Remote Work Training - While We’re Already Working Remotely! (Part 3)

Even just one week ago, I don't think we thought we'd be where we are today. This is both from the standpoint of “the health crisis is worse than we imagined” and from the standpoint of “wow, our staff have really stepped up their commitment to making their remote work, work”.

We’ve now been working remotely for a few weeks. Because we had to rush to remote work, we had no time to assess whether people were suited for it or not. So the first post in this Remote Work series suggested we now look at the characteristics we would have assessed in ourselves and our staff. If you looked at the questions in the first post “Is Telecommuting Right For Me? I bet you found one or two areas that were lacking in each of your staff (and maybe yourself).

Inspire, TrainCarolyn B ThompsonApril 7, 2020remote work, training, COVID19Comment

No time to train? Use the modular approach.

We all know that the time we and our staff “spend” learning comes back to us three-fold in the form of high morale, safety, retention, productivity, confidence, and reduced errors. BUT where do we get that time up front with everyone’s incredibly busy schedules? Try some of the following great ideas that have been used successfully by other companies.

TrainBetsy SobiechAugust 14, 2019training, on-the-job Comment

Making Money While Training Employees

Employee training is an investment. We all say it, we all mean it, and we all know how much we spend on it – but an investment signifies return, not just cost. What’s your company's return on its training dollar?

TrainBetsy SobiechApril 1, 2019training, make moneyComment

Adults Learn Differently Than Children

There’s a lot more to training than talking! An awful lot of us are educating our staff, our co-workers, our members these days without a clue of how to really help adults learn.

TrainCarolyn B ThompsonMarch 2, 2019training, adult, adult learningComment