I want to tell you about the first day
in the office
some of you going to graduate soon and
this is very important to know so the
night before you are wicked nervous
can’t sleep you get up early you
manicure your scruff get a sport coat
heck it’s 2018 sport coat jeans as we’re
supposed to wear now you get to the
office at 7:55 only to find people
dragging in around 8:30 9 o’clock
really excited to get that workplace
training and the first thing they do is
they make you fill out paperwork payroll
benefits maybe if you’re lucky they give
you your email on day one so day two
comes around just as excited paperwork
done I got my email I’m really excited
to get into that workplace training you
walk into the office they kind of look
at you like I don’t really know what to
do with you so let’s put you with
O’Donnell and you’re gonna shadow
O’Donnell today so you sit next to
Donnell McDonald shows you how to log
into your email
maybe log into the database and maybe
they show you what the coffee machine is
bathroom
day 3 ok so I’m really excited for my
orientation my workplace training in the
office day 3 comes around I got my email
I learned a lot from O’Donnell now I’m
ready to take on this office and what do
they do well day 3 is exactly the same
as day 3,000 this is what most offices
called orientation this is what
workplace is like at most offices why is
that why is office the only profession
that doesn’t invest a tremendous amount
in training and development
let’s look at other professions out
there the athlete the athlete will
practice thousands of hours for maybe
one hour of competition
firefighters firefighters are required
to get 16 hours of training per month
and they’re also required to grow in
their position
same thing with police officers first
responders military I’ve seen more
training at Parente’s down the street
behind the bar that at 90% of the
offices in the u.s. today so why is this
going on in fact there’s been hundreds
of studies that say if you invest in
workplace training in the office you’ll
get more sales you’ve got better output
you’ll have a better culture so what are
these office managers business leaders
do they throw money at the problem
they bring in a nice shiny foosball
table they get that really cool coffee
cold brew machine they get a kegerator
I’ve seen some companies actually new
employees hand out a nerf gun the
definition of training is behavior
modification so you’re modifying
employees behavior with a nerf gun and
with beer that sounds like meteor Aki
mediocrity is okay so who makes the
biggest impact in workplace training
well if you read Forbes or fortune or
Glassdoor it’s always these big
companies I wouldn’t say they make the
biggest impact I would say they’re just
good marketers the ones who can make the
biggest impact are small business
leaders let me tell you why in a small
business there’s no red tape in a small
business you have direct access to the
CEO or president and as small business
is proven you’ll make more
money and small business leaders guess
what what’s the biggest cost to small
businesses hiring good talent and
retaining good talent so training your
employees and investing in development
will not only help you retain good
talent but you’ll have a great
reputation so something to think about
students when you look for that job ask
about the training ask about the growth
ask about development and business
leaders start investing in your
employees show them the economics of the
business train them on the importance of
building a network trained them on how
to get on a board train them on how to
build a charity it most importantly
train them on paying it forward
in the office
some of you going to graduate soon and
this is very important to know so the
night before you are wicked nervous
can’t sleep you get up early you
manicure your scruff get a sport coat
heck it’s 2018 sport coat jeans as we’re
supposed to wear now you get to the
office at 7:55 only to find people
dragging in around 8:30 9 o’clock
really excited to get that workplace
training and the first thing they do is
they make you fill out paperwork payroll
benefits maybe if you’re lucky they give
you your email on day one so day two
comes around just as excited paperwork
done I got my email I’m really excited
to get into that workplace training you
walk into the office they kind of look
at you like I don’t really know what to
do with you so let’s put you with
O’Donnell and you’re gonna shadow
O’Donnell today so you sit next to
Donnell McDonald shows you how to log
into your email
maybe log into the database and maybe
they show you what the coffee machine is
bathroom
day 3 ok so I’m really excited for my
orientation my workplace training in the
office day 3 comes around I got my email
I learned a lot from O’Donnell now I’m
ready to take on this office and what do
they do well day 3 is exactly the same
as day 3,000 this is what most offices
called orientation this is what
workplace is like at most offices why is
that why is office the only profession
that doesn’t invest a tremendous amount
in training and development
let’s look at other professions out
there the athlete the athlete will
practice thousands of hours for maybe
one hour of competition
firefighters firefighters are required
to get 16 hours of training per month
and they’re also required to grow in
their position
same thing with police officers first
responders military I’ve seen more
training at Parente’s down the street
behind the bar that at 90% of the
offices in the u.s. today so why is this
going on in fact there’s been hundreds
of studies that say if you invest in
workplace training in the office you’ll
get more sales you’ve got better output
you’ll have a better culture so what are
these office managers business leaders
do they throw money at the problem
they bring in a nice shiny foosball
table they get that really cool coffee
cold brew machine they get a kegerator
I’ve seen some companies actually new
employees hand out a nerf gun the
definition of training is behavior
modification so you’re modifying
employees behavior with a nerf gun and
with beer that sounds like meteor Aki
mediocrity is okay so who makes the
biggest impact in workplace training
well if you read Forbes or fortune or
Glassdoor it’s always these big
companies I wouldn’t say they make the
biggest impact I would say they’re just
good marketers the ones who can make the
biggest impact are small business
leaders let me tell you why in a small
business there’s no red tape in a small
business you have direct access to the
CEO or president and as small business
is proven you’ll make more
money and small business leaders guess
what what’s the biggest cost to small
businesses hiring good talent and
retaining good talent so training your
employees and investing in development
will not only help you retain good
talent but you’ll have a great
reputation so something to think about
students when you look for that job ask
about the training ask about the growth
ask about development and business
leaders start investing in your
employees show them the economics of the
business train them on the importance of
building a network trained them on how
to get on a board train them on how to
build a charity it most importantly
train them on paying it forward
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