Often, firms send personnel to all-day courses on such things as word processing. If sales representatives need to learn the basics of a word processor, just teach the basics. Do not train programmers in a new tool if you have no immediate plans to use the tool. As previously stated, formal education relating to current or future job responsibilities is a tool to build employee loyalty and product quality. But personal improvement goes beyond information knowledge.
Personal improvement involves the physical and emotional well-being of employees.
Self-improvement can be a gym membership, museum tours, group outings to concerts, and almost anything else. The idea is to expand the horizons of employees. As employees, including managers, gain more insights into various fields, they are more likely to find creative solutions to problems. Important People People are the company. Nothing disturbs me more than a group of executives and stockholders convinced their company is nothing more than products and services, separate from the people who make and deliver the goods to clients.