The Growthspace Innovation: Giving Companies a Competitive Advantage through Employee Development Back in the day, it would not have been important whether an employee received continuous training for professional development . All they needed to focus on was how to be productive and how to produce more value for the company. But times are changing. This notion of employee development was not too important for baby boomers since they only focused on earning more money for their families by working hard. But these days, employees are not only seeking monetary benefits from their work. They are now also looking for non-monetary benefits that will boost their loyalty to the company and their belief that the company truly cares about them. According to Clear Company, 94% of employees are willing to stay at a company for much longer if their employers are invested in their career development. This is also why most employers are now opting to focus on building their employe...