Training

Best of breed companies, those most often profiled in "Top 25 Companies to Work For" or "100 Fastest Growing Companies", have at least one thing in common - emphasis on employee development. These organizations understand the rewards of investing in their employees' growth and development. They know that their employees are more motivated, achievement oriented, successful and happy when they have the opportunity to learn and grow in their careers. They are likely to be promoted and choose to stay with the company.

The estimate of an organization's benefit from an investment in employee development is an average of greater than 10 times the training cost in resulting productivity and value to the company.

The most efficiently performing organizations are those in which all employees are challenged, motivated, and rewarded to improve their capabilities continuously and learn from mistakes. We call this a "continuous learning organization".

Effective training involves much more than showing up for a class now and then. FuturesQuest Advisors have extensive experience in all aspects of learning needs assessment, design, instruction, facilitation and evaluation. We have developed many specialized programs for specific industries (such as hotel, automotive, real estate & technology)and for the specific needs of an organization’s stage of growth (from start-up to right sizing).

FuturesQuest provides:

• Learning needs assessment for all departments and levels in your organization
• Recommendations for on the job training, on-line courses, customized in-house workshops, off site seminars, university programs and self-study options
• Design of performance management and reward programs to recognize and motivate your employees for investing their time to improve their value to you
• Innovative practices to leverage employee talent in mentoring others in the organization
• Training for managers and executives to maximize performance and customer satisfaction

Managerial Training

Managers and Executives should be spending at least 25% of their time evaluating, mentoring and improving the performance of their employees. It is a key aspect of their jobs! They should be spending a percentage of time on their own development. FuturesQuest can assist you with your management and executive development needs. Most managers that you hire will not be highly competent at training their employees so you need to train them to develop their own employees. To learn more...