Is it Steak or just hamburger?
Is it Steak or just hamburger? We all know that beef comes in many different forms; 7-bone, Porterhouse, Prime Rib, Hamburger, Top Sirloin, etc. If you want an upscale dinner you’re probably not going to want hamburger? So why do we treat employee training as just beef?
Have you ever been in a classroom when someone in the room just didn’t “get it”? How frustrating was that to you and others. There is always that one person that needs more time than others.
If you are not looking at learning style as you set your training schedule, you are wasting time, money and resources. You may be providing beef when you need T-bone or need only hamburger. Learning style is extremely important. How many times have you sent someone to a seminar or other training only to have them come back with no apparent effect on the job performance or behavior you were trying to change or improve?
Understanding how someone learns—fast or slow or somewhere between is critical not only the learning environment in the seminar or learning session, but also to the cost of your training budget as a whole. People who learn at a slower pace are not stupid but they require information in smaller chunks over a longer period of time. It makes no sense to send them to a seminar that gives a week worth of information in one day? On the other hand you wouldn’t want to put a very fast learner through a 3day learning session—when they have grasped the information in the 1st day.
The bottom line is to know the learning style of each of your employees! It is important for the day to day operation of your business, important for how employees progress, Important for your training budget, and important for your overall company productivity.
Have you ever been in a classroom when someone in the room just didn’t “get it”? How frustrating was that to you and others. There is always that one person that needs more time than others.
If you are not looking at learning style as you set your training schedule, you are wasting time, money and resources. You may be providing beef when you need T-bone or need only hamburger. Learning style is extremely important. How many times have you sent someone to a seminar or other training only to have them come back with no apparent effect on the job performance or behavior you were trying to change or improve?
Understanding how someone learns—fast or slow or somewhere between is critical not only the learning environment in the seminar or learning session, but also to the cost of your training budget as a whole. People who learn at a slower pace are not stupid but they require information in smaller chunks over a longer period of time. It makes no sense to send them to a seminar that gives a week worth of information in one day? On the other hand you wouldn’t want to put a very fast learner through a 3day learning session—when they have grasped the information in the 1st day.
The bottom line is to know the learning style of each of your employees! It is important for the day to day operation of your business, important for how employees progress, Important for your training budget, and important for your overall company productivity.
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