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TRAINING
Training
can be a significant expenditure for your company.and one of the best
investments your organization can make. You can expect a return on
investing in your human resources, including productivity and efficiency
enhancements while meeting the needs of your company and employees.
A targeted
and thorough needs assessment will objectively discern what the actual training
requirements are, why the needs exist and how to address
them. It can define the gap between organizational
requirements and the current training state.
E. K. Ward
& Associates has a Training Needs Assessment (TNA) that will help you
understand your environment and business imperatives, identify training
objectives, perform a gap analysis and present training
recommendations. This provides due diligence that your training
investment is providing the kind of return on investment to ensure your
company is meeting the current business challenges that lie ahead.
For information, contact us at email@ekward.com.
For
more information, contact E. K. Ward & Associates at
716-626-1188 or please click here.
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OI Partners - E.K. Ward and
Associates
July
2005 Newsletter
Training is an up and down
business! It seems that when economic pressures build on an
organization, certain functions are reduced first - that usually means
a cut in training activities and budget. During recovery periods,
training becomes more and more prevalent, especially as organizations
seek to maximize the use of the existing workforce.
As the economy gets stronger, we have experienced an increased demand
for programs building new skills and enhancing old ones. Employee
morale and motivation are greatly increased within organizations
emphasizing training and development for current employees.
These programs may take many forms, but one in particular - an internal
career development program implemented by Deloitte worldwide 3 years
ago really stands out. Deloitte estimates that the program has
generated a whopping return on investment of $61,000,000 attributed to
reduced turnover and increased internal career movement and growth
within the employee population!
Training is back!
Sincerely,
Anne Mahoney
Glose
OI Partners (Williamsville,
NY)
Please click on
the links below to read the complete articles.
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Training is priceless, and firms are
investing
Apr. 24--The difficulty and expense of employee recruitment is the
bane of any human resources department. For years, many in human
resources have sought to expand budgets so they could retrain the
best people already on the payroll. They have argued that it is more
cost-efficient and a smart way to do business. Now, it looks like
companies are coming around.
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Beyond Training:
The Role of Human Resources in Innovation
Ideas are the lifeblood of business success. Most of today's
corporate giants began with little more than a great idea and an
entrepreneurial gleam in their eye. They leveraged their intellectual
capital to build financial strength. Yet, along the way, many
corporations lose the ability to innovate and take risks.
Entrepreneurship gives way to entropy, and new ideas are relegated to
the ...
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Meet the New
Learning Executive
Take a look and you'll probably find fewer "trainers" on
company rosters than in the past, but that's not because
organizations are eliminating the training function. Instead,
trainers are gaining more respect, and many are being brought into
the executive fold as a way to increase corporate competitiveness by
developing a higher- performing workforce. To reflect this increasing
respect, ...
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When It's Time For
Anger Management
Training can help all employees-not just the worksite hothead- deal
productively with emotions. Turnout was good at Aon Services in
Chicago when the company brought in a psychologist to give workshops
on anger management. But Chet Taranowski, the company's internal
employee assistance program (E1AP) coordinator, noticed something
odd: "A lot of people who came had someone else in mind.
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Train for Smarter
Hiring
Train hiring managers to communicate their needs to HR as well as to
ask candidates probing questions. Hiring a new employee can be like
making a high-stakes gamble: Will your newest worker turn out to be a
fantastic addition or a fantastic failure? Some companies, however,
unwilling to gamble with their future productivity, are taking steps
to train hiring managers and otherwise improve the ...
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