1 Hour editable soft skills training
Investment in professional development brings financial returns.
Anecdotal evidence suggests that an increase in productivity resulting from targeted training can yield a return on investment of more than 30%.
Unfortunately studies definitively demonstrating these returns on training investments are rare. This can create issues for managers seeking budgetary approvals to invest in upskilling their staff as they are unable to pinpoint case studies that outline the exact financial benefits of training.
Furthermore, within many industries, such as retail and transport, the declining fiscal outlook in recent years has led to a reigning in of training expenditure.
McDonald and Fyffe (2001) reporting to the Australian National Training Authority claim through their research that the best performing Australian companies have a sustained commitment to training, not because higher profits allow for increased expenditure on training but rather increased expenditure on training increases profits. This underlines the importance of training to all companies, regardless of size.
Not only does training lead to increased profits, but further Australian research has also found that the profitability of firms is directly related to the quantity and quality of training they provide (Blandy, 1999). The available literature indicates that training contributes to enterprise performance, either by increasing productivity or reducing production costs, and impacts positively on other dimensions of operations such as absenteeism.
There is a clear correlation between time, productivity and training. There are solutions.
Some businesses have scaled-down with the view of driving better financial returns via more efficient ways of working, or fewer people doing more. In these instances, the appetite for training has begun to focus on short, targeted sessions, versus a full day or multiple day training.
Some choose to invest in eLearning or microlearning which reduces the need for training rooms and facilitators. Certainly some training content, such as regulatory training lends itself to this model. Training can be easily tracked, time to complete the training can be added into rostering requirements.
However, soft skills training, for many, is preferred to be conducted in a face to face environment. Stories are shared. Insights are given by learning consolidation activities.
The key to ensuring that learning is maximised in these environments include:
- Including relevant examples that learners can relate to in their workplace.
- Market the benefits to the learners of what they will learn and will take away from attending the training.
- Reduce the time to create training content by purchasing editable training materials. Edit content, don’t create it!
- Followup with suggestions and actions for both the learner and their manager.
- Ask for learner feedback as to what they have been able to implement. Use this data as a way to promote future sessions, and to align return on investment in learning,
- Ensuring that the learner is engaged in their development, and planned training. Don’t be the manager or training department that sends someone to training without them knowing ‘the why’.
Options from Facilitated Training
Don’t have time to deliver a full days training or wider programme? Our 1 Hour professional development courses have been created for the busy trainer or line manager that wants to get a message across, but needs to reduce the impact to working operations.
Developed for use in meetings, lunch and learn sessions, Professional development during team planning days, conferences or as part of a stand-alone training session. These short, succinct 1 Hour professional development courses enable you to deliver effective training sessions that get the key message across and retain participant involvement.
These courseware packages include skill practices you can customise to fit your training needs or integrate into your existing course materials.
- Save hours of research and development time. We have done all the hard work so you can focus on the training delivery
- Own complete rights to edit, copy, and reuse the training materials. You can even brand it with your business logo and name.
- Download all training courses and courseware packages immediately in their source files.
Each training course includes:
- Detailed Trainers / Facilitator Guide
- Targeted video
- Learner Workbooks
- Adult centred training activities
- A self-paced learning plan for learning application back in the workplace
- Learner Attendance Certificate
- Attendance record
- Training evaluation sheet
Topics:
Introduction to leadership and trust
Introduction to stakeholder management and engagement
The Pareto rule. Doing more by doing less.
Understanding what makes teams effective. Tuckman’s theory of team development.
New topics are being added to the catalogue regularly. Look out for new topics including, Understanding unconscious bias, delegation and change management.
Sources
Bailey, A. (2007) “Connecting the Dots: Linking Training Investments to Business Outcomes and the Economy,” Canadian Council of Learning, Ottawa · Barrett, A. and B. Hovels (1998) “Towards a Rate of Return on Training: Assessing the Research on the Benefits of Employer-Provided Training,” Vocational Training European Journal, vol.14 (August), pp.28-35. · Bartel, A. (2000) “Measuring the Employer’s Return on Investment in Training: Evidence from the Literature,” Industrial Relations 39(3):502–24. · Blandy, R. and M. Dockerty, A. Hawke, E. Webster (2000) “Does Training Pay? Evidence from Australian Enterprises,” National Centre for Vocational Education Research Ltd., Leabrook, SA, Australia.
About Facilitated Training
Facilitated Training is your one-stop-shop for world-class employee and personal development resources. Our mission is to assist individuals and companies in developing management, leadership, and business skills in themselves and their employees through effective, adult learning centred, development materials and courses.
Facilitated Training offers training and organizational development resources to facilitators, trainers, coaches, HR managers and individuals.
Specializing in customizable leadership and management skills, Facilitated Training features a wide variety of products including Training resources, Professional development courses, assessments, ebooks, videos and more.