#TrainChat Wrapup: How Training Can Restore Credibility
Our own Bill Cushard hosted another lively Twitter chat on how organizations can use learning and training to restore trust and credibility — a followup conversation from his latest post, ”How Can the Mortgage Industry Regain Credibility? For Starters, a Rethink of Training and Learning.” Here’s a quick recap if you missed it. Join us this this week for the next #TrainChat, Friday at 10 a.m. PST.
@Mindflash: OK, lets get things started. @billcush: Tell us how you think training can help improve companies’ credibility.
@LnDDave: I think you need to first define credibility; is it internal or external? Different solutions for each.
@billcush: Let’s talk about external. A company losing credibility with customers for example … could be bad service/practices.
@tomspiglanin: Imagine a workforce that doesn’t learn as it matures; training only empowers the workforce if it takes the learner’s perspective.
@billcush: A workforce that doesn’t learn keeps doing things the same old ways, and does not survive long.
@EHommeland: Effective training increases credibility by ensuring everyone is communicating the same message to customers.
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@Mindflash: Does training only have an internal benefit to employees, or can it improve a company’s overall image?
@billcush: So if it’s all about people, training can certainly influence how people apply what the org considers “the right way to work.”
@EHommeland: Absolutely improve!! Customers have more confidence in the company if everyone they interface with says the same thing.
@billcush: Bingo!
@billcush: Think about what happened in the mortgage biz … loans made outside of guidelines that were trained.
@TriciaRansom: I think that any benefits to employees will improve their overall image. Benefitted employees = happy employees = happy customers.
@tomspiglanin: Different organizations have different internal and customer interfaces; regardless, a workforce w/o agility = doomed.
@JD_Dillon: The strength of an org’s learning culture/performance support can increase public prestige both informally and informally. … As a customer/client, I like to see an org’s dedication to developing its people.
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@Mindflash: How do you overcome the challenge of getting employees to embrace a radical change in thinking?
@billcush: Great quote from Churchill on this. Simple, overwhelming, powerful reinforcement: http://ow.ly/9Z2El
@billcush: I think that is the point, spot on. Support we must.
@LnDDave: I don’t think it’s just about saying ‘No’; I think it’s also about better ways to say ‘Yes’ that aren’t always training.
@tomspiglanin: I think @LnDDave has it right — it’s about culture. Radical change in thinking means radical culture shift is required.
@reubentozman: Employees will embrace radical change if they see a direct positive impact on them. Be transparent and you will earn respect.
@dawnjmahoney: Clear messaging & expectations/Demonstrate it/Be authentic/WIIFM discussions.
@JD_Dillon: Be transparent. Get employees in early and give them ownership. Shift accountability towards the frontline.
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@Mindflash: Final thoughts?
@billcush: Training teams just need to lead … step up and say, “We are going to reinforce great behavior in all of the learning we do.”
@TriciaRansom: Involve the ENTIRE organization in training/learning initiatives. Have everyone learn & reinforce themselves from top to mid to bottom.
@billcush: Great chat all. Establish, reinforce, restore credibility is one of our jobs.
Bill Cushard, Director of Training and Development at Allonhill, is a learning leader with more than 12 years of experience in training and performance improvement at companies such as E*TRADE Financial, Accenture, and Time Warner Cable.
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