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Investigate online training options. Instead of automatically sending your team to an outside training course (and incurring high travel expenses), search the Internet for alternative online options. You may find an equally effective, and less expensive, solution for your training needs.

The next tips include ways to increase skill sets through job rotation, sharing training opportunities with other companies (but not your competitors), using online courses to train staff to become trainers, using webinars and lunch and learn-type seminars, and facilitating mentor relationships with learning goals. Read the rest of the tips and let us know if you already use them or if you try them out.