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Five signs your workers may be struggling with literacy and essential skills
- Change initiatives often fail or are slow to be implemented.
- Employees are reluctant to participate in team meetings and avoid training sessions.
- Excellent employees continually turn down promotion opportunities.
- Staff make excuses. For example, “I’ll read it later,” or “ I forgot my glasses,” when put in situations where reading or writing is required.
- Employee absenteeism is high.