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Employees are always looking for ways to enhance their skillset and improve their capabilities in the workplace, whether that is through free online courses or measures that employers put in place at work; whatever it may be, learning and development (L&D) is vital for employees to boost morale and improve productivity.
This is supported by stats, as the Association for Talent Development (ATD) shared in 2017 that businesses who offer comprehensive training programmes have 218% higher income per employee than companies without formalised training.
And it seems employers have started to cotton on too as a poll of UK employees in 2019, commissioned by City & Guilds Group, discovered that 80% revealed that their organisation had attempted to improve their skillset and employability in the last year. While these statistics are indeed encouraging, just 13% claimed that they would rate the L&D opportunities available to them as very effective.
With this in mind, why should employers strive to invest in L&D, while also prioritising their staff’s health? Melissa Proles, UK HR Manager at confectionery manufacturer Perfetti Van Melle, believes that simply put, a happy and healthy workforce is necessary to create a profitable organisation. She told HR Grapevine: “It’s quite simple really, a happy and healthy workforce has been proven to create a more functional and profitable organisation. Not developing the workforce can result in frustration, burnout and ultimately falling behind the competition and into obscurity.”
