If you can boost a painter's productivity by 30 minutes a day, you've taken a big step toward increasing your profit. Half an hour may not sound like too much, but it is. It's like adding two painters to your staff without increasing your payroll. Training doesn't stop with the workers in the field, either. Foremen, supervisors, and managers need to be trained as well.
Training rolls all the way into the CEO's office, too.
If the owner or president doesn't get continual training in management skills, then the overall training efforts probably won't work. If I'm the owner of a company and think that I don't need any training, then I'm part of the problem, not the solution. Although it isn't management training, a good way to hone some of your business skills is to hang out with other business owners and managers. To get business help, consider creating a board of directors - not the official board you have if your business is incorporated, but an unofficial special board made up of people you select, who can look at your business objectively and give you advice. Your circle of friends probably contains several business owners.