We question ‘how does it work?’ each time we encounter a new technology, application, or unusually designed product. Just think back to the mission of syncing all your remotes into a single one, understanding the nuances of a new phone, or investigating the intricacies of the digital program at your fingertips.
Yet, we all learn differently. Some like a demonstration, while others prefer to be shown explicitly; hence YouTube is the most useful in the absence of people. Others scour the manual from cover to cover before unwrapping or loading the new product. Then some think they will figure it out as they go along.
Do we consider the various learning styles when upskilling our employees and introducing them to new tools, frameworks, or programs? Instead, we will often teach them the way we like to learn and are then disappointed when they fail to absorb the new information as we intended.
Training and developing our people is one of the greatest gifts we can give employees, and even though we may emphasize it, we may undermine the impact through our rigid one-style-fits-all approach to teaching.
Take the time and discover what makes sense for the team and introduce an array of learning mediums and approaches to help optimize your investment and their satisfaction.
