HOW TO GET THE MOST OUT OF YOUR WORKFORCE

Helmut Schmidt once said “the biggest room is the room for improvement” and boy was he right! While the tech world has recently taken over almost all of the other sectors,? it’s evolving quickly. There are new opportunities springing up every day. There is a need to catch up to it,? so we aren’t left in the proverbial dust. One might make the mistake of assuming that there is no need to learn anymore, especially now that you might have reached a certain level of security in your career.

While it could be considered a reasonable point; “why fix it when it’s not broken?” Here’s an analogy for you: should you wait for your car to break down in the middle of the road before you get it serviced? No. Why then should you wait to play catch-up with technology before you figure your current workforce needs to upscale your employees’ skills??

Every company serious about making profits or impact wants to grow and be/stay relevant in their fields and to their customers. Being intentional about upskilling your employees with in-demand technology skills keeps your company ahead of the competition and gives you the resources to keep your services and product relevant thereby making your customers happy. That’s a win you can do with, is it not? Who doesn’t prefer being a pacesetter to always playing catch-up?

More than the above, prioritizing the career growth and development of your employees will likely increase your company’s talent retention rate and also make your employees feel safer in their jobs. It creates a better work culture and environment as employees know that there is a real opportunity for career growth. More skills mean promotions and increased earnings. So, the company grows because the employees grow. Everyone goes home happy.

Over the past 3 years, Harbor Inc has successfully collaborated with employers to increase workforce efficiency by training and upskilling their employees in technology. Partnering with us would be a step in the right direction; levelling up your employees and by proxy, your company.