupational health and safety training is essential for employee safety and regulatory compliance. If existing employees or subcontractors are working on a new site within the same organisation, they must complete site induction before starting work. You improve productivity by having them ready to work from day one.
Motivation. Motivating staff to improve their skills and better their performance is an ongoing challenge for any manager. Imagine being able to plug an employee into a training session that not only increases their skill levels but recharges their energy banks and shows them how they can use newly acquired skills to advance within the organisation. This is exactly what an online training module can do.
Expertise. Every manager finds their day filled with challenges including counselling staff through personal difficulties, and imparting technical information so that staff can continue to perform the duties of a high standard. Many managers find themselves having to repeat the same instructions to a variety of staff, especially when it comes to technical knowledge. By having this technical expertise available to all staff through online training module, managers can be available to perform more complex tasks that require their immediate attention and avoid duplication or time lost.
Variety of Training Methods. Online training modules enable you to access various multimedia presentation styles that will impact upon employees in a positive manner. In this way, training can be conducted in a lively entertaining fashion that managers cannot necessarily deliver themselves on a personal basis during the day. This is especially good for younger employees.
Organisation Wide Training. One of the major benefits of an online training system is that it can be accessed by people from around the country and across the organisation, no matter what their location. Obviously, this is a cost saving measure, but it is also a much more effective way to deliver training to all staff on a continuous basis.
Training management software is the answer to a manager's prayer. They no longer have to cope with lengthy absences whilst they attend staff training sessions, they can eliminate the difficulty of bringing people with other responsibilities together for training and they can easily offer training on any issue to a wide audience, thus freeing them for their other managerial duties.
by: Mark Carey
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