5. Develop Your Training Standards
Some of us have fond (read: terrifying) memories of holding the flashlight for our dad while he swore his way through a home project. The sad reality is that many people are graduating from high school without having any mechanical or shop classes at all under their belt. And if they didn’t grow up around someone to teach them, it’s up to you to give them the skills they’ll need to be successful.
Training can be expensive, but not training can be costly
Training can be expensive, but not training can be costly. When you’re developing your formal training programs for each position, keep the following things in mind:
- Tie training to increased benefits (like your newly minted payroll standardization, see Item 4)
- OSHA has some great resources for safety training and so should your insurance provider
- Train for both technical job skills and soft skills, like communication and leadership
- Developing an annual boot camp or refresher can push the reset button on expectations
- Offer a personal finance class
- Consider cross-training to keep a flexible work staff as an option for the lean times
- Try interdepartmental job shadowing
- Is there a book or two that you wish everyone would read?