Upskilling is the process of investing in your employees’ existing skills to bridge the gaps in your business.

This can be anything from equipping employees with the confidence to contribute to projects to giving new managers the skills they need to better support their teams.

There are a number of benefits of upskilling, for both the employer and the employee. Not only can upskilling increase productivity, it can also improve employee retention, engagement and motivation.

Lisa Jones Hill, Sector Director for Professional Services at the Growth Company Education & Skills, explains some of the benefits and how GC can help you to upskill your workforce.

Here are just a few of the benefits of upskilling your workforce:

Improve employee retention

Offering your team the opportunity to upskill demonstrates that you are committed to their learning and development and willing to invest in their career. In turn, your employee is more likely to commit to the business.

Boost morale

Employees who have training and development opportunities are generally happier in their roles. Having something to work towards, like a qualification, can give employees motivation for their future careers and improve satisfaction in their role.

Increase employee engagement

Investing in your team’s learning and development will help to create a positive work culture, that will keep your employees engaged with the business, helping them to see improvements in their performance and inspiring them to continue to develop.

Increase productivity

Offering employees the opportunity to upskill will help them to feel more confident in their roles and abilities, allowing them to complete their work more efficiently and increasing productivity.

Keep the skills of your team current and up to date

Upskilling is the perfect way to ensure that your team have the most up-to-date skillset, helping them to thrive in their role but also ensuring that you and your team are keeping up with competitors.

Ready to upskill your workforce?

If you are wanting to improve your employee engagement and motivation, the Growth Company Education & Skills can help!

We offer a variety of courses that can help you to futureproof your workforce, specialised for different industries.

The Project Management for All programme is a fantastic opportunity to put your aspiring managers on a guided development pathway to becoming fully-fledged Chartered Managers.

For employees in the Health and Social Care sector, the Step into Management programme is a great opportunity to upskill anyone who is in a supervisory/management role to help them to develop key tools and competencies needed to manage and lead others.

If you would like to find out more about the opportunities to upskill your workforce with GC, email [email protected].