Organizations should have a strategic interest in training employees for promotion. It is part of the long-term plan to create a great culture, establish stability, attract talent, and develop leaders from within.
Building a loyal workforce should be a high priority. Leaders know employees have goals of learning more, finding opportunities, and earning pay raises or promotions. Training employees to reach each of their goals creates high morale and more capable employees.
Creating an elevated corporate culture ensures changes and new ideas are easier to implement. If everyone is on the same path, then coercive force is not needed to implement change. Training makes employees more adaptable and less fearful about change. Training makes them feel included and less worried about security.
Trainingn for leadership attracts talent. It sets the organization apart from the competition in attracting ambitious job seekers who may have experience and are looking to learn more. If 60% of workers would like better jobs, why not stand out as the place to call home.
Organizations maintain corporate knowledge by retaining their best workers. Knowing they can seek leadership or more responsibility or autonomy is often the incentive for more self-learning to support their own aims. Why leave when every opportunity exists by staying in place.
Boost innovation by training and encouraging employees to be bold and take risks. You could even copy Google and give them some time to develop their own ideas. Workers that feel supported are better contributors.
Training employees to be leaders is a long-term plan to keep the culture and special knowledge in place. Each generation of leaders is training new leaders in their own mold.
Learn more about training for promotions in my book Moving Up, The Employee Guide to Promotions. https://markap.gumroad.com/l/
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