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ground and know what to do. With that
increased value, you can add to their
compensation as you are receiving a
bigger benefit from them.
This learning journey needs to be
coordinated and planned. It won't happen by you simply willing it to happen.
Build out the process, keep track of the
knowledge learned, and use a calendar
to plan new learning opportunities for
each employee. Usually, an HR director handles this task, but if your company doesn't have one, this should be
the responsibility of each departments'
manager.
4. Learning Takes Time and Money
To increase the skill level of your employees, they'll need to spend extra
time learning. This means they'll be
away from their normal role for small
chunks of time while they're learning
and practicing the new skill. This needs
to be understood by all involved and
protected. Someone will have to cover
for "Jane" for an hour while she's being
trained in something in a different area.
She may need some materials to practice with. Most people make mistakes
during this time, so there may be some
cost in that.
For more advanced concepts, your
team may need to take a class, buy a
book, or purchase some training from
outside resources. How much time and
money has your business actually dedicated to this every year for employee
development? Is this in your budget?
For a lot of shops in this industry, sadly
it isn't. Yet, these are the ones that are
always struggling with quality, scheduling, employee turnover, or job satisfaction issues. Hopefully, this doesn't sound
too familiar. But if it does, how will you
address it?
5. Address Your Critical Needs
You may need to shift some people into
new roles if you want to quickly get your
business ramped up and operational.
If you're bringing employees back, one
thing to start with is the discussion on
this very topic. If your reopening team
has a fantastic "let's get it done" type
of attitude, where they will do whatever
it takes to succeed, you're going to find
that it will be much easier than if the
your team has a negative attitude about
coming back to work.
Flex some reskilling muscles and give
your company a fighting chance by
training multiple people at the same
time for key roles. If you're training one
person to learn how to ship, why not
train three at the same time?
Think things through, develop a plan,
and then implement.
Marshall Atkinson is the owner of Atkinson
Consulting, LLC, based in Mesa, Arizona. He
coaches apparel decoration companies on
operational efficiency, continuous improvement,
workflow strategy, business planning, employee
motivation, management, and sustainability.
He is a frequent tradeshow speaker, author, and
host of two podcasts, as well as co-founder of
the Shirt Lab educational company. He can be
reached at marshall@marshallatkinson.com.
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