What makes staff training successful?

There are many answers to the above question – so many that it could become a book. However, a few easy pointers may make it easier to check whether your training program is in fact headed for disaster or not:
1. Do you have a structured program?
If not, chances are that training is provided on and off. For best results, training should be followed up and reinforced.
2. Are your learners ready to learn?
Adults who are not ready to learn will simply not learn. If they are shown how the training will help them to avoid a problem, solve a problem or that it could provide an opportunity for growth (personal or in status) it will increase their readiness by leaps and bounds.
3. Make use of the experience of learners
Incorporating the experience of your learners in the training by means of interactive exercises, enhances the learning experience for everybody.
4. Let them practice
Fear of failure is a very real element to cope with in the adult learning environment. Learners must therefore be given the opportunity to practice their new skills in the safe environment of a training session – where they can make mistakes and be corrected without being humiliated.
May your training during the next few weeks have a positive impact on all the learners involved!