Virtual Classroom English

Talent Deveopment
Intermediate

Engaging employees

_ offer more control over work processes

_ offer more involvement in decision-making processes
_ offer opportunities for development within the company
_ offer flexible working times
_ provide benefits
_ give employees financial rewards.
_ offer employee training programs.

Benefits of training

_ Increased productivity.
_ Reduced employee turnover.
_ Increased efficiency resulting in financial gains.
_ Decreased need for supervision.

Key vocabulary

_ Launch employee-training programs

_ Reimburse tuition costs
_ Hire and promote from within
_ Reward star performers and foster creative learning processes

_ to foster: promote, support

_ to reimburse: to pay back
_ to launch: to begin, to start, to initiate
_ to hire: to employ someone
_ to reward: to give prize, to give an award, to honor

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_ Launch: investing in continuing education demonstrates that the company values its people and
wants them to grow.
_ Reimburse tuition costs. Helping employees finance their education is a great way to market
the company for recruiting.
_ Hire and promote from within. Employees appreciate job security, but in order to grow
professionally, people want and need new responsibilities.
_ Reward star performers. Some managers make the mistake of believing that star performers
don't need occasional pats on the back, but they do! If they don't receive praise, their performance
may suffer.
_ Foster creative learning processes. Often, employees want to make suggestions about the way
things are done but don't have a way to voice their ideas.

Types of training

In-house seminars are inexpensive because they are held at the company’s offices and are often
given by employees who are experts in the field. They do take time away from the regular working
day.

External workshops are a great way to boost employee skills in specific themes but are often very
expensive and time-consuming.

Orientation is for new employees. The first several days on the job are crucial for the success of
new employees.

Virtual training is also called distance learning and is excellent for global companies with people
situated all over the world.

Job rotation involves moving an employee through a series of jobs so he or she can get a good
feel for the tasks that are associated with different departments which must work together to
provide service or produce products.

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