You can't get the most out of your new employees if you make a common training mistake. Its sees you unable to fully train your new hire because you're busy. As a result, training is either rushed or incomplete. 

In this week's 2 Minute Takeaway Podcast, we talk about this workplace challenge and how you can put a new employee into the fast lane of contributing to the organization.

The 2 Minute Takeaway Podcast gives you easy to implement tips that will improve your productivity, performance, and profits. Professional Speaker, Author, and broadcaster, Ken Okel, understands what it's like to feel overwhelmed at work. For more about Ken, his live speaking presentations and workshops, plus his weekly productivity tips, visit KenOkel.com.

Today people know Ken for his leadership presentations to companies and associations. Audiences are engaged and entertained as they receive the tools necessary to transform their professional lives. Some enjoy taking part in Ken’s popular Paper Hat Exercise.

Ken Okel laughed years ago when a potential employer described him as being “too versatile,” to hire. Rather than run from this title, he’s embraced it.

For more than a decade, TV audiences watched Ken on the news. At several stations, they saw him perform as a TV news anchor, a reporter, a weatherman, and even a talk show host.

Ken then moved into the nonprofit world for several adventures. These saw him do everything from running a professional ballet company to organizing more than 100 hurricane relief volunteers.