3 Reasons for less than desired results with team building training for Manufacturing

team building and leadership expert michael cardus

Leading team building & leadership consulting, coaching and training for several different sectors, levels of organizations, and people. Manufacturing is a place of that I enjoy working. Having my start in training and development while working for Bic in Charlotte NC. That time really impacted my life.

Recently this question was asked during a meeting with a manufacturing client.

Workforce training has become an important topic in our plant lately. But I’ve seen that not all training delivers on hoped-for results. Any ideas why the training is not getting the results we hoped for?

Manufacturing training fails for 3 main reasons;

1. The level of employee competence is poorly matched the training curriculum. For example too academic or classroom training for front line employees. Front line employees need hands-on real time concrete process training to improve their work in a day to day operations.

2. Little to no follow through once training is complete, training is seen as a one time thing. A certificate is awarded and placed in the employees file then never visited again. For training to deliver any results it must become revisited and integrated into the processes of work.

3. Training is used or seen a punitive measure as opposed to improving a persons skilled knowledge. Managers find something wrong (i.e. lack of teamwork, poor communication) and immediately force employees to be punished into a training. The people in the training lack motivation to learn anything new, now that they are being punished and treated like children.

 

What do you think?

Whether you are in manufacturing  or some other line of work, what reasons do you feel lead to less than desired results in training? In what ways can Managers, employees, and trainers work to improve the results? Team Building Leadership Innovation expert Michael Cardus

michael cardus is create-learning

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