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We have established an organized training program for our employees which requires them to attend a minimum of 10 hours of training per year. Training opportunities include on-line learning, classroom
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Incentives for achieving training objectives
posted at 1/5/2001 6:38 AM EST
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We have established an organized training program for our employees which requires them to attend a minimum of 10 hours of training per year. Training opportunities include on-line learning, classroom, and self-study. To encourage employees to achieve this goal, we are considering offering them an incentive. At the end of the calendar year, training hours will be totaled for each employee and if they achieve the minimum of 10 hours they will be rewarded and recognized for their commitment to learning.
Does anybody have any suggestions for incentives? We want to make the incentives inviting enough that employees will take the program seriously, but cost effective as well. |
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Incentives for achieving training objectives
posted at 1/6/2001 6:40 PM EST
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Does every employee have an individual development plan? That's one type of incentive. Also, do you use a 360 degree assessment process to let management and employees know the skills gaps and the employee achievements? |
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Incentives for achieving training objectives
posted at 1/10/2001 9:41 PM EST
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One paid day off. People are always clamoring for more time away from work. Well, in reward for just about anything I can, I work to convince the supervisor to throw out a paid day off b/c it's an affordable freebie ... if there is such a thing.
Regards, eZ |
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Incentives for achieving training objectives
posted at 1/11/2001 7:55 AM EST
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We struggle with incentives for development that are based on fulfillment of hours only. It can be a case where I attend just to log my hours and earn my reward... I don't need the learning or use it but I get the reward. Rather than that, we use a performance plan that includes both business and development objectives. This is scored with the outcomes having a direct linkage on the annual bonus earned by the person. It serves us well to tighten alignment with what matters to the company and the person. Feel free to contact me if you'd like more. |
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Incentives for achieving training objectives
posted at 1/11/2001 9:52 AM EST
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I am interested in learning more about your training incentive program. I am currently working on a research project dealing with this particular subject. Also would you consider completing a questionnaire about your company for my study? |
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Incentives for achieving training objectives
posted at 1/11/2001 11:08 AM EST
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I also have made a requirment based on position to fulfill 10 hours of mgmt training by staff and 60 hours of mgmt training to team leaders. This is a requirement for advancement to the next level. I believe it encourages them to learn the skills necessary in their personal and professional careers. It has been in place now for 6 months with approximately all employees engaging in some form or another of attaining training from on-line seminars to taking a day off to attend offsite seminars |
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Incentives for achieving training objectives
posted at 1/11/2001 3:43 PM EST
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Hello Jamie,
1. min 10 hours of training per year is too small to deserve any incentive. It is the managements and the systems' duty to take care of such low amount of desired training time. Incetive should be for going beyond the normal call of duty! 2. We have a small company (6 people - data migration experts). In our company, we focus on teaching rather than training, i.e., it is mandetory for our people (everybody) to teach 5 collegues anything that the collegue desire and that is in your area of expertise (this evn range from - cooking tips to complicated data conversion!)in a year. Teaching benefits three parties - - the teacher (as he has to know the fundamentals clearly) - the student (of course!) - the organization (becuase we feel, the biggest gain is the spirit of give - take) Jaydeep Bhoite President Marcus, Pune, India |
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Incentives for achieving training objectives
posted at 1/11/2001 11:41 PM EST
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First: 1/3/2001 Last: 9/8/2009 |
I agree completely. But, if your goal is to also increase awareness about the training you're offering, this could still work. I would only try it for a year, though, and then begin to transition to a better measurement of the impact of your training on business goals. |
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Incentives for achieving training objectives
posted at 1/12/2001 1:49 AM EST
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First: 1/12/2001 Last: 3/13/2001 |
All employees have quarterly goals here. Included in the goal is mandatory attendance of a 2-hour ongoing training program. This is the "stick" approach because if they do not attend, they do not get their bonus. It is harsh, but it does make people attend. Afterall, it is only 2 hours.
We now need to take this to the next step and ask employees to show they are applying the learning. There is a lot of resistence to this. We also need a carrot to dangle to gain more acceptance. Does anyone have suggestions? |
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Incentives for achieving training objectives
posted at 1/12/2001 4:59 AM EST
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First: 1/12/2001 Last: 1/12/2001 |
I THINK IT'S GREAT THAT YOU PROVIDE THIS MUCH TRAINING FOR YOUR PEOPLE. IN MY OPINION, THE FACT THAT THIS TRAINING IS AVAILABLE SHOULD BE INCENTIVE ENOUGH. HOWEVER, PEOPLE BEING PEOPLE YOU NEED TO SATISFY THEIR WAIGTGOOTIIDI? (What Am I Going To Get Out Of This If I Do It?) Each persons WAIGTGOOTIIDI is different, so the key is to find out what it is and then provide it on an individual basis.
When we conduct training programs for our clients this is the first thing we do. It's very successful. If you need more info contact me geomar@att.net. Good Luck |
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