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Training Your Employees

Boost productivity and profits by offering ongoing education

By Matt Alderton

Any educator will tell you: Learning is a lifelong process. A business, then, can't expect its employees to show up to work knowing everything they need to know. That's because the best employees are students – willing and able to learn new skills – and the best employers are prepared to be teachers. Turn your business into a classroom with ongoing training oppo...

Protecting a Business Name

Register your intellectual property in order to keep it safe

By Matt Alderton

Do your customers ask for your business by name? If so, you know that choosing a name is more complicated than selecting a catchy moniker. That's because a good name not only describes your business; it also sells it. Protect your business identity and steer clear of the pitfalls of name infringement, including: Loss of name recognition. Declining profits. Customer confusion. ...

Low-Cost Training for Employees

Take advantage of online and alternative training options that won’t break the bank

By Judy Rakowsky

Training can seem like a luxury when you are trying to keep your business running, but employees who are learning and growing tend to stay with a job longer and help your bottom line with their enhanced skills. Training does not have to be expensive and with webinars, podcasts and DVDs, can often be done at an employee’s own pace. To increase the effectiveness of training: 1...

Training Software to Trim Employee Training Costs and Ease Turnover

Evolve Elearning training expert shares tips on efficient and cost-effective training methods

By Tony Baker

Turnover, it seems, is a serious problem and an expensive one, according to Willis Mushrush, Business and Industry Specialist for the University of Missouri. "Turnover costs for many organizations are very high and can significantly affect the financial performance of an organization," said Mushrush. In fact, estimates indicate that it costs one-third of a new hire&...

Diversity Education and Training

Attract and retain valuable employees by including diversity training material in your education plans

By Colleen Dixon

Corporate diversity training is an important means of helping your employees understand one another, accept and adjust to diverse cultures and ways of thinking and be empowered to give clients their best service. Diversity training education has evolved from a focus on race and gender to include age, background and perspective, culture, disability, ideas and national origin.Your co...

Employee Training Materials

Educate your staff and keep them safe with employee training materials

By Octavia McFerrin

Unless you work in a highly-specialized field, chances are you'll need to rely on employee training and development to make your business or organization run smoothly. And, whether your interests lie in business employee training for solid customer service support or training your employees to use machines, equipment or tools, communicating your company's expectations can a...

Staff Training and Development Basics

Help your employees succeed with staff training and development

By Mike Tracy

Staff training and development is crucial to any business's growth. Research shows that investment in employee training and development pays big dividends. As a result of training development courses, staff will be more productive. Staff development also raises morale as employees learn new information and skills, feel valued and see opportunities to advance.Employee developmen...

Staff Training and Development Industry Overview

Discover the importance of staff training and development

By Mike Tracy

Today most company leaders realize that staff training and development is critical to business success. Two motives drive staff training: potential for improved profits and avoidance of litigation. There are dozens of employee development and training topics to get brought up to speed on. Some are targeted at management; others at new hires, or all employees. Some present general i...

Learning Management Systems Basics

Discover the world of learning management systems

By Gail L. Perry

Large and small businesses use learning management systems (lms) to provide, manage and track employee training. Since it is a web-based system, employees have the freedom to access educational information and administrative offices whenever and wherever they want. It is especially useful for industries where compliance training is necessary because the software tracks learning act...

Making the Most of Employee Training Materials

Energize your employee training to help increase productivity

By Meredith Fagioli

If you want to begin making the most of employee training materials, you need to start thinking beyond the typical training held in a classroom that consists solely of instructional manuals for employees and dull presentations. Your employees should be captivated by the training so they reap the largest benefit from it, which in turn will keep your employees in the know and help th...

Pricing and Costs for Employee Training Materials

Accomplish training employees without breaking your budget

By Meredith Fagioli

In any company, regardless of it's size, there is employee training and development to be done within a set budget. To do this, you need to keep up with the pricing and costs of employee training materials. Through your research, you may even come across a less expensive way to train your employees that won't decrease the message that you are trying to get across with the t...

Learning Management Systems Education and Training

Train to use learning management systems in the workplace

By Terri Deno

A learning management system is a way to organize training materials and activities with software. This software was created for those who work in human resources departments record the completion of employee training programs, recertifications and online assessments. It is also useful in industries that require compliance training. For the convenience of both the employee who need...

Diversity Education and Training for Beginners

Seek diversity training education to improve staff ability to appreciate differences

By Gail L. Perry

Diversity training education is needed in today's society because people from many cultures and backgrounds must function together in the workplace. To optimize the function of the workplace, it takes a respect and appreciation of others' unique characteristics to build a successful team. Remember, the term diversity addresses much more than race and ethnicity.Diversity tra...

Diversity Education and Training News and Trends

Use news and trends about diversity training education to keep employees up-to-date

By Adah Chung

Corporate diversity training programs’ aims are to help employees understand personal differences and how these differences influence our interactions, morale and work performance. Understanding diversity includes more than race and ethnicity; it includes gender, sexual orientation, age and religion as well.Trends in diversity training programs change with the changing popula...

Employee Training Materials Key Terms

Learn about types of employee training materials

By Terri Deno

Employee training materials are essential in providing proper training of basic and advanced skills in the workplace. All businesses use training materials, but some are required to meet safety regulations. Training materials for employees come in a variety of media including videos, written texts and computer applications. Many of these materials can be combined to create a succes...

Staff Training and Development Key Terms

Terms you might find as you explore staff training and development

By Ann Starr

Staff training and development is a key function of human resources departments. Most medium to large sized businesses invest in their employees’ learning and development because they know this is one of the best ways to retain employees. There are hundreds of businesses that can provide training and development for companies who do not have career development resources in-ho...

Learning Management Systems Key Terms

Become acquainted with learning management systems key terms that impact your HR policies

By Michele Vrouvas

Compared to their counterparts in the past, businesses today operate under the belief that a bottom up strategy will ultimately drive growth and profitability. No longer do HR departments cease any involvement with employees once the hiring process is over. On the contrary, it's now standard practice for businesses to create company-wide learning management systems that cover n...

Diversity Education and Training Key Terms

Learn the lingo of diversity education and training

By Shannon Tani

Diversity education and training is becoming increasingly necessary in today's multicultural world. If you are just starting to learn about the different types of diversity training opportunities for your business, you may feel overwhelmed by the number of options. There may be terms that you are not familiar with, such as inclusion. You'll have to decide whether to choose ...