Friday, March 30, 2012

Does Your Company Need A Psychological Training Program?

By Matt Tarses


Really Now?

Simple really, training improves skills, techniques, knowledge and attitude whatever an individual's role within an organization. Keeping your staff trained on a regular basis is key to their development and can help ensure your business performance does not suffer.

There is no way any business can thrive without a team, or teams that get regular and proper training. But there are a number of initiatives to ensure your staff have the right knowledge and experience required.

When a company develops a learning culture, staff feel motivated to participate in it, resulting in an improvement in individual and collective performance. With an effective training program, you will find yourself realizing your goals and resolving issues faster than expected, and your men and women will receive that intangible, yet all-important boost of confidence needed to drive them towards optimum performance.

But with the number of self-paced training materials and types of seminars, the choices can be befuddling. Some of these events and materials may be inappropriate as they do not fulfill the skill and information needs of your staff. Furthermore, some of these courses may not meet your province or city's legal requirements (or state legislation, if you're based across the pond) due to the lack of present-day and pertinent information contained thereof.

By making sure that your staff develop relevant skills in teaching, training and being "team players", this increases their overall self-esteem, thus leading to reduced attrition. Moreover, continuous training that is apropos to your staff's needs ensures that they are consistent in the quality of their work moving forward.

Psychological Training Is Your Secret Weapon

Have you ever wondered what makes top performers excel time after time? It's all in the mind - they have psychological fitness to go with their innate competence.

These people have learned to become - and stay - focused, resilient, confident and committed. The working world is not getting any easier for the lot of us - but when the action moves faster, these people are fastest. But it is possible to learn psychological fitness. It is the centerpiece of an agglomeration of different programs, all dedicated to building up psychological fitness through varied practical and sustainable tools.

Used in concert with a staff member's existing skill set, the contexts in which these tools can be used is widely varied. Just off the record, Phoenix is one of the United Kingdom's leaders in developing psychological fitness for company workers, and in conjunction with the Human Dimension, they can provide your company or team with all the necessary tools. Some of the workshops Phoenix has recently launched include Leadership, Team Development, Change Management, Handling Stress and Tackling Absenteeism.




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