Lights! Camera! Action! At some organizations, workplace thespians are starring in the training videos their fellow employees are watching. It’s a more personalized approach to training that off-the-shelf videos lack, some employers have found.
That’s the case at ParamountQuote Insurance Advisors in Chattanooga, Tenn., where two employees on the 25-agent staff role-play sales techniques before the camera.
The actors in the five- to 10-minute dramatizations are employees on track to become managers. Company founder Tim Connon, who is experienced at shooting videos, writes the scripts.