Stop wasting training

According to a study which found that a quarter of all training fails to yield a significant performance improvement, UK organisations could be wasting an estimated £9.5bn on training each year. Kevin Lovell outlines why this is the case and, more importantly, what you can do about it.

The best training course in the world is worthless if learners do not apply what they learn. The business benefit from training comes from the greater productivity that results when people use the new skills they've learned. Sadly, too many line managers assume that when the training finishes, that's the end of the process.

In a three-year evaluation study, KnowledgePool has analysed the 'learning outcomes' of over 10,000 learners by questioning them, and their line managers, on the transfer of learning to the workplace and performance improvement.