Any company that invests in employee development is investing in their own success. By providing ongoing training for your employees, you are creating a workplace that is adaptive, flexible, and ready for change.

Employees increasingly expect informative and applicable training, which satisfies their needs both as workers at your organization and as up-to-date, informed professionals. Delivering this training is an important step in building a genuine employee experience management strategy. While there are many training programs available, a few core courses are essential to your employees’ success at work and can be very helpful in a personal capacity too.

Skills shortages are also a key threat to the future growth of businesses. This is one of Africa and other parts of the world’s major challenges, the lack of skills to enable citizens to perform in the workplace. Skills development for those seeking employment is a mammoth task as it needs government and private sector involvement. Without a skilled workforce, poverty eradication is impossible. Global Economic growth and development are largely hindered by poverty and unemployment, and skills development shows promise for the empowerment of the economically vulnerable. Read More…