http://www.accelerateyourtraining.com/blog The official blog of Accelerated Training Solutions, Inc. Tue, 22 Jul 2008 15:11:29 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Employee Recognition Training - How to Create a Happy, Loyal Workforce Employee recognition training is becoming more and more popular these days. Business owners are realizing that employee recognition programs are often the unsung heroes of companies. And though one could come up with many different ideas for rewards, ... http://www.accelerateyourtraining.com/blog/18/employee-recognition-training-what-is-it-and-how-can-you-use-it The most important factors that lead to employee turnover are probably not what you think. Many different reasons have been given for employee turnover:  personality issues, an unchallenging work environment, insufficient employee pay and benefits, poor management, work stress and more.  Yes, these issues can lead to turnover, but you’ll rarely ... http://www.accelerateyourtraining.com/blog/14/what-factors-lead-to-employee-turnover There are many job training methods out there, and most don't work. There are an innumerable amount of job training methods out there such as courses, workshops, games (even video games!), “on-the-job” programs and more.  New methods are invented every day in the hopes of improving the transfer of skills and ... http://www.accelerateyourtraining.com/blog/13/job-training-methods The success of sales training programs relies on the way techniques are taught just as much as the techniques themselves. Great techniques that are poorly taught do not produce good results.  How many of you have tried different sales training solutions only to see little or no increase in sales?  For ... http://www.accelerateyourtraining.com/blog/11/effective-sales-training-programs There are an innumerable amount of employee training techniques out there such as courses, workshops, games (even video games!), "on-the-job" programs and more.  New techniques are invented every day in the hopes of improving the transfer of skills and knowledge, of better engaging trainees, of making training more rapid and ... http://www.accelerateyourtraining.com/blog/9/employee-training-techniques The most common cause of employee turnover is probably not what you think. Many different reasons have been given for employee turnover:  personality issues, an unchallenging work environment, insufficient employee pay and benefits, poor management, work stress and more.  Yes, these issues can lead to turnover, but you'll rarely find the ... http://www.accelerateyourtraining.com/blog/8/the-causes-of-employee-turnover For most, employee training is a headache.  It costs too much and has little Return on Investment.  It doesn't have to be that way. The three biggest problems that all employee training methods try to solve are 1)  the employee's inability to understand the training materials, 2) insufficient data retention and ... http://www.accelerateyourtraining.com/blog/7/why-most-employee-training-methods-fail Job productivity is a concern of every executive, manager and employee.  Every employee produces a product for which he is paid, and increasing productivity means increasing the volume or quality of the products produced.  Now, a product is defined as something valuable that has exchange value outside of the activity ... http://www.accelerateyourtraining.com/blog/6/a-simple-way-to-increase-productivity Why is it so hard to "clone" your top salespeople? The number one thing most business owners want to immediately improve is their sales.  Many have tried the standard methods--courses, seminars, daily advices and so on--but haven't seen the increase they wished for.  Most finally come to the conclusion that some ... http://www.accelerateyourtraining.com/blog/5/making-master-closers Fortunately, business expansion doesn't depend upon luck or fate.  There is a surefire way to expand your business.  What does it take to turn a business into a machine that has steadily rising statistics? Sure, some weeks will be better than others, but how do you guarantee that, at the ... http://www.accelerateyourtraining.com/blog/4/the-key-to-business-expansion