Key takeaways: In 2020, the most critical New Year’s Resolution for your company is to set clear goals around Employee Training.
As you reflect on everything your company and team accomplished in 2019, it’s equally important to look forward at 2020 to prioritize where to allocate your resources. At the start of a new year, many companies select goals – accomplishments they aim to achieve in the 365 days ahead. In our personal lives, we call these ‘New Year’s Resolutions,’ which often challenge us to be more productive, improve our skills and address our weaknesses. As a leader, how do you focus on these for your organization?
In 2020, the most critical New Year’s Resolution for your company is to set clear goals around employee training. In addition to supporting individuals’ personal growth, a corporate focus on training reduces employee turnover, increases employee engagement and drives innovation. Investing time and resources on training shows your employees you care about their long-term development and success.
Types of Goals to Set
Establish clear targets that allow you to measure success. A goal to ‘Improve our training program’ isn’t clear enough. Think about what exactly you strive to accomplish and create goals that push you to get there.
Some goals could include:
Ensure your goals support your company’s mission. Training is important, however, it doesn’t move the needle if you’re simply putting employees through training to say you do it. Spend time and money on training in areas that contribute to the advancement of your company’s mission and values.
Don’t accept ‘status quo’. Goals, by definition, are meant to be ambitious. Resist the urge to settle on easy goals that you’ve already accomplished in the past. Push your team to achieve more – while remaining realistic.
Ask employees what they want. Many companies forget to ask their employees for feedback when determining their training content and strategy. Your employees’ perception and support of your training plan will ultimately make or break it; why not involve them in the development of your goals?
Get Started
Once your company’s 2020 goals are set, ISN can support the distribution, tracking and management of your employee trainings. By the end of 2019, more than 500,000 online trainings have been completed in ISNetworld by 350,000+ subscribed Hiring Client and contractor employees.
ISNetworld tools empower Hiring Client subscribers to track internal trainings and share content like site orientations with contractors and subcontractors. Established data partnerships with many third-party training providers in ISNetworld streamline the process of uploading the most up-to-date training information into your account for employees.
See our previous blog posts for more information on ISN’s training offering and tools, Operator Qualifications (OQ) Training and Training Qualifications (TQ) Tracking.
Let ISN Help
If you are a contractor and need help with your training requirements in ISNetworld, contact our customer support team.
If you are a Hiring Client, it’s a good time to evaluate your training requirements. Ask your ISN Account Representative for information on how we can help.
Are you a Hiring Client and interested to learn how ISN could help you manage your contractors and training qualifications? Request a demo of our contractor management system, ISNetworld.