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Many companies do not consider training when they are making long-range strategic plans. Some do include training in their planning, but don’t inform their training departments until afterwards. What a mistake. Training is critical when launching new initiatives. That is another way of saying, it is essential for growth and progress. When training has become…
What is your vision for the future of your franchise? Could it be something like one of these? You have built a successful business of your own, and now you want to see it become a franchise and bring success to other people. You have created a product or service that has the potential…
Have you been reading the Tortal Blog in the last year? Have you been visiting our blog every week? If not, you have been missing out on a great source of high-level advice on getting more from your company training . . . much more. Here is a selection of top posts we published on…
How did your organization perform in calendar year 2019? Hopefully, you will smile when you ask yourself that question, and start to list all the things that went remarkably well. Maybe you saw sales increase, launched a successful new product, opened three new locations, or hired some terrific new employees. But chances are you had…
xx Every company pays for training. They can pay for it up front or pay for it through poor results at many times the cost of doing it right. It does cost money to train your employees. But it almost always costs much more money when companies decide not to train their workers….
At first glance, you might think that designing bilingual training is simple. You have a workforce that speaks both English and another language, so you make sure your training materials are offered in two languages. But the fact is that if you are a training director at your company, there are several kinds of bilingual…
If you are already using a Learning Management System – and you should be – you are already enjoying a number of benefits. You know how many of your employees are enrolled in each of your training courses at any time. You know who has completed those courses, and how well they have done on…
Franchise executives are among the smartest businesspeople anywhere. They need to master a range of disciplines that include entrepreneurship, branding, marketing, supply chain management, retail and POS technology, negotiating real estate deals, and many others. But have you noticed that when it comes to training, even very capable franchise leaders sometimes seem to have…
“If you aren’t measuring it, it probably isn’t happening.” – Evan Hackel, CEO, Tortal Training Evan Hackel is right. If you’re not measuring what your training is getting done, chances are nothing is changing. That means that if you are not using metrics to measure the effectiveness of your training, you have probably agreed…
You visit the website of a company that offers a Learning Management System and it looks terrific. There are screenshots of menus and reports, images of people who are happily learning, and quotes from delighted users. It looks good. But should that level of information convince you that you have found the LMS that…
