By Susan M. Heathfield, About.com
In every company, Human Resources (HR) training in many employee-related and legally-related topics is mandatory, especially for managers and supervisors. We need to equip our employees to handle their employee relations responsibilities competently.
But, for maximum positive impact and learning, we need to make the training motivational and engaging.
HR Training Example
This is what we set out to do with a sexual harassment and harassment training session. This training will be the example used for all of these tips.
To start, an HR Manager at a client company sent an email to all executives and managers asking them to save a three hour block of time for mandatory training in how to prevent sexual and other harassment in their workplace.
I found out later that the group was totally freaked out by the thought of spending three hours on harassment training. Fortunately for me, what set the parameters for the training session, was the video / DVD we had purchased for the session: Preventing Sexual Harassment, from HR Hero. Fortunately for me, too, since I was the one who watched it four times in preparation for the session, the video was great. I also took the time, in preparation, to jot down every incident of workplace harassment I had encountered over the years. Real workplace stories are so critical in HR training sessions to make dry material come alive.
Make HR Training Come Alive
These are actions you can take to make HR training sessions effective and enjoyable for participants. Let’s consider the actions taken to make this sexual harassment and harassment training session become more alive.