How Training Benefits Employees
Training employees is an exercise implemented by high-level management or a person of authority within an organisation to provide employees ample opportunities to develop their skills, knowledge, qualifications, and certifications. In general, training schemes for employees should be consistently provided to ensure continual skill improvement, ensure workplace competence, and to refresh staff on their roles and responsibilities within their field of work.
From a financial perspective, by consistently investing and developing your staff, your organisation should see an immense return on investment as employees can grow their knowledge base and improve their job skills to become more effective in the workplace. It’s often compulsory for some level of training (an induction) to be offered to new members of staff as you introduce them to their role. However, it’s just as worthwhile to provide training to existing members of staff, as it’s likely to help with the individual employee’s development, sense of value, and benefit your business in the process.
There are several other reasons why it is important for employers to initiate consistent training programs for their employees. In this post, we are going to explore these benefits further but also discuss the implications it will have on your organisations, specifically within the field of Cyber Security.
Cyber Security Training & Awareness
We at JC Cyber Security specialise in all aspects of Cyber Security and are happy to offer Information Security Awareness Courses to ensure your workforce are competent in the following areas:
Whether in our personal lives or at work,
Cyber Security Training & Awareness is important for us all. There are many
different types of hackers who have different skills, motivations, and morals regarding the actions they perform online. Furthermore, threat-actors will always be evolving their methods and trying to gain an angle on your organisation to exploit your vulnerabilities. Keeping up to date with the latest trends, vulnerabilities and security optimisations for every single business asset can be extremely time consuming and financially straining.
Every employee is a potential vulnerability, and as an organisation who potentially handles, processes, and transfers personal customer data, it is your responsibility to ensure that data handled holds its confidentiality, integrity, and availability. Staff working remotely, potentially due to COVID-19 and the resulting lockdown and restrictions enforced in 2021 has piled more pressure on organisations providing Cyber Security Awareness Training due to each employee’s home having to be considered when protecting your cyber profile.
To ensure staff competence in information security, we recommend training your employees at least once a year with
Security Awareness Training, and then reinforcing training with monthly Awareness Campaigns and quarterly
Phishing Simulations. Continuous programs like this are not exhaustive but keep security awareness front of mind for you, your business, and your staff.
There has never been a better time to become Cyber Secure.
Benefits of Training Staff
Improve staff skills and knowledge
Employee training programs help improve the knowledge and skills of employees to match the various changes for the given industry they work in. These improvements will positively impact the productivity of workers, which can increase business profits and efficiency.
Help meet staff performance appraisals
To monitor staff progress, development, and the impact they are having while at your organisation, key performance indicators are set every period to manage staff effectiveness and ROI. Typically, said performance indicators may rely on employees developing a new skill set or competence in a certain area of work.
By undergoing training schemes and courses, key performance indicators can be met ultimately leading to a successful appraisal. If during an appraisal, you find a gap in knowledge, or the organisation as a whole is lacking or failing to meet certain standards, procedures, or goals, you can use that information to structure future appraisals.
Prepare employees for higher responsibilities
Training programs can also help prepare employees who are moving into higher roles and taking on more responsibilities. Training programs will help staff develop and solidify the skills necessary to function effectively in their new positions. For example, they may be trained in leadership skills or in a specific software they will use in their new role.
Show employees they are valued
Implementing training programs in the workplace will help employees feel like the company is invested in them. By continuing to teach your employees new skills and abilities, they will not just become better workers but improve their own and potentially department morale.
Test the efficiency of a new performance management system.
Employee training programs help your organisation test the efficiency and effectiveness of a new performance management system, which can help HR establish clearer performance expectations. Using these systems to train your employees will reinforce the necessity of meeting goals and help employees better understand what is expected of them.
Increase productivity and performance
When employees undergo training, it improves their skills and knowledge of the job and builds their confidence in their abilities. This will improve their performance and make them work more efficiently and effectively.
Unify the work process
When employees in a workplace are exposed to training, it helps to standardise the work process among the staff. Workers will apply and follow similar procedures because of their exposure to similar training.
Reduce waste
When employees are trained, they will learn to make good, safe, and economical use of the company's materials, tools, and equipment. Accidents and equipment damage will be minimised, and this will keep waste low.
Reduce supervision
Though training employees should not eliminate the need for supervision, it can significantly reduce the need for excessive supervision in the workplace – freeing up other staff for more important responsibility.
Promote from within
When an organisation needs professionals with new or specific skills, they don't have to go into the market to employ new professionals from outside sources. They can look inward and select promising staff members who can be promoted after they are trained in this set of new skills needed. Promoting staff within can help speed up the process as they will already understand your organisations policies, procedures, values. ethics, visions and missions.
Improved learning structure
When a company has an organised system of training for employees, it helps them learn in a consistent and systematic way. It also prevents the employees from learning by trial and error.
Increase customer valuation
When employees are exposed to consistent training, it improves their skills on the job and makes them work more professionally and productively. Customers will feel the impact of this elevated service, and it will improve their opinion of your organisation and lead to less negative customer experiences.
Create a better workplace environment
Consistent training will help employees work more effectively in the workplace environment. This brings about an atmosphere that encourages every employee to feel valued and welcomed.
Keep staff up-to-date with updated technology
With the ever-increasing change in technology across all industries, exposing employees to new techniques in advanced technology will help to increase efficiency and productivity as they are kept up to date with the latest technological trends.
If employees are not consistently updated, shifting the company to new/updated software may have a huge impact on productivity.
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