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Corporate Training: How Shared Learning Impacts Team Building

By Sean Gordon

Having a program to empower, enable and educate employees is just smart. Often it is even necessary if a company desires to succeed. Those types of programs often referred to as corporate training programs are comprised of activities to advance professional development. The core of these programs are aimed at engaging employees and aligning them with the values, vision and mission statement of the company. They are also a great example of how shared learning impacts team building.

There really is strength in numbers, and this applies to corporate training programs too. These are a few of the benefits of such shared learning programs:

Inclusion

Attachment breeds effort, consideration and caring. These are the traits that ideal employees will have, and those traits can be fostered through inclusion. That inclusion can be promoted and developed through corporate training. It is no secret that the more an individual feels connected to a person, idea or goal the better the results. We have a natural inclination to try harder, be more considerate and thoughtful about those things we care about. This includes the companies people work for, or more precisely the team they work with – which leads to the next point – team building.

Team Building

Is your company a team or a group of individuals serving specific roles? The goal for every successful company is to build that team, and a teamwork atmosphere. When employees feel included in the company mission and goal, and are considered a vital component to reaching those goals, a team begins to naturally develop. With that natural development comes a desire to support and work with the other members of their team. Did you see the ownership aspect there? There are also more subtle but equally important advantages in corporate training, which is another point to consider.

Strengthening the Company Brand

One of the most understated advantages afforded through corporate training is creating and strengthening the company brand. Much has been made about the need to establish and support a company brand. This is for good reason, the stronger, more positive and effective your brand is the better your business will be.

Instilling the character, attitude and mentality of your company in your employees with corporate training will obviously help your company’s brand. The benefits of inclusion and that team atmosphere will also go a long way in helping your brand to succeed. When your customers see, hear and recognize your company brand no matter what department they call or who they contact, your brand will only become stronger.

Product Quality

Corporate training will improve adherence to safety procedures, create more uniform production practices and improve other facets of manufacturing operations. What it can’t resolve is poor product quality. The quality of materials or the machinery being used by a particular business is another animal altogether. Training can’t change an actual product, this isn’t unlike attempting to change employees who just aren’t a good fit for your business.

Employee Character

Let’s face it, not everyone is equipped to be a team player. Some people just don’t have the DNA makeup or the desire to join in, the Lone Ranger is just that. These employees may create employee conflict or may simply choose not to join the team. Unfortunately corporate training is not brain-washing, and good employees wouldn’t be good employees if there weren’t bad employees too! Team building through shared learning will help management decipher between those employees that work, and those that just don’t.

Shared Learning and Corporate Training Will Make a Difference

Imagine a company where the employees come to work excited or at the very least happy. A company where the staff is looking forward to seeing their co-workers, an environment where the people look forward to hearing about each others weekend or about finishing that new product they’ve been working on. Companies with this type of working and teamwork atmosphere exist – and they exist successfully.

If you are looking to improve your company’s morale, build a cohesive well-oiled team or simply improve your business, then contact us. Our team looks forward to helping your team work better, and work better together. We will help your employees to find a shared vision and equip your company with the tools to build a team that wins. Success, that is the first goal of corporate training, and everyone can feel good about that.

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