As an Employer, Are You Helping Your Employees Help Your Organization?
One of the biggest factors in poor performance is lack of or insufficient training. If an employee does not completely understand what their job is, they will perform that job poorly. If an employee is not regularly updated on changes in their job, be it organizational changes, legal changes, or best-care practice changes, they will perform their job poorly. If the employee is not clear what is specifically expected of them, goals, expected outcomes, quality/quantity expectations, chances are that employee will not meet those unknown expectations.
With the new year upon us, this is a great time to evaluate your organization’s training schedule, content and procedures. New employee orientation is a foundation for all employees and training should build from there.
- Is your new employee orientation complete and effective?
- Do you make sure your employees are kept up to date with changes, whether internal or external?
- Do you offer incentives for them to participate in continuing education programs?
- Do you offer periodic in-service training?
- Do you promote personal development to your employees?
- Do you ever ask your employees in what areas do they feel they are not completely trained, educated or informed?
Here are a few recent articles with an increased focus on training for 2014.