Saturday, September 8, 2012

Truth about Training

The Truth about Training
Hello Mr. Davidson – glad I ran into you here in the elevator.  I have heard that you believe that training is not necessary for your organization and that you are thinking of cutting your training budget because the company is having economic issues.  What I would like to discuss with you when you have a minute is how training can actually be the best thing for your organization during these tough economic times.
Now is probably the best time to do training while business is slow.  Recently many advances were introduced at your firm, so many that the employees did not have a chance to really understand everything.  Now is the time to train the employees in the depth of the advances so they can utilize the information more effectively for their clients.
This is also the time to develop those in the organization that are showing extraordinary talents.  These talented employees will be looking for ways to improve themselves and by extension the organization so by taking time and setting up some talent development training we can help build these employees knowledge. 
Lastly, consider the fact that your organization is global – we can develop training to be utilized by the employees at their own pace thereby keeping costs down and still allowing everyone access to the same information instead of bringing everyone together in one place to learn what is needed.
How does next Thursday at 2:00 look for you to talk about training for your organization?

(it appears that blogger will not allow audio only video - the audio is posted to the blog links in the classroom - will fix this for future versions)

5 comments:

  1. Hi Helene,

    Good speech and very concise! I like the fact that you recommend training even though the organization is going through a tough time and say that this is the best time for training. Really what I got out of that part of your speech was that you were trying to get him to agree to develop a competitive advantage over his competition by training the employees up on the product line now while it was a slow period. This is a key thing that you mention here taking advantage of the slow periods and making your organization even stronger with training and development of the employees within the organization. I also really like how you close the deal you assume a time and close with it to start talking about training for his organization. No way out but to accept the time you suggested or give a better time that works. Great work!

    Hassan

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  2. Hi Helene,
    Your post shows great confidence in your ability to deliver results for the company. I think its strength is the fact that you show you understand the company and try to provide a solution to what might be an area of opportunity to this organization. I would only suggest starting with a positive statement. That is all.
    Well done!
    Ivonne (Flor) Ch K

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  3. To Helene’s:

    I second with Flor. You don’t want to start the conversation with "I heard.." you also don’t want to say, "when you have a minute." I have run into a LOT of rude people in my life time and they will hang up and “suggest" they'll get back with you and they don't. And guess, what when you try to call them a second time they have your caller ID, and then they wont answer lol..anyway good speech we are all getting a feel for the necessary components of a captivating elevator speech.

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  4. Helene,
    Let the class know where and when you post your audio file for your speech. Flor and Brittney make a good point regarding your introduction. I liked the idea of suggesting that the company use the down time to help the employees be more successful with their clients and to improve talent development and employee knowledge. I like the suggestion for using technology to reach all the employees and allow them to work at their own pace. What company strategies and goals will training help obtain. I liked you approach to getting a follow-up meeting.
    Dr. B

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  5. Helene,
    I found your audio file of your speech in the Classroom Blog site. Thanks.
    Dr. B

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