Optimus writes:
We asked our clients why they had run more in-house training workshops and their responses are below, with some of our own thoughts.
Develop team and department capability
To avoid having one person as the font of knowledge, companies are looking at developing teams capability.
We are adopting ITIL as our IT Service Management methodology. We need to ensure the team has a common understanding of how we use it.
Bespoke content is better than generic
Its much better when our employees are able to discuss our internal workings, and use actual work examples within the sessions. This has been really useful when we ran the session for our salespeople to understand the nuances of our financial management.
Using the budgets better
The cost of sending an individual on a public course is relatively high compared to running in-house sessions. By bringing a trainer to deliver workshops internally the cost per person reduces significantly.
We were sending individuals onto management programmes costing £1000 for 2 days. When Optimus helped us to replicate the workshop and run it in-house ( using one of their approved trainers) the cost per head went down to £200 per person.
eLearning isn’t working
Giving people eLearning and non-workshop content as a standalone solution isn’t working. Its too easy for people to put off the eLearning, prioritising business activities ahead of time spent on learning. And, people miss the social interaction and discussion opportunity that workshops bring.
Our employees said they felt they weren’t able to step away from work when trying to engage with our e-learning. Providing a dedicated learning space helped but they said they missed the group workshops. They missed meeting other people in the business they wouldn’t normally meet or have access to. We re-introduced workshops to achieve this and encourage greater cross-company working.
Would in-house training workshops help your employees learn better?
If you need expert trainers to run engaging and practical workshops contact us and we will recommend suitable ones for you.
Contact us at info@optimuslearningservices.com or call 0845 519 7408