Training

Most successful companies share a common belief that to become your industry’s leader, there must be a solid understanding of the company’s founding principles coupled with a clear and unified vision on where the company is headed. What is the purest way to create this mentality within a company’s leadership team? It’s a simple answer, organic growth! Growing organically is the most efficient way to achieve this goal; however, it certainly isn’t the easiest because it requires the most work! Yes, it could be “easier” to hire experienced personnel since they may require less ramp-up time, but if you want to ensure that your managers and leaders are instilling the same messages and principles, then you need to train them from the ground up.

Most companies employ a “sink or swim” approach to their training process, which makes it a numbers or volume game. It basically consists of something along these lines: “if we put enough people in certain roles, then we don’t need great training because some people will figure it out (swim) and the others will leave (sink).” A small percentage of companies put their new employees through a “training program” or send them to a seminar, but how much can someone learn in several days or a couple weeks? At Fortitude, we subscribe to the philosophy that your training never stops. We believe that you don’t just train your employees for what they are doing now, but should constantly prepare them for where they will be next week, month, year. Our mentorship program not only demands that our employees continue to sharpen and teach their current skills, but challenges them to develop skills that they will utilize during their next promotion.