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Money Saved With Training Budget Cuts May Be Lost Many Times Over

because of loss of productivity, reduced safety compliance and legal liability caused by poorly trained staff, according to Governing Magazine and the B&G Report.

You don’t have to be a rocket scientist to figure this one out. People’s performance is based largely on personal habit, beliefs and values. When those habits, beliefs and values don’t result in top performance and acceptable results the only way to change those results is information. Because people’s habits and bias are deeply etched in the psyche they quickly return to poor habits and unacceptable behavior when performance is not directed through solid and applicable information. Not to mention to that people can be downright forgetful.

“Now why was it that we needed to use those safety pins? Oh well, it won’t matter this time.” This is the popular self dialogue that leads the well intentioned employee down the path of non compliance.

Consistent training serves to reinforce what we know to be best practices, correct poor performance standards and empowers consistency and congruency in the working environment to ensure the safest and most productive outcome.

I was conducting a communication training for a client with whom I had done the same training before. A gentleman who had already attended the seminar twice was obviously impressed with a solution offered and expressed an interest in sharing. He commented that he would like to have heard that in he last two presentations. I didn’t have the heart to inform him that I had in fact covered this point in the past two classes. Before I could move on, the department supervisor, with some disgust, replied that the same approach was shared in the past and that she had sent a copy of the audio to all staff to reinforce the ideas on two different occasions.

Instead of cutting training, cut training cost. Here are four things you can do that will drastically reduce the cost of your training.

1. Hire trainers who can deliver training via webinar and multimedia. You can save bi because you aren’t paying for travel and accommodations. You can deliver highly targeted training in smaller segments that have been proven to increase the benefiting results of training. Media rich training if more favorably completed and is proven to produce higher results.

2. Avoid over priced brokers who subcontract with experts to deliver training. Any of the trainers they may provide for you can be found EASILY online in minutes. These broker slash training companies can charge upwards of 3 to 5 thousand dollars for a training day and subcontract the training to a trainer they might pay $300. There is no chance you’re getting the best possible training for the dollar with that arrangement.

To find a trainer fast use Google. In example, if you need project management training you might search for, “hire a project management speaker.” Check the web sites of a few results that are not paid advertisers. Here is what you should look for on the site:

• Sample video and Audio – If it isn’t there move on fast
• Testimonies and references
• Samples of writing and other qualifications

3. Train trainers within. I have had several clients hire me to develop training and then train a few of the staff to deliver the training on an ongoing basis.

4. Supplement your training with resources. Books, ebooks, audio and video can be used to reinforce and refresh. I had one client who suggests never hiring a trainer that does not offer such supplemental resources.

Keep your team as sharp as possible. Failing to do so will cost you. You can learn more about effective and budget friendly training at www.charlesspeaks.com and my blog www.charlesspeaks.com/billthebuilder
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