# Why Companies should Train?

> Ten reasons companies should invest in management training, from employee engagement and retention to developing future leaders.

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- Publisher: Bodhih Training (Bengaluru, India; since 2008)
- Last updated: 2026-10-15
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Why should companies invest more in management training? Here are 10 simple reasons.

Companies should invest in management training because an employee's relationship with their direct manager is the most important single factor in employee engagement. Trained managers set clear objectives, run structured performance evaluations and give honest feedback, which lifts morale and retention. Developing today's young managers also builds tomorrow's leaders and reduces costly hiring, firing and litigation.

Last updated 15 Oct 2026 · Bodhih Insights team · reviewed by [Siddharthan VGJ](https://bodhih.com/siddharthan-vgj/), Founder

1. An employee’s relationship with his or her direct manager is the most important single factor in [employee engagement](https://bodhih.com/employee-engagement-training/).
2. Engaged employees are happier and more productive.  Disengaged employees are frustrated and more disruptive.
3. Because there’s no widely agreed-on skillset for management (good managers come in all shapes and sizes), there’s an assumption everyone knows how to do it.  This is akin to someone who’s never driven before being given keys to a car and told: “Drive.”
4. The basics of sound management – clear objective setting, structured performance evaluation systems, honest and open feedback and communication, etc. – aren’t rocket science.  In fact, they’re way easier than rocket science.  Which is why companies ought to get them right.
5. Your young managers of today will become your leaders of tomorrow.  (And if your company is just going out and hiring leaders instead of developing your own, you have to ask: Why?)
6. Many companies invest heavily in training at the top ([leadership development](https://bodhih.com/leadership-skills-training-in-india/), executive retreats, etc.) but less at the bottom or the middle, where it may well be more needed.
7. [Management](http://www.forbes.com/management/) is often uneven throughout an organization.  You have your outstanding ones, your okay ones, and your downright incompetent ones who can do a lot of damage.   In this biz, as in so many, consistency is a good thing.
8. Respected well-trained managers boost morale, and improved morale boosts retention.   And as you of course know, it’s wicked expensive to hire and fire.
9. Litigation protection.  To amplify on point 8, it’s even more wickedly expensive to deal with employee lawsuits… plus the resulting bad PR.
10. Let’s return to number 1.  The point’s too important not to emphasize.  In the big picture, an employee’s relationship with his or her direct manager is **the** most important single factor in employee engagement.  It all starts with this day-to-day, in-the-trenches relationship.

## Quick answers

### Why train middle and junior managers, not only senior leaders?

Many companies invest heavily in leadership development at the top but less in the middle and lower levels, where training may be more needed. Management quality is often uneven, and young managers today become tomorrow's leaders, so consistent basics such as objective setting, evaluation and feedback pay off across the organisation.