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Poor work habits cover a range of non-performance-related behaviors, including abuse of PTO, being personally disorganized, not being able to work well with others, or even consuming drugs and alcohol on the job.
Employees know when team members are getting away with inexcusable work habits. They watch and wait for the supervisor to act, and when the supervisor doesn’t, the team’s morale suffers because it feels unfair.
Vital Learning’s Improving Work Habits management training course provides a clear path for addressing these kinds of issues swiftly and effectively. Manages will receive a set of problem-solving steps. They’ll practice with these steps numerous times during the session, including a job-specific practice. This practice aims to help managers feel comfortable using this new skill back on the job.
The result? More effective managers and productive teams.
Improving Work Habits Course overview:
Improving Work Habits begins by helping managers determine whether an issue is due to poor work habits or performance. While these two issues are closely related, the course helps the leader determine how to move forward in either scenario.
Next, leaders will learn how to talk about and describe the work habit issue. Finally, the course will help leaders practice these skills through a series of skill points. Leaders are expected to showcase how to use these skill points.
After the course, leaders will have access to two re-enforcement tools to ensure that the learning sticks.
Improving Work Habits Learning Objectives:
- Understand why unsatisfactory work habits must be managed quickly before requiring disciplinary action.
- Distinguish between performance issues and poor work habits.
- Describe the team member’s poor work habits objectively and factually.
- Ensure the team member takes ownership of the poor work habits and takes responsibility for solving the issue.
- Respond empathetically to team members’ reactions and concerns to maintain team members’ self-esteem.
- Use the Improving Work Habits Skill Points to plan and conduct meetings with team members showing signs of poor work habits.
HR / L&D Training Materials: In-person or Blended learning options available
Are you an HR or L&D professional looking to bolster your organization’s management development program by teaching your managers how to Improve Work Habits?
This fully developed training program is available as an off-the-shelf solution. You can purchase physical workbooks for face-to-face facilitation or choose our hybrid facilitation option. The Improving Work Habits facilitation materials are sold separately for a one-time fee.
Classroom Learning
Designed for 9-21 leaders | Industry-specific skill training | Physical workbooks for in-person facilitation
Blended Learning
Fully customizable solution. Combines the best of the in-person and online options.
Are you looking for a facilitator to run this program for you? Contact our training team for a quote! Please note, we require that you have at least 9-25 managers to fill a class.
Online Training Materials
If you are a manager who wants to learn how to improve the work habits of your team, you can purchase access to this course through our online course option. This option is available directly for managers or for organizations that prefer not to have their teams come together for in-person facilitation.
Online Learning
Perfect for individuals or teams. Includes free follow-up tools.
What does Improving Work Habits cost?
The pricing below is for a single workbook or single online course credit for one leader.
Education pricing is available for workforce development programs through local colleges. Organizations that have 25 or more managers are able to purchase a subscription to the full course. Please email us for details.
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Online Training $49
Self-paced online course. Includes free follow-up resources.
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Classroom Training $54
Physical paperback workbook for one leader. Includes free follow-up resources. (**Requires facilitation kit)
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Blended Learning $70
Includes a physical workbook and online coursework for one leader. Includes free follow-up resources. (**Requires facilitation kit)
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Facilitation Materials $300
Fully developed training activities, learning objectives, powerpoint, videos, and handouts.
Free and engaging follow-up training
Regardless of the training option that you choose, you will receive access to follow-up tools that will help leaders retain and apply what they learn. The tools range from printable handouts that leaders will use as a guide as they apply what they learned on the job.
- On-the-job guide – leaders will be able to review key points that will help them during their day-to-day responsibilities as managers.
- Follow-up activities – All courses include 6-weeks of micro-learning activities. These activities are used as competitions when the training is used in a group learning format.
Frequently Asked Questions
Supervisors, team leaders, and managers. If you or your organization have a position that oversees direct reports and is responsible for them, this course is for you.
Individuals in this position don’t need to be new to the position. This course work is for all managers and supervisors.
Yes!
There are separate facilitation materials which include a leader’s guide and powerpoints that trainers and coaches can use to conduct this training.
If your organization doesn’t have access to a trainer, we are able to conduct or recommend someone to run the training.
In-person/blended learning classes: We recommend hosting these classes with 9-21 participants.
If your organization has too few supervisors or managers, we recommend using the online training.
No!
The classroom or blended learning options use facilitation materials and a leader’s guide so any corporate trainer or consultant is able to buy the materials and use them immediately.
We provide on-demand train-the-trainers to help facilitators and trainers learn the course work. We are also available to answer questions about the course and its application.
The length of the course depends on which format you use:
- In-person, classroom training takes 4-5 hours
- Online training takes 1-2 hours
- Blended Training takes 2-3 hours
All options include 6-weeks of follow-up, micro-learning activities.
Yes! All Leadership Essential courses are SCORM compliant.
If your organization doesn’t have an LMS, we can provide LMS access as a way for you to track which courses your leaders use.
The courses are tailored for office, industrial, and healthcare settings. However, the skills that are covered are the same across these different settings.
Yes! The publisher of this course has partnered with the University of Phoenix and the courses are accredited.
Have another question about this course?
Contact us! We’ve helped thousands of managers learn practical management skills.
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