Train the Trainer: Workplace Training Materials, Guides & Resources

This workplace training hub brings together practical guides, frameworks, and editable training resources for HR professionals, trainers, facilitators, managers, and L&D teams delivering in-house workplace training. Whether you’re designing leadership development, communication skills, or workplace wellness programs, you’ll find practical resources to help plan and deliver effective training.

You’ll find practical training materials, guides, frameworks, and resources you can use to plan, customize, and run effective in-house training sessions. Already delivering workplace training and need ready-to-use materials? See our editable training course materials for trainers & HR teams.

12-Month Manager Development Journey

See how structured management training can be sequenced over the first year to build leadership capability, coaching skills, and performance management confidence. View the 12-Month Manager Development Roadmap

What is Upskilling

Understand how structured training programs help employees develop advanced skills within their current roles to improve performance and prepare for future responsibilities. Read: What Is Upskilling?

Workplace Training Categories – Browse by Topic

Challenges and Solutions in Employee Training

You might experience some challenges when organizing employee workplace training and when providing employee coaching.

The main challenges we have found are:

• Overcoming Resistance to Change: Strategies to encourage employee participation in training programs often meet with resistance. Sometimes managers are resistant to change; at other times, it is employees. This should not, though, stop necessary change from occurring. Employee training and development are always going to have those who resist it, but training is essential for growth.
• Training Budget Constraints: Whatever types of employee training programs you are offering, cost-effective training solutions for organizations with limited budgets are what you’ll need to try to offer as a freelance trainer if you want to expand your opportunities. Alternatively, building a strong case study to explain the long-term financial benefits (such as proven productivity indicators) can also be worth doing. The benefits of employee training, when the right training is provided, should outweigh the monetary costs.
• Ensuring Consistency: Maintaining training standards across different locations and departments is a big challenge. This can become even harder with the trend toward a mix of online and offline training.
• Keeping Content Relevant: If you need to train employees over time, regularly updating training materials to reflect current trends and practices is important. For most of the training materials we provide, though, the content tends to be evergreen, meaning it does not become quickly outdated. This can be especially important with compliance training courses, where rules and regulations that relate to compliance measures can change.

Sometimes the issue isn’t the training itself, but the workplace conditions surrounding it. Our guide to why workplace problems persist explains how overlapping challenges can affect training outcomes and what can make training more effective.

Training Methods and Techniques

For tips and guidance on running training sessions, managing groups, and keeping learners engaged, see our Trainer Delivery & Facilitation Skills guide, including about 10 effective workplace training tips.

Workplace training can be delivered through several formats and methods, including in-person sessions, online training, blended learning, microlearning, and mentoring or coaching.

• In-Person vs. Online Training: Today, organizations generally choose between in-person and online training. Online training is environmentally friendly, scalable, and accessible, while in-person training often makes it easier to build relationships and gather immediate feedback.
• Consider carefully the audience you plan to provide training for, and the expectations of the person/company paying for the training.
• Blended Learning: There is also the opportunity to provide a mix of online and offline training, and this can work well.
• Microlearning: Short, focused training sessions can also help improve learning retention.
• Mentorship and Coaching: Employee coaching through a mentor program or by offering coaching skills training is also an option. Coaching and mentoring can be a great way to save money through the sharing of existing skills in your workforce.

Microlearning Hub

If you are also interested in microlearning units, you can find our microlearning hub here.

Final Thoughts

Are you a business looking for a trainer and having a problem finding someone suitable? We have a network of trainers who are looking for opportunities, so please contact us now.

Also, make sure to download our free eBook with 25 games and activities you can use for corporate training days.

We are also always looking to interview freelance trainers and anyone involved in employee workplace training and development for our Trainer’s Corner interview on YouTube and on our blog – so please get in touch if you are interested!