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The Heart of Your Best Practice
Generation Process
At the heart, at the center, of any
successful Best Practice generation process is an
effective, on-going business education and training program.
There are NO successful examples of Best
Practice companies that do not have on-going, well
supported education and training programs.
“Improve the improvement process”
– the biggest leverage - education and training are HOW
you get this happening in your business.
Key elements of successful education &
training programs:
· On-going
– Management training teaches an in-depth curriculum to all employees, at
every level, reinforcing a culture of a high level of
engagement and participation in the continuous
improvement process, i.e., the on-going generation of
Best Practices.
· Focused
– it is tailed specifically to the organization, its
culture, customers, suppliers, overall environment, and
other specifics, so its content is highly relevant.
· Certification &
Testing – participants should
be tested to validate levels of expertise and so
participants can experience pride in accomplishment.
Records of courses and tests are maintained.
· Mixture of modes
–
an
effective education and training program mixes
class-room style courses, self-paced courses, workshops,
Webinars, “lab” classes, web-based collaboration
technology and other hands-on work to build expertise
and proficiency in participants.
· Collaborative
technology
–
makes full use of the latest Web-based technology to
enable participants to work together in instruction
sessions who otherwise would have difficulty meeting,
due to schedule conflicts or geographic separation.
· Effective
materials – course materials
need to be designed to effectively hold interest and
“get the message” to participants. We have found that
quality materials that are engaging, visually
attractive, with an element of entertainment or humor,
while including serious content to be the most
effective.
Move Forward
NOW!
Every day you do NOT have an effective
education and training program in place, a day in which
improvements and Best Practice generation is not
happening, is a day of lost benefit.
We urge most of all that you take action
immediately to start getting these programs
moving in your company.
PROACTION supports for your in-house Best
Practice business education and training program in a variety of
ways, as outlined on our home page. Here are some more
ideas:
· Jumpstart
– outline a basic program focusing on “low-hanging
fruit” – areas where immediate benefit can be obtained.
Purchase an appropriate PROACTION course at low cost,
and schedule classes. For as little as $50 you can get
a basic course going now to help best a Best Practice
working in a specific area.
· Collaboration
–
“we provide on or off-site support, or a mixture, to
assist you in setting up an effective program.
PROACTION uses the latest, most advanced, most cost
effective web technology to facilitate detailed
collaboration in work sessions and meetings, while
keeping cost at a minimum.”
· Train-the-Trainer
– ideally, your courses are given by someone working
with your company and who has the appropriate expertise,
or close to it. We have coached numerous staff and line
people to raise their skill level to include the ability
to teach it to others. In many cases, people with
teaching talent can learn to effective teach material
that they are not personally expert or experienced at.
· Outsourced
–
“If appropriate internal resources are not available,
and/or if your company utilizes a business strategy of
outsourcing, we can provide a subscription-based course
presentation program using the latest Web-based
technology.” There is more information on
our Outsourced page.
· Executive and
leadership support – we can
asses the readiness of your company’s culture for an
effective, on-going Best Practice Generation program via
a candid and confidential process that gives you action
steps, if needed, to shift the environment.
Bottom Line?
It does not have to cost a lot to create an effective
education and training program. The key point is to
act now to start getting this business process
improvement going. Here
are some options:
1. call us at (818) 706-0160
2. click
here to send
us an email inquiry
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Learn more about the content of an
education and training program,
which they contain, and explanations of key aspects of
education and training programs.
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