The Pros and Cons of Time Management Training in the Workplace
Are you a business owner?
If you are, time management should be of great importance to you. If your employees do not know how to make
proper use of their time, you could be suffering the consequences. As for what those consequences are, they may
include the loss of profits and a poor public perception.
If and when you determine that your employees are wasting
their workday or even just a few minutes here and there, you will want to take
action. In fact, the sooner that you
take action, the better it will be for you and your company. As for what action you should take, you may
want to consider time management training.
Time management training; it sounds professional and
effective, but what is it? In all
honesty, you will find that time management training comes in a number of
different formats. For starters, you can
have you own time management training run by you and your staff. On the other hand, you can use the assistance
of a professional. There are individuals
who specialize in teaching others how to stay organized, focused, and on
task. You can hire one of these
individuals to come into your workplace and educate your employees.
Now that you know what your main options are in terms of
time management training for your office, you may be curious as to what the
pros and cons are. For starters, the
cost can be quite high. Many
professionals charge a set rate, but others charge depending on the number of
guests in attendance. One way that you
can keep your cost down is by only requiring your problem workers to seek
training. Another way is by hosting your
own training sessions. This should be
relatively cost effective for you.
Another con or downside to time management training in the
workplace is the time that you must spend doing the trainings. In a way, it can
seem like you are wasting the time of your company. In some instances it may be a time waste, but
it is important for you to remember the end result. Taking an hour or even two hours to teach
your staff the importance of time management, as well as sharing tips on how to
be productive in the workplace is likely worth the time spent.
Although there are a number of cons or downsides to having
your staff members sit through time management training, there are also a
number of pros or plus sides to doing so as well. One of those is the fact that you are able to
provide your staff members with a refresher course in the area of time
management. This is a nice alternative to
terminating some of your employees. In
fact, some of your best performing employees may have problems managing their
time. What this means is that when they
actually do choose to work, they are likely to produce the best results. These are the type of employees that you will
want to work with, not terminate right away.
Another one of the many pros or plus sides to having your
staff members undergo time management training is that they shouldn’t have any
excuses. When you or a professional lays
out specific ways that your employees can better manage their time at work,
they don’t have any excuses for not doing so.
They can’t claim that they didn’t know that there were specific approaches
they could take, as they sat through the meeting or training session. In fact, once your employees go through a
training session, they are likely to know that they are being watched. This alone should reduce the amount of time
that is wasted by your employees and produce better results.
Since there are a number of both pros and cons to offering
time management training to your staff member, you need to decide if it is
right for you and your company. If you
are noticing a lot of staff members who take too long to complete their work or
if you just see your employees hanging around the office, time management
training is a good idea.
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