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V1_20141117 20141117_hrReporter_dec1-15.indd 6 2014-11-17 2:45 PM training goes high-tech Employer programs honoured by Canadian Society for Training and Development BY LiZ BeRnieR With tiGht budgets, limited time and competing priorities, it's rare to see an organization that makes training and development a central focus these days. "Often, training isn't recog- nized as a differentiator — it's usually the fi rst (thing) to be cut," said Allison Patterson, chair of the board for the Canadian Soci- ety for Training and Development (CSTD) in Toronto. But training is a diff erentiator and key driver of success — es- pecially innovative, cutting-edge training that combines leading technology with workplace learn- ing solutions, according to CSTD. It's important to recognize or- ganizations that are leaders in training and development, which is why CSTD presents the annual Canadian Awards for Training Excellence (CATE) awards, said Patterson. is year, CSTD handed out 11 awards to 15 diff erent organiza- tions, after sorting through a re- cord amount of submissions. " ere were about 35 submis- sions and it's a very, very rigorous process," she said. "We can't say enough about the wonderful work (these) organizations are doing." Senior executives are increas- ingly realizing the importance of training to overall organizational strategy, said Patterson. "What's important is that we are being recognized at the C-lev- el table — they're able to say, 'You know what, training is making a diff erence in our ROI.'" But CSTD encourages employ- ers to rethink T&D programs, and perhaps branch out from traditional "event-based" train- ing programs, moving more to- wards holistic initiatives and on- the-job, integrated training, said Patterson. "( ey're) looking not just at training as a typical 'event' but looking at it from a long-term standpoint from employee en- gagement, satisfaction, retention, et cetera — so they're not seeing training as an isolated event, but it's part of the bigger picture in their organization." Home Depot's mobile learning advantage Home Depot Canada created eff ective on-the-job, integrated training with its "SMaRT Learn- ing" pilot. One of this year's CATE award-winners, the re- tailer created a program that uses mobile technology to improve sales associate learning and, ul- timately, customers' shopping experiences. "What we were targeting was giving our associates access to the information they need in order to provide that superior customer service, and make them comfort- able that they've got the informa- tion, but also that our customers can get what they need on the spot," said Jane Akiki, director of learning at Home Depot Canada in Toronto. Associates were provided with pre-provisioned iPad Minis that acted as performance support tools, said Akiki. ey received training on how to use the device's pre-provisioned apps and func- tionality, and could search and pass on knowledge to customers on the spot, said Akiki. "Our associates use the iPads to educate their customers on product and project knowledge, to help customers make buying decisions, to demonstrate Home Depot's value by doing some com- petitive comparison and engaging in our 10 per cent price-match guarantee, and also to transact online-only purchases for articles that aren't available in our stores but are available on our website." e retailer rolled out a proof- of-concept to a single store in 2013 and then moved to a 10-store pi- lot in the fi rst quarter of 2014. e pilot saw overwhelming success, with a return on investment of more than 1500 per cent, based on the investment made and the return based on sales the associ- ates were able to make using the device, said Akiki. The pilot results were suc- cessful largely because of Home Depot's strong customer service culture, she said. "Having that culture really helped us with this because it is one more enabler for the associ- ate to be able to answer a question they might not otherwise have been able to answer because they didn't have the knowledge. And here they have a performance support tool that helps them get access to that knowledge." e iPad platform was a good choice because it was one many associates were already familiar with, said Akiki. "We're very, very excited to be able to do something like this because it helps us be able to take that one step further from really having prescribed learning for our associates where they have to sit and traditionally do it in front of a computer and try and develop as much knowledge as they could before they get on the sales fl oor," she said. " is is actually confi dence in your apron that 'If I get a question that I can't answer, I actually have a performance support tool that will help me.'" tVo > pg. 20

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