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Training Evaluation

Unpacking the New World Kirkpatrick Model #3 – Creating a package of support and accountability

We all know that once you’ve trained people and they’ve gained some great knowledge and some useful skills that they will automatically apply these when they get back to the job, right?Well of course not, we’ve probably experienced this ourselves where we may have had really good intentions to do something differently and when we get back to work, for…
natasha
October 24, 2022
Training Evaluation

Unpacking the New World Kirkpatrick Model # 2 – Carrying Out a Performance Needs Analysis and Identifying Critical Behaviours

Probably the most important part of the New World Kirkpatrick Model is level 3 behaviour.In the model itself you will see Behaviour looking like a bullseye right in the middle of the model. Why is this so important? Well, if we correctly identify the behaviours that we want to enhance and get these going consistently well on the job, then…
natasha
October 24, 2022
Training Evaluation

Unpacking the New World Kirkpatrick Model # 1 – Carrying Out a Business Needs Analysis

Although the Kirkpatrick Model is known as a training evaluation model, I believe it is far more than this, and is In fact closer to a full project and change management model. Therefore, I’m not going to start with discussing evaluation but align more to the Kirkpatrick Foundational Principles and start at principle one which is the end is the beginning and…
natasha
October 24, 2022
Training Design

Some Common Traps Us L&D Folks Fall Into

Have you ever watched a movie or animation in trepidation, as a character unknowingly heads towards a hole in the ground they can’t see? As the viewer, you can see the hole but there’s no way to warn the character of the impeding danger. We’ve all been that character that’s fallen into a metaphorical hole or two, and we’ve all…
natasha
September 14, 2022
Training Transfer

Mr Spock, Pippi Longstocking and the fairytale of the self-directed learner

Before we discuss the fairytale of the self-directed learner, let’s begin with a story of our own. Margret is a personnel developer at a retail company. She’s just finished a six-month project, uploading 30 videos to the company’s learning platform on ‘best practice tips for sales’. The e-learning consultant has filled it with quizzes and interactive elements. It’s launched during a sales…
natasha
September 6, 2022
Training Evaluation

Kirkpatrick Principle 5. A compelling chain of evidence demonstrates your bottom-line value

Kirkpatrick Principle 5. A compelling chain of evidence demonstrates your bottom-line value. At the end of the day, it is incredibly important that we are able to evaluate and demonstrate the effectiveness of our learning package to change behaviours and create business results.Why do we need to evaluate? Well, we need to know if we can improve our learning program,…
natasha
August 12, 2022
Training Evaluation

Kirkpatrick Principle 2: Return On Expectations (ROE) is the ultimate indicator of value

Kirkpatrick Principle 2: Return On Expectations (ROE) is the ultimate indicator of value No, it’s not ROI, it’s ROE! Unlike ROI, which looks to isolate the value of training, ROE looks to create and deliver the value element that stakeholders are really interested in.ROE are the desired results of any program based on stakeholder input. However, ROE recognises that training…
natasha
July 27, 2022

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