Implementing training technology is an investment in your workforce. Just like other parts of your business, training is a two-way street—when you make an investment in your employees, they’ll be more invested in your long-term goals and profits. When your employees are more loyal and invested in the success of your company, then everyone wins.
Benefits of Training Technology
The benefits of a satisfied, well-trained team go far beyond your bottom line. Your employees need training not just to do their jobs today, but to maintain a high level of quality work down the road. Well-trained employees are more confident, committed, motivated, and loyal. Here are a few more benefits of implementing technology in your training program:
1. Flexibility: Utilizing technology in training gives employees access to training anytime, anywhere. This flexibility is particularly useful for remote teams and allows employees to learn at their own pace.
2. Cost-effectiveness: Classroom training comes with potentially significant costs associated with materials, instructors, and venue rentals. A learning management system (LMS) reduces these costs while providing a comprehensive and scalable solution. Additionally, a successful training program increases employee retention, lowering the costs of future recruitment and onboarding.
3. Interactive learning: Through training technology you can introduce interactive and engaging experiences for your employees. Take advantage of multi-media, gamification, games and quizzes – and even VR role playing in some cases – to make training more interesting and effective. The more engaged the employee is in their training, the more information they’ll retain.
4. Real-time tracking: An LMS allows you to track your employees’ progress in real time. Set up dashboards and reports to see how your employees are doing to easily assess employee progress with training and track compliance certifications. Real-time tracking allows for timely feedback and flexibility in making adjustments to learning paths where necessary.
5. Adaptability: Training technology such as an LMS platform increases your ability to adapt to changes in industry trends, updates to compliance regulations, or even just updated corporate policies. Through technology, you are better equipped to ensure employees are always receiving the most relevant and up-to-date information for their training.
Effective Employee Training Requires a Good LMS
Training technology and learning management evolves every day. With constantly changing content, your training requirements today may be different tomorrow. Flexibility is key – and as mentioned above, it’s one of the greatest benefits to utilizing training technology.
A good LMS provides you with the flexibility you need, evolving with your training needs and goals. If you’re shopping for an LMS or evaluating different systems, ask these questions to make sure you’ll have what you need as your circumstances change:
- Are results trackable per user and per course? This is particularly important in compliance topics such as harassment prevention.
- Is the messaging consistent and supportive of your brand?
- Is the user interface easy to use for both employees and managers?
- Do quizzes and exams test the employee’s ability to apply knowledge in the workplace?
- Can reporting easily show certification on compliance training topics?
- Will you and your employees have 24/7 access to training?
- Is technical support available if you need it?
Online Training Through the trainingGrid® LMS
trainingGrid® is an LMS developed with you and your employees in mind. Its intuitive design makes learning management simple and allows employees to begin training with just a click. This flexible system comes with a variety of robust features customizable to fit your needs in addition to built-in reporting and certification tools that track your compliance documentation.
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