Training and development – a cost or an investment for your business?

It is the middle of the year already – where does time go? We have had another busy and productive month at Pod HQ, undertaking consulting across the HR and organisational development spectrums – working with clients on projects ranging from preparing employment agreements, induction processes, psychometric testing to immigration assistance for new employees and devising new workshops and e-learning modules for employers.

This month we focus on the ongoing development of employees. Having recruited your new employee through effective selection methods, and having successfully inducted them into your business, you now need to facilitate their ongoing development to help them grow personally and professionally. The immediate benefits can result in greater job satisfaction for your employees, higher retention, improved performance and productivity to name but a few of the positive outcomes.

Rebecca Holden – HR Consultant

Rebecca joins Pod Consulting this month, complementing the skill and experience of our existing team. With her extensive knowledge in the organisational development and people improvement arena, Rebecca is sure to add value to our clients in developing their own teams.

Read more about Rebecca

Career Development

Often employers wonder just why they should develop the ‘careers’ of their team – think of the cost, think of the downtime for training, worst still, what if you provide training and extend their abilities and they up and leave to develop their ‘career’ elsewhere!! However, in our opinion, the benefits of introducing a career development programme within your business – however small, are immense and should not be ignored.

Career Development

Performance Appraisal for Development

Performance appraisals can offer greater insights than simply reflecting on the performance of an employee over the previous 12 months. They can help guide the development of individual employees and ensure that the goals that your team are working to are in alignment with the overall objectives of the business. Find out how to use a performance appraisal for development purposes.

Performance appraisals are key to employee development

Top Ten Tips for Training

Is there a need for training within your business? How will you measure the success of training? Is the training experience transferable to the workplace? All these questions are answered in our article designed to help you take into account varying factors when considering training.

Top Ten Tips for Training

Pod's Poll

Last month we wanted to know ‘Do you have an induction plan for new employees?’ 100% said ‘yes’ and 0% said ‘no.’ This is an encouraging result as it demonstrates that those responding to our survey are committed to ensuring that their new employees are receiving training aimed to help them successfully integrate into their new team, the business culture and the role itself.

This month we want to know ‘Do you believe that ongoing professional training is the responsibility of the business or the employee? The business, the employee or both?

The prize for voting last month was a full induction plan review and programme design for any position within your business, valued at $500 -$1000 depending on the level of the position. Congratulations to Steve Maserow at Howick Barfoot and Thompson who won this prize for his business. 

Vote this month on Pod's Poll

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