Driving Employee Engagement Through Training and Development

 

Driving Employee Engagement Through Training and Development.


                                                               (www.youtube.com, n.d.)

Highly engaged teams provide better service but continuous learning and development will help to increase their engagement level. That can foster employee engagement through training and development which help to increase the company profits. This will help for the development of the organization's future leaders and improved internal performance.

Training is an essential need not only for newly recruited staff but also for experienced staff. It will help to update their knowledge, change their attitudes, increase their communication skills, develop leadership skills and increase their job satisfaction.

04 ways to increase employee engagement through learning and development

1   Create an in-house Knowledge Base & Media Hub

2.    Build Excitement with a Guest Speaker Series

3.    Offer certificates   .    

4.    Implement Leader-lead Development

                                                                                       (Duplin, n.d.)

 

The above video explained the 04 ways to increase employee engagement through learning and development clearly.

Training and development is a key concern of any profitable company since it will help to develop and sustain skilled, motivated and happy employees who are highly engaged in company vision and their career development. Training and development helps companies gain and retain top talent, increase job satisfaction and morale, improve productivity and earn more profit. Additionally, the actively interested and dedicated employees will help to minimize turnover rate and absenteeism.

 

 Benefits of Training and Development


1.    Retain employees

This is a major issue for many companies worldwide. When employees feel they are valued by the company they will retain a long time. Giving suitable training their moral boost will be high and very loyal to the company.

 

2.    Develop future leaders

Targeting employees with the skills for future leadership can be vital in establishing a business for growth and evolution. The management has to have the knowledge of identification of such employees and give them trainings relevant to management development, decision making, leadership development and negotiation skills.

 

3.    Empower employees

When employees feel empowered within their company, they will be more effective and influencing others. The empowered employees like to work independently and happily.

 

4.    Boost workplace engagement

Training and development will help to boost employee engagement. It will help to reduce employee boredom and negativity. Training will help to identify their existing talents and develop new talents. The satisfy employee will boost workplace engagement.

 

5.    Build workplace relationships

When participating for trainings they will tackle new challenges together. They can also lean on one another for various learning opportunities by collaborating with colleagues who have specific areas of expertise. These types of exercises will help to foster team spirit and buildup strong employee relationships.

 

 

 

 

References;

 

Thomas International. (n.d.). Driving Employee Engagement Through Training and Development. [online] Available at: https://www.thomas.co/resources/type/hr-blog/driving-employee-engagement-through-training-and-development.


Duplin, S. (n.d.). 4 Ways to Improve Employee Engagement Through Learning & Development | BeaconLive. [online] www.beaconlive.com. Available at: https://www.beaconlive.com/blog/4-ways-to-improve-employee-engagement-through-learning-development.

 

Ottawa University (2021). 5 Benefits of Training and Development | Business Blog | OU Online Blog | Ottawa University. [online] Ottawa.edu. Available at: https://www.ottawa.edu/online-and-evening/blog/january-2021/5-benefits-of-training-and-development#:~:text=Training%20and%20development%20helps%20companies.

 

www.youtube.com. (n.d.). 4 Ways To Improve Employee Engagement Through Learning and Development. [online] Available at: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WcZOpid8EvA.


 

Comments

  1. W.WarusapperumaApril 18, 2023 at 11:37 PM

    One of the important topics about how to increase the employee engagement while Train and develop the employees.

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    1. Chamindi WedandaApril 24, 2023 at 10:16 AM

      Yes. Skilled staff is an asset to any company. To increase their competencies training and development is essential. It will help to make future leaders, increase productivity. and happy customers and happy employees

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  2. Prageeth GamhewaApril 30, 2023 at 7:49 PM

    The main issues related to driving employee engagement through training and development are the lack of a tailored and comprehensive approach to employee development, inadequate training resources and materials, limited motivation and support from senior management, and inadequate communication between employees and management.

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  3. Chamindi WedandaApril 30, 2023 at 9:03 PM

    Yes. But this can be eliminated by having skilled trainers from outside the company and request employee to apply for their training needs at the beginning of the year. And aldo have a mechanism to identify the required training foe eash and every employee .

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