Analysing the benefits of upskilling employees: A good investment for the future

Employee engagement and productivity are critical components of any successful organisation. And one effective method to enable this is by investing in employee upskilling, as it can have tremendous benefits for both your employees and business.

Our research also evidences this, after we found that this year 42% of organisations are using learning and development to upskill their employees.

What is upskilling?

Upskilling is the process of acquiring new and relevant skills to enhance abilities, knowledge, and expertise. It involves continuous learning and development to stay updated with current trends, technologies, and industry demands.

What are the benefits of upskilling?

Upskilling is a good investment of time, resources, and training budget for any organisations, and can bring about many short and long-term benefits for the company, such as:

• Improving productivity and efficiency
• Increasing employee retention rates as a result of improved job satisfaction
• Cost savings
• Giving you the edge over competition
• Enhancing innovation
• Boosting company culture and reputation
• Filling skills gaps
• And more…

Why should you choose training from ILX Group to upskill your employees?

We specialise in project and programme management training with courses including APM Project Fundamentals Qualification (PFQ) and Project Management Qualification (PMQ), APMG-International AgilePM®, PRINCE2®, PRINCE2 Agile®, MSP®, and Praxis Framework™, all of which will help improve project delivery by providing guidance for success. These certifications also have the potential to teach a range of transferable skills relevant to employees in other sectors. These include:

• Cost control and budget management
• Improved communication
• Stakeholder management and collaboration
• Time management
• Risk management
• And more…

Outside of project and programme management, we also offer training in change management, risk management and IT service management, plus a wealth of digital courses including AI, automation, cloud and data analysis. These courses can help your staff and organisation, by:

• Improving efficiency and organisational effectiveness
• Encouraging digital transformation initiatives
• Optimising and automating processes
• Plus, much more…

Find out more

We have a breadth of training courses available to both individuals and organisations, visit our website for more.

Alternatively you can contact a member of our customer service team or request a quote.