Train to Retain . . . understanding the link between better training and a better workforce
When a new year begins, it is always interesting to read about trends. If you invest just a little time looking around online, you will find plenty of opinions about technology trends, leadership trends, marketing trends, and the list of trends goes on and on. You will also find a lot of predictions about…
Big Thought for a Big New Year: You’re Paying for Training whether You Know It or Not
by Evan Hackel Every company pays for training. You can either pay for it up front or you pay for it through poor results at many times the cost of doing it right. People don’t think about it this way, but maybe they should. Let me tell you a story about a company where a…
Top Posts from the Tortal Training Blog, 2016
Our Editorial Team had a busy year researching and writing post for the Tortal Blog. Here’s a list for your review. If you see a post that you would like to read, just click on its name and it will open in a new window. All of us at Tortal Training wish you every success…
Do You Know the Difference between Edutainment and Training?
“How can you avoid wasting money on frivolous training?” our Founder Evan Hackel asks in “Know the Difference between Edutainment and Productive Training,” his new article in The GIS Professional. We invite you to read the whole article, which appears on Page 8. Here is an overview of some of Evan’s advice . . ….
Are Your Employees Planning to Leave You in 2017?
“Even Your Satisfied Employees Are Job Hunting in January,” an article on Salary.Com, reports that finding a new job could be the most popular New Year’s resolution of all. Citing a study conducted by Salary.com, the article notes that as many as 51% of all currently employed workers are thinking of starting a job search…
Are Your Employees Suffering from Holiday Sadness? Here’s How to Help
Since this blog is about training, why are we writing a post today about the holiday blues? After all, you cannot train people to be happy – even though good training always lifts moods. We are writing this post because minor depression that can set in at this time of year can temporarily make your…
Why the Right Training Can Make Your Company an Employer of Choice
Every year 24/7 Wall St (247wallst.com) publishes its list of the 10 worst American companies to work for. This year’s list, based on research by Evan Comen, Samuel Stebbins and Thomas C. Frohlich, makes for unpleasant reading. It includes a list of the 10 worst companies, which we will not share in today’s post. It…
What If We Invest in People and They Leave?
This post by Rick DeMarco was published on the Inward Strategic Blog on November 29, 2016. We really like it, agree with what it says, and are pleased to republish it with the permission of Inward Strategic Consulting. What If We Invest in People and They Leave? by Rick DeMarco Recently, in my Linked-In Network,…
Four Compelling Reasons to Update Your Training in 2017
We recently heard a retail executive say, “We probably should review our training programs, but we’ll spend the money somewhere else. For now, our training is good enough.” That exec could be right or wrong. The problem is that “good enough” usually means “not good enough.” It often signals that a company is ignoring important…