Lifelong learning: an investment with a high return
June 2024 - Do you want to stay one step ahead of your competitors? Then it is a good idea to regularly update your expertise and skills. In this article, you will learn how to approach that.
Brushing up on your knowledge? Choosing the right tools for your office? Or develop your soft skills? By continuously working on yourself and your employees, you increase your competitive advantage: you help clients in a more targeted way, work more efficiently and anticipate new developments in the market faster. In other words: lifelong learning is an investment that yields much more than it costs.
3 forms of in-service training
1. Learning
The starting employee will have to learn. He does this ‘on-the-job’, of course, but also by attending training courses.
2. Staying up to date
The experienced employee especially wants to stay up to date. Changing procedures or the latest technological innovations: workshops and webinars ensure that your knowledge is and remains current.
3. Specialise
Knowledge deepening learning moments are aimed at increasing your expertise in a particular theme or niche. Specialisation is an absolute must in today's market.
How to choose training and education?
A quick breakfast session before work? An evening seminar at the end of the day? A podcast during your lunch break? A webinar from the comfort of your armchair? Getting started yourself via an e-learning platform? Or rather an ‘old-fashioned’ conference? Training comes in different shapes and sizes. You get the best results if you let your employees choose according to their needs and work-life balance.
Team-based learning
Reality requires you to specialise. In knowledge, but also in skills. Communicating clearly, for example, is one such skill that is a must in almost every job. The good news is that you can also work on this through training courses and workshops. Moreover, such training courses are twice as much fun if you follow them as a team. You work on the atmosphere within your group and also learn. Win-win!
