A good leader would always know how important training is to retain employees and attract talents. In fact, training is necessity in employee’s career journey and shall be a never-ending process. Further, it enhances one’s thought process and contributes in delivering better results at workplace.
Training, in general, is a teaching by itself! It is, basically, defined as developing any skill or knowledge related to specific competencies in oneself or others. It always intends to achieve certain goals of improving people's capabilities and productivity as well as reviving their motivation. For that reason, training is a must-to-maintain practice as it upgrades the skills and energy of employees throughout their work span.
People in any profession need a certain type of training, which is relevant to the work they do as a professional development to hone their skills and abilities. Even if they are talented and competent, employees' expertise should be updated every now and then. Through training, they could sharpen their competencies; they enrich their experiences and know-how.
As is well-known that training builds morals and experience; it is the right of every employee to have. Usually on-job training empowers people to realise their new competencies and hone their current capabilities. People are the most valuable assets for their employers, thus it is a must to get them trained, so they give back quality performance and outcomes to the business of their organisations.
No matter what the profession is, employees need some kind of essential training. It refreshes their minds, thoughts and spirits. Undoubtedly, they will look forward for their turn to get trained and further qualified. Such opportunities will be highly appreciated by employees even if it happens once in a year. Training pushes employees to give back more to the organisation. It shoots up their loyalty levels, so they double their efforts, and boosts their devotion to do their best.
Accordingly, as long as a nation is generally investing in honing, developing, qualifying, training, enhancing the skills and diversifying the expertise of its human resources, success is guaranteed in building a modern state with growth in all aspects of life.
Thus, many establishments are very concerned about training and developing its human resources. They accord sufficient attention in their annual fiscal plans and budgets for employees' development. In fact, they get the training plans and strategies prepared, approved and ready to be put into action since the beginning of the year.
It is a good planning indeed to get a certain budget spent to serve the professional needs of employees. If plans and budgets are well worked out; this will be encouraging and rewarding for employees. They will recognise the meaning of them being the valuable assets of their organisations.
However, in some organisations all these plans and strategies will be just put on the shelves; not to be approached and functioned for a reason or another. Either it’s for the sake of cost cutting policies, or due to the carelessness of the people in charge of training. Accordingly, employees are deprived of their rights to get a training opportunity which is in need of course.
As a matter of fact, development of human resources is an investment and not an expense; it is as strategic as all other planned changes. Strategic thinkers don't put the training budget on the list of the discretionary spending. When organisational strategy is discussed, smart thinkers give training director a seat at the table.
To all employers, just remember that investing in your people proves that they have a future with the organisation. If planning to build a team of loyal, fully engaged and high achievers, hire the right people then invest in their development regularly. At all times, training marks a high significance to people as they need maintenance and upgrade even more than machines. Training stands as an upgrade while retraining is maintenance.
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