Gabe's training flash.

Are you familiar with the following business wisdom? "Our human resources are our most important asset and we need to invest in knowledge (them?) to out perform our competition." Now, how many times have you tossed your personnel's training seminar aside (at times even your own), for the typical

If so, our advice: Agree on the type of training each of your employees or specific groups of employees need and register them to quality programs way ahead of time. Then, most importantly, stick to the program no matter what. Ideally, companies should invest between 1 to 2% of their payroll on continuing education or specialized training. The topnotch players, such as, Microsoft, invest up to 3 to 5%!

Another tip is to select a training program of relatively short duration, say a day or half day instead of a full week. Bearing in mind that repetition is the mother of learning, use 4 or 5 training sessions per year. This will drive the message home and will keep your people in the "learn and apply mode".

If all of the above rings a bell, and if job safety and productivity should rank high up on your training selection this year, make a note that Hydro Mobile, along with its twenty-two dealers, is offering the largest North American Training Blitz ever.

Comprehensive 1-day competent person training seminars will be conducted in over 50 cities across the nation so you or your key employees can learn how to make your job sites safer and more productive. Hydro Mobile seminars will make you proficient with laying out your mast-climbing equipment, setting-up, moving the assemblies or sub-assemblies on site, dismantling, maintaining your equipment per HM and Honda specifications and transporting it efficiently to the next job.

This hands on workshop could develop key elements such as promoting safety and efficiency on jobsites. Such an investment could also help you and your team maximize productivity. So don't put it off and enroll your best communicators so they can spread the knowledge?

My words of wisdom: don't stay on the sidelines.

This article was made available by Hydro Mobile.