The "10,000-hour rule," popularized by Malcolm Gladwell, suggests that it takes roughly that many hours of deliberate practice to achieve mastery of a skill. Others suggest that it takes less time, like 20 hours, to become reasonably proficient in a skill. Most, however, would argue that it’s the quality of the training and practice that most affects the amount of time it takes to become proficient. And others say it has a lot to do with coaching, mentoring, and supporting employees by their direct supervisors and managers. I suspect the truth is somewhere in between relative to the hours needed and that a combination of all these elements is what it takes to become competent and confident. All that said, it’s important that employees be given the right amount of training to make them proficient and productive – because the faster they do that the better they’ll be in supporting their company’s objectives. The proof is in the quality and overall acceptance of whatever it is the company produces. Creating this type of professional approach is what great companies do. Make sure your employees are as good as they need to be by giving them an effective learning environment today.
Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley (1797 – 1851): English novelist who wrote the Gothic novel Frankenstein; or, The Modern Prometheus (1818), which is considered an early example of science fiction.
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