Finding the best leadership development and employee training can feel overwhelming. Business owners ask us this question all the time, and today we are going to give you a simple and accessible way to build the training your team needs.
You will learn how to shape leadership development that fits your culture and your budget. No more overspending on training that pumps you up for a week and leaves you right where you started.
It is time to build something real, sustainable, and deeply connected to your business.
Why Most Leadership Training Falls Flat
Are you tired of buying leadership books, signing up for events, attending offsite trainings, getting motivated, then returning to work only to fall back into old patterns?
Many business owners wish they could just buy a business-in-a-box solution. Something that sets up all the systems, solves all the gaps, and trains every team member.
That does not exist.
But you do have something far more valuable than an off-the-shelf system. You already have everything you need to begin building powerful training right where you are.
Lead Well.
If you're looking for more resources to work ON your business, we have them.
Start With What You Already Have
Before you run outside searching for programs, strategies, and shortcuts, look inward. There are three primary places to begin:
1. You
2. Your team
3. Your clients
If you start here, you will uncover most of the training material you have been searching for.
Your Wisdom Is Your Most Undervalued Training Asset
Whether you have been in business for two years or thirty, you carry wisdom that cannot be purchased anywhere else.
“Do not short-circuit the wisdom your experience has already earned.”
Many business owners rush to the nearest digital tool or AI system to answer every question. But before you outsource your brain, pause and ask yourself:
What do I want every new employee to know?
Grab a sheet of paper. Set a timer for five minutes. Write down ten things new or existing team members should understand about the business, their role, and how you approach your work. Then write down ten things you want to develop in other people.
This becomes the foundation of your internal training.
Tap Into the Wisdom of Your Team
Many businesses overlook the gold mine sitting inside their own walls.
Whether you have two employees or fifty, your people carry frontline insight that can transform your training.
Here at Business On Purpose, our weekly rhythm includes:
- Coaches meetings
- Directors meetings
- Team meetings
- One-on-one check-ins
These gatherings are productive, strategic, and full of ideas worth training on.
Whenever a team member brings unique insight, we capture it. Often we have them record a short video that becomes part of our year-round training. In fact, most of our training library comes from our own internal team, not outside experts.
You can do the same.
Your Clients Hold Valuable Training Clues
If you want to improve your client experience, start by asking your clients for their feedback. Those conversations reveal:
- What you do well
- What you do not do well
- What you can strengthen through training
- What deserves additional focus
When clients feel heard, they naturally feel more loyal and connected to your business. Their input becomes training material to reinforce excellence and fix weak points.
If you ignore clients, team members, and yourself, you leave most of your training potential untouched.
Organize Your Training With a Simple Structure
Once you gather everything from your own wisdom, your team, and your clients, it is time to sort it into the four core systems of every business:
- Marketing
- Sales
- Operations
- Administration
These fit under the four foundational cornerstones of business:
Purpose, people, process, and profit.
Purpose includes vision, mission, values, and culture.
People includes hiring, onboarding, job roles, and org structure.
Process includes your master process roadmap, including all tactical steps.
Profit includes financial systems and money-related workflows.
This framework gives you a place for everything you want to train.
Train One Process Per Week
Do not overdo it. Do not complicate it.
Simply train one process per week.
One weekly ten-minute training session equals:
- 52 trained processes per year
- Hours of documented training
- A growing, empowered team
The hardest part is not the training itself. The hardest part is sitting down to decide what matters. Once you decide, repetition and predictability will do the rest.
Why Training Matters
When you invest in your team, they stay longer, grow deeper, and align more clearly with your purpose. You create a robust leadership development program built on insight that only your business has.
And it all begins with taking action.
Ready to take the next step?
Click the link below to learn more strategies for building powerful employee development systems that strengthen your leadership, your culture, and your results.
Start building your training system today. Your team will thank you for it.
Scott Beebe is the founder of Business On Purpose (mybusinessonpurpose.com) and speaker for the AEC industry and author of the book Let Your Business Burn: Stop Putting Out Fires, Discover Purpose, and Build a Business That Matters. Business On Purpose works with business owners to articulate purpose, people, process, and profit to liberate owners from chaos and make time for what matters most.
