It’s a Win-Win—Invest In Your Employees!

Posted by Marti Wedewer on October 20th, 2015

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After various insurances, health care costs, paid time off, bonuses, and raises, you might wonder why you would want to spend even more of your hard-earned cash on employees. Think again—it’s really a no-brainer.

WORK WITH WHAT YOU HAVE

Investing in your employees conveys you are serious about their career development plus the quality and reputation of your organization. Retaining a pool of talented and steadfast folks isn’t always simple, but you can make it happen. Along with the regular company perks, offering consistent training can entice many to stay or come on-board, showing you are sincere about their career advancement as well as your own success.

TOP 6 MOTIVATORS TO INVEST IN YOUR PEOPLE

  1. Everyone is a Winner: When training becomes a top priority, teams are more cohesive and take their work more seriously. It builds positive connections between team members and creates job satisfaction. In turn, your organization benefits by tapping into current, professional skills as well as honest motivation within the team players. Your business will ultimately reap the rewards.
  2. Access to Professional Development: This type of investment gives a valuable boost to individuals and builds upon transferable skill sets for future promotions. It shows that you care about their career development as well as your organization’s future.
  3. Better Networking: Reaching out in not only online social networks, but live conferences, workshops, and classroom teaching encourages new associations. By having your employees attend live and in-person sessions, allows them more tangible relationships that can grow into new ventures and clients for your business.
  4. Strengthen Teams and Individuals: As you invest in your people, the need for new-hires becomes less of a concern. Turnover decreases and bonds form amongst the team members. With this bonding comes productive outcomes in their work. Whether it is one employee or many, you will see they open up to new ideas in a more energetic and creative way.
  5. Additional Job Incentives: Training can be a promotional tool for new-hires or returning contract/freelance employees. Offering regular design software training and new tools leads to a more productive environment. Staying current through education adds value to their purpose for staying with your organization. It’s then that your investment pays off and their loyalty grows.
  6. Give Backbone to Team Work: It makes sense to cross-train. If multiple employees have the same skills, they can all work on the same projects. Sharing knowledge makes your team rich. Rich because the skills they contribute to the group benefits outcomes of projects and client relationships. With Adobe Creative Suite skills, your people will have current, applicable industry-standard tools—they are able to speak intelligently amongst each other as well as to clients. Trust and respect is strengthened as they get to know one another better. They feel empowered with what they’ve learned to problem-solve and brainstorm freely. Group training develops meaningful ties and bolsters clearer communication.

POSITIVE RESULTS THROUGH TEAM TRAINING

Career growth opportunities are a fine recipe for job satisfaction and a successful, highly-regarded business in your community. Keeping your staff happy is a smart investment. Current and quality knowledge in software like Adobe Creative Cloud creates a confident, satisfied workforce. Imagine less stress and more laughter—less conflict and better project results. The perk of on-site training allows a group to all be on the same page—then they can work as a group on the same project if necessary, or substitute when someone is not available. Group multi-tasking on common projects adds creative insights and depth to your end product.

QUALITY TRAINING PAYS OFF

Consider a valuable investment strategy—one that reflects positive outcomes, both financially and within your teams. Envision quality, focused classroom training, consistent with the specific needs of your people. Whether it be the marketing staff communicating your strengths and boosting your branding, or in-house business communications, you name it—training in the Adobe Creative Cloud software will give them the graphics and design expertise they need to make you look your best and save you money on outside design services.

Visual Persuasion is a local, professional training facility that has small classroom enrollment as well as onsite group and one-on-one training. Get to where you are going with your projects more efficiently and with great confidence—contact Visual Persuasion today.

Resources:

http://www.denverpost.com/topworkplaces2015/ci_27831563/investing-your-workforce

https://powermore.dell.com/business/8-tactics-for-developing-employees/

https://www.go2hr.ca/articles/employee-training-worth-investment


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