Empowering Employee development
Posted by James Rhys-Davies on 12 March 2009 in General
Can E-learning empower employees to take responsibility for their own development?
Having spoken to the employees of a number of different companies recently, one thing that they all have in common is a need to ensure that their professional, development is a priority with their employer. This in some cases is more of a priority than salary expectations, especially in an uncertain financial climate.
We have all been in the situation where we have been made to sit internal training courses of which we have no interest in or, have enrolled our selves in training courses as it mean time out of the office. With the development of e-learning now being utilised for all companies, they can start to develop their own internal academies which can be delivered through an existing intranet.
The benefits of this are the employee can choose which courses they are enrolled on rather than being forced to learn a subject that might not interest them. This give a real return on investment with regard to the training and can improve staff retention as they can see a visual representation of their development plan and the courses available to them, rather than having to wait for their annual appraisal.