On the Job Training: The Utilization of In-House Talent
During downturns in the economy, businesses find that they must cut costs, and one of the programs that are often the first to go are the business training programs. But what they do also tend to do is to implement the training sessions by using internal talent. This is a cost effective and a successful way to ensure that employees will still receive the training in which they need. Many innovative companies are utilizing the skills and the objectives while at the same time staying true to the integrity of the company.
And just as with many projects with limitations or financial restrictions, out of these business and sales training exercises comes creative results. It is a way of maximizing what you do have, with less resources. One of the most successful companies to offer peer training is the Imageworks Animation Studio in California. The artists and the directors are trained by the other artists and directors. This has created not only a well organized and trained staff, but also an incredible sense of team work and collaboration, and a great sense of morale throughout the entire company.
Many corporate businesses are following suit when it comes to training their staff. Companies overseas, will hold conference-training calls in which all of the staff is invited to sit in on. Another way to give a new employee a sense of all of the departments in the company is called “shadowing”. Mentoring programs are also an incredible way to ensure that new employees not only learn the business, but they will also be more comfortable and welcomed into the new situation, and the new company. This is just one of the brilliant ways that companies are finding new and creative ways to sustain and actually grow, even during these tough economic times.
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