{"id":162,"date":"2017-01-08T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2017-01-08T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/log.cudoo.com\/2018\/03\/11\/5-steps-to-building-a-successful-language-strategy\/"},"modified":"2022-10-12T15:14:04","modified_gmt":"2022-10-12T11:14:04","slug":"5-steps-to-building-a-successful-language-strategy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cudoo.com\/blog\/5-steps-to-building-a-successful-language-strategy\/","title":{"rendered":"5 Steps to Building a Successful Language Strategy"},"content":{"rendered":"<hr \/>\n<p>In a globalized economy, language training is no longer a \u201cgreat if there is spare budget\u201d but an essential component of corporate success.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>72.4% of global consumers are more likely to buy a product with information in their own language<\/li>\n<li>56.2% of global consumers say the ability to obtain information in their own language is more important than price.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Tying in language training to your company\u2019s strategic goals improves customer service, enhances health and safety in the workplace, facilitates the entry of new markets and delivers communication at the international level required by today\u2019s global marketplace.<\/p>\n<p>According to\u00a0Eton Institute\u2019s Language Development in the\u00a0Workforce Survey, 89% of their clients stated that multilingual employees add value to the workforce and 88% stated that recruiting team members with language skills is important to their organization.<\/p>\n<p>Building a successful language training strategy is a commitment justifying the investment and should start with an honest review of where we are and where do we need to be?<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/cudoo.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/CS.jpg\" alt=\"CS.jpg\" width=\"724\" height=\"408\" \/><\/p>\n<h2>1.\u00a0Where Are We Now?<\/h2>\n<p>How is training being delivered?<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Centralized training budget and department<\/li>\n<li>Individual line managers including language training in their own department budgets<\/li>\n<li>No training happening<\/li>\n<li>Individual employees paying for their own training<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Review whether your current budget helps your company meet its training objectives. What hot spots still need to be addressed?<\/p>\n<h2>2.\u00a0Where Do We Need To Be?<\/h2>\n<p>Ask key stakeholders and managers about their actual language requirements. Follow that up with getting expert help to explore effective language training approaches that can make a positive difference for your company.<\/p>\n<h2><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/cudoo.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/Other%20Lang.jpg\" alt=\"Other Lang.jpg\" width=\"724\" height=\"448\" \/><\/h2>\n<h2>3.\u00a0How Are We Going To Get There?<\/h2>\n<p>Now you know your company needs, condense this data into a summarized language training strategy by reviewing your options.<\/p>\n<p>Discuss with your learning partner\/vendor what suits your organization i.e. classroom based learning with traditional tools, interactive, technology based classrooms, virtual classrooms, group or individual based learning, <a href=\"https:\/\/cudoo.com\/languages\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">online self-study<\/a> learning etc. Agree your approach, schedule and cost.<\/p>\n<h2>4.\u00a0Get Buy-In<\/h2>\n<p>Present to get buy in at an organizational and individual level by showing the benefits and the budget to achieve your company\u2019s operational goals. Share the <a href=\"https:\/\/cudoo.com\/blog\/why-and-how-workplace-language-learning-through-technology-can-increase-revenue\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">benefits of the training<\/a> with your teams and those about to undergo the training. Commitment is needed by BOTH parties for the training to be successful.<\/p>\n<p>Provide data for how language learning makes a difference to the bottom line, and <a href=\"https:\/\/cudoo.com\/blog\/is-multilingualism-a-necessity-in-your-industry\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">why multilingualism is a necessity<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Share and agree clear goals, expectations and schedules with your stakeholders. All of them!<\/strong><\/p>\n<h2><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/cudoo.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/shutterstock_174469094.jpg\" alt=\"shutterstock_174469094.jpg\" width=\"724\" height=\"357\" \/><\/h2>\n<h2>5. How Did We Do?<\/h2>\n<p>Review your Return on Investment.<\/p>\n<p><strong>During the Training:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Communicate at agreed check in points at both an organizational level and team \/ individual level. How it is going? Ensure your training provider or vendor is able to monitor quality of delivery, employee progress and learning outcomes throughout the program. Share this data and ensure that everyone has bought in to the process and objectives as you go.<\/p>\n<p><strong>After the Training:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Ensure that your training partner can provide reports that are directly linked to \u201ccan do statements\u201d about what the employee can now do as a result of the training. Make sure that reports have measurable results; placement entry testing, course testing and instructor evaluations, attendance reports, all linked to the learning outcomes.<\/p>\n<p>Check with your training partner what tools they have for post course reminder programs to improve retention and change the forgetting curve.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p>Review and Reflect!<\/p>\n<p>Review the training and the difference it has made in the workplace. Communicate the \u201ccan do statements\u201d to the line managers to check workplace reality. What can we do now that we could not do before the training?<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>Training should <em>not <\/em>be a theoretical, brain workout.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>Training should change behaviors and enhance skills in the workplace.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p class=\"bottom-cta\"><a href=\"https:\/\/cudoo.com\/enterprise-lms\/?utm_source=blog&amp;utm_medium=cta_banner&amp;utm_campaign=Blog%20Enterprise%20CTA\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"> <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/cudoo-enterprise-demo.png\" alt=\"Cudoo Enterprise Demo\" \/> <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In a globalized economy, language training is no longer a \u201cgreat if there is spare budget\u201d but an essential component of corporate success. 72.4% of global consumers are more likely to buy a product with information in their own language 56.2% of global consumers say the ability to obtain information in their own language is [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":37,"featured_media":388,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_exactmetrics_skip_tracking":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_active":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_note":"","_exactmetrics_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[],"yst_prominent_words":[1180,712,5228,834,3879,5231,5226,54,979,5227,203,5232,3001,5234,5230,3868,4423,5233,5229,79],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/cudoo.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/162"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/cudoo.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/cudoo.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cudoo.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/37"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cudoo.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=162"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/cudoo.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/162\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5504,"href":"https:\/\/cudoo.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/162\/revisions\/5504"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cudoo.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/388"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/cudoo.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=162"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cudoo.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=162"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cudoo.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=162"},{"taxonomy":"yst_prominent_words","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cudoo.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/yst_prominent_words?post=162"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}