» Training Employees, Volume 5, Issue 1, 2005

What types of problems have you experienced, if any, in training and/or upgrading the skills of employees in the most skilled job in your business? On a five-point scale where “1” means serious problem and “5” means no problem, how much of a problem is:?

11E. (training problem) The lack of management or other employee time to train people needing it.

Notes: Seven percent of small employers (employing 5 to 250 people) who train employees in their most skilled job have serious problems finding the time (management or employee) to give the training (Q#11E).