ATLANTA, Nov. 30, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- In July, four
million Americans quit their jobs. In August & September, an
aggregate of more than another eight million quit.
A crucial solution to this growing problem is focusing on employee
soft skills learning and development.
From manufacturing to the tech sector, workers are paradoxically
quitting positions that leadership assumed offered satisfactory pay
and benefits. The "Big Quit" is upon us.
Regardless, it's not over. According to Gallup research, 48
percent of employees are actively looking for another job
opportunity.
It's clear now that HR leaders need to focus on solutions and
therefore retention is the name of the game for employers.
However, not every employee is leaving, and it's crucial to help
employees that are staying remain engaged.
A crucial solution to this growing problem is focusing on
employee soft skills learning and development.
A study by Harvard, MIT, and other schools found that soft
skills training in areas like problem solving and communication
increased productivity and retention by 12 percent, with a 250
percent ROI in under a year.
According to McKinsey & Company, the most important factor
for employees post-Great Resignation is that they feel valued by
the organization. Over 93% of employees would stay at a company
longer if it invested in their skills training, according to
LinkedIn's 2018 Workplace Learning Report.
In the last few months, leaders at The Hershey Company have
rolled out a list of well-being initiatives, including resources,
scheduled focus time, and educating employees on how to have
conversations.
While some organizations are trying to address their employee
engagement and retention problem by offering self-paced,
pre-recorded learning programs to employees, in reality the outcome
is that it further disconnects already isolated employees.
"We've spoken with leaders in human resources and directly to
team leaders in several sectors," says Winning Feathers founder
Apurva Ghelani, "and their employees
are all saying the same thing: they're isolated, and this isolation
is a major blow to their resolve and their productivity."
Online teaching opportunities ballooned during the pandemic, but
many learners found they were deeply dissatisfied by pre-recorded
lectures and asynchronous interaction with instructors.
Soft skills institute Winning Feathers is focused on helping
companies drive and keep employee retention rates up in a unique
way: by offering live and interactive soft skills workshops
that make learning necessary core skills engaging and fun.
"Adding live, interactive workshops as a benefit for our
employees not only improved retention rates," says Pramod Sajja, CEO of Paramount Software
Solutions, "but improved the productivity of employees in the
workplace."
These workshops drive employees to cultivate lifelong, and
develop core skills in areas like presentation skills, assertive
communication, stress management, interpersonal communication
skills and conducting effective meetings.
"For a long time, business leaders have thought of soft skills
as the 'nice-to-have,'" says Ghelani "but now we're finding more
and more companies willing to invest in soft skills as an employee
benefit. They realize that soft skills training is part of the
bigger picture - it isn't just an investment in the individual but
the whole organization's productivity and culture."
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