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Why Employees Should Take Training

Henry Ford said it best “The only thing worse than training your employees and having them leave, is not training them, and having them stay.”

Lack of training leads to employees who feel unappreciated in their job and a general sense that their job doesn’t matter.

What are the impacts if we don’t encourage training?

1. Unhappy employees and high turnover 2. Low rates of production 3. Unsafe work environments 4. Increased business expenses

What are the impacts if we encourage training?

1. Happy employees are more productive 2. Eff ective training equals increased productivity 3. Training and retaining current employees is cheaper than hiring new ones 4. Trained employees work smarter

The investment in training that a company makes shows employees that they are valued. Training creates a supportive workplace. Employees can gain access to training they wouldn’t have list goes on and on…

By: Darren Cantrill

otherwise known about or sought out themselves. Employees who feel appreciated and challenged through training opportunities will feel more satisfaction towards their jobs. The

DOT has primarily focused on Lunch and Learn sessions around the Microsoft suite of applications. If you can pick up just one thing you didn’t know before the training that will help you with your job responsibilities, then it makes it worth your time to attend.

I leave you with one more quote from Sir Richard Branson “Train people well enough so they can leave, treat them well enough so that they don’t want to.”