20 Employee Training & Development Terms

Hey there! Are you looking to brush up on your knowledge of employee training and development terms? Well, you’ve come to the right place! In this article, we’ll be covering 20 key terms related to employee training and development.

1. Employee Training: A program that helps employees learn specific knowledge or skills to improve performance in their current roles.

    

2. Onboarding: The process of helping new hires adjust to social and performance aspects of their new jobs quickly and smoothly.

    

3. E-Learning: Learning conducted via electronic media, typically on the Internet.

    

4. Professional Development: Continued training and education to improve and enhance an employee’s skills and knowledge for career advancement.

    

5. Skill Gap Analysis: The process of determining and addressing the gap between the skills required for a job and the existing skills of an employee.

    

6. Mentoring: A developmental relationship where a more experienced or more knowledgeable person helps to guide a less experienced or less knowledgeable person.

    

7. Coaching: A method of directing, instructing, and training an individual or group, with the aim to achieve some goal or develop specific skills.

    

8. Soft Skills Training: Training that focuses on areas such as communication, teamwork, problem-solving, and emotional intelligence.

    

9. Technical Skills Training: Training that focuses on teaching employees about specific technical or technological aspects related to their job.

    

10. Leadership Development: Programs or activities that aim to enhance the skills, abilities, and confidence of leaders.

     

11. Performance Management: The process of ensuring employees’ activities and outputs align with the organization’s goals.

     

12. Succession Planning: Identifying and developing new leaders who can replace old leaders when they leave, retire or die.

     

13. Cross-Training: Training an employee to do a different part of the organization’s work, promoting versatility in the workforce.

     

14. Compliance Training: Training designed to inform employees of the organization’s regulations, policies or legislative requirements.

     

15. Workshop: A brief intensive educational program for a small group of people that focuses especially on techniques and skills in a particular field.

     

16. Learning Management System (LMS): A software application for the administration, documentation, tracking, reporting, and delivery of educational courses or training programs.

     

17. Employee Retention: Strategies or practices employed by an organization to prevent the loss of employees to their competitors.

     

18. Career Pathing: The process used by employees to chart a course within an organization for their career path, growth, and development.

     

19. Employee Engagement: The level of an employee’s commitment and connection to an organization.

     

20. Microlearning: A method of delivering education in small, bite-sized learning units, typically allowing the learner to control their own learning path.

Understanding these terms can greatly assist in developing and implementing effective training and development programs that contribute to employee growth and organizational success.