An important need of employees is to grow and develop so they stay current, flexible and motivated. Training and development also greatly contributes to organization development and improvement.

Managers and supervisors have a responsibility to train employees or provide the training they need. Training should be aligned with the needs of the department and organization.

Managers and supervisors need training on how to train employees. This is often called train the trainer. This will make training employees much easier and assure that the resources invested in training will be fruitful.