I am supervising an employee whose written communication skills are mediocre to poor. Having a BA in English, this drives me CRAZY. Aside from the personal irritation, it does reflect unfavorably on the bank. Wondering if anyone has any resources I can use to help develop this individual's skills (including spelling).
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Maybe suggest to him/her that there are classes available at the local college. Also let the employee know that the bank may pick up the charge.

Go to www.careertrack.com These are Fred Pryor Training Seminars/books/etc.
Under Communications, there is a course titled "Mistake Free Grammar and Proofreading. I have not taken this particular course, but have been to several other seminars through this organization and they were satisfactory.

If you have the time to spend with him/her, give him/her responsibilities that require a lot of writing. You will need to spend lots of time in review/critique, however there's no better way to learn than by doing. Early in my banking career, I was given the opportunity to write sections of our press releases and annual reports; writing that got heavy scrutiny. As time went on, there was less and less red ink on my drafts until I became a fairly decent writer. I learned more from this than from all the English classes I took in grade school, high school, and college.