Corporate Training can help in keeping your employees motivated

Companies and firms all across the world sense the drop in efficiency of employees who are above 30-35 years of age. This is because they lack the drive to go beyond their limits. This happens solely because of one simple thing- getting disconnected from the learning process. The entire curiosity and drive of doing well comes from the will to perform. Once a person is promoted and is in echelons of seniority, his task becomes more of assessing people rather than assessing and improving himself. When a person starts working, he has all the focus in the world directed on his development and nothing else.

The promotion of an individual halts that developing state of curiosity. This is simply because no one asks him to learn. As far as a person is learning, he will be gaining new things and will be adding new skills to his armoury. This not only keeps in updated but it also helps him in having that extra drive to show his skills and express himself to the world. Once this drive is exhausted, an employee indulges strictly into monotonous work and fixed schedules, without worrying about his growth in certain.

Corporate training can help a firm in fixing that problem. When a person is trained in a manner that he grasps new things, his resource pool will be brimming with things to express. Along with that, corporate training teaches a person to learn! As far as a person is learning, his resources will be full and he will seek opportunities to express his ideas and showcase his knowledge in the best possible manner. 

Consequences of missing out on learning: Classic case of Nokia’s acquisition by Microsoft

Nokia was once the undisputed king of the mobile phone market across the globe. Yet, it failed to evade an acquisition by Microsoft. Experts, analysts and masters of the industry observed that Nokia never put a foot wrong in its decisions and functioning. Yet, it was obtained by Microsoft. A bigger perspective of looking at the situation certainly clears all doubts. Nokia was never bad; it was just that its opponents turned out to be too strong for their liking. In its vast years of perfection, Nokia did one thing wrong- if failed to catch up with time!

Nokia didn’t change with time; it did not learn new things with changing trends and changing demands. This didn’t weaken them; they succeeded the way they had been. They never lagged behind in the race. But, since they didn’t learn, their opponents showed up to be faster every year. In a vibrant market, like mobiles, it is very essential to be on top of the pecking order. Nokia had been there, but with lesser upgrading, it was toppled and acquired by Microsoft.

Even when the press conference, where Nokia was announcing that it had been acquired by Microsoft, was going on people in Nokia were still wondering what did they do wrong? The fact was they didn’t do the right thing- learn and upgrade for greater challenges. Eventually, what is a challenge today will be the standard tomorrow; there is always scope for the better. Firms need to understand that if they don’t ‘learn’ they won’t ‘change’ and if they don’t ‘change’ they will be overtaken by the ones who are hungrier and more willing to upgrade to the demands and changing market trends.

The ideal way to tackle the challenge of changing times is to train your employees and keep upgrading their skill sets in order to make them capable of taking challenges head on! 

How corporate training can boost an employee’s self-esteem

A person is at his best when he has considerable belief in his abilities. And when it comes to employees, belief and self-esteem are very essential factors. If your employees don’t have self-esteem, they will certainly lack the drive to succeed. Without this drive, it is impossible for them to take on challenges all on their own, in an effective manner. This makes them limited to their monotonous work, and their scope for growth is very less. All this is really bad for your firm, and this issue has to be addressed immediately in order to get excellent productivity.

Where does this self-esteem come from? Answer to this can guide you in getting a solution. Self-esteem comes out of ability. When a person capable of doing as task really well, his confidence is quite evident in the way he approaches the task. Same is the scenario in case of an employee when a certain skill set has been perfected by him, the actualization is found. But, if the employee lacks the ability, and is forced to tackle that task, he ought to underperform and fade away from the challenge. Moreover, it makes him uncomfortable and he starts undermining himself.

This is a major self-esteem buster! To tackle this and to restore the drive in an employee, providing proper training becomes essential. When an employee gets training in a specific skill set, he starts developing confidence and is willing to take up challenges. Instead of replacing employees or before putting him into a challenging situation, it is better to get him trained well. This will give them self-confidence; they will develop a hunger for challenges and an appetite for success will grow. All these qualities in your employees will make you see them grow, along with your firm!