Studies
suggest that within an hour of learning new information, people will forget
approximately 50% of it. After 24 hours, that goes up to 70%. When training
your staff, this could be quite detrimental to your company. So how can you
increase information retention and improve profitability within your company?
1.
Spaced Learning:
This is a learning methodology where learners are given bite-sized
chunks of content and are then presented with situations that require the
learned information to repeatedly be used in different, creative situations.
This reinforces what has been learned and increases information retention.
2.
Create a Learning Culture: Create a learning environment by
running frequent training events. Doing so will help reinforce training and
increase the amount of knowledge that is retained.
3.
Make It Relevant: The human brain is selective as to
what information it retains. That’s why, when training your team, help them to
understand why the information is relevant. Understanding the relevance and
value of what they are learning will help increase information retention.
Coming up
with content to train your team can be quite overwhelming and time consuming.
Here at Reets Drying Academy, we’ve created an online training
course so that you don’t have to! With a video library boasting over 150 videos
each about 10 minutes long, you can educate everyone on your team on an
individual basis or together during team meetings. Schedule your water restoration
technician classes with us today! We truly believe that education is one of the most
important steps to building a successful business.
