Monday, June 22, 2026

USING AI TO MEASURE 6 LEVELS OF TRAINING IMPACT

 


Measuring the 6 Levels of Training Impact just got easier! While you still have to artfully craft your "story of impact" to make it compelling to executives and stakeholders, you've now got AI to help you collect all the right numbers and pieces of the puzzle.  Find out how in this month's issue of Training Industry...

2026 Artificial Intelligence in Training Industry

Friday, March 20, 2026

MEASURING YOUR "STORY OF IMPACT"



Storytelling is one of the most powerful ways to engage, teach and help your audience remember your message. So, why not capitalize on this technique when presenting training results to business leaders and stakeholders? Find out how to tell your fascinating story in this month's article of...

March 2026 Training Industry Magazine

Wednesday, January 21, 2026

THE ROI OF SUPERVISOR TRAINING: A Riverside California Case Study

 



Sometimes training journeys can last over a year and that certainly makes the bottom-line impact even harder to measure.  But have no fear - it can be done! And if done right, results can be wildly positive. Check out this case study we did for Riverside, California Public Utilities Supervisors and their teams, where we were able to show a 113% ROI for participants that were supported by their leaders...  

TRAINING INDUSTRY 2025

Monday, August 18, 2025

MEASURING THE ROI OF MANAGER TRAINING AT A FINTECH COMPANY


Having managers that make small leadership improvements that inspire just a little higher performance from their direct reports can lead to big financial returns. In this case study within a major Fintech company, managers took an assessment, customized training based on results, applied it back on their jobs, and then ended up making piles of money for their business.  Read how it all paid off in this... 

SPRING 2025 Edition of TRAINING INDUSTRY

Tuesday, April 8, 2025

HOW TO MEASURE THE ROI on AI

 


When it comes to AI, are you the grumpy resistor, the passive acceptor, or the ambitious enthusiast? Well, there's a huge ROI to be achieved by jumping on the AI train, and the faster you hop aboard, the bigger your ROI.  Here's 2 ROI case studies showing how adapting to this huge work change can pay off for you and your organization...

 Training Industry Magazine - Spring 2025 Edition


Wednesday, December 4, 2024

TRAINING EMPLOYEES TO EMBRACE CHANGE: AN ROI CASE STUDY

 

If employees were able to adapt to, or even embrace any change just a little bit quicker, how much more productive could they be? And how much sooner? What's the ROI on a great change training program? Find out with this new case study in Training Industry...

OCT 2024 EDITION

Sunday, September 8, 2024

IMPROVING TRAINING MEASUREMENT AND ROI WITH THE POWER OF AI

 


This article answers 3 very "intelligent" questions? 

1. How do you use AI to increase training effectiveness?

2. How do you use AI to measure training effectiveness?

3. How do you measure the impact of AI training?  

Think about how far along you are in your organization when it comes to unlocking the power of AI and then ask yourself - how do I prove AI integration and AI employee training is making a difference to the business bottom line?  See the article in...

TRAINING INDUSTRY MAGAZINE AUG 2024

Sunday, April 21, 2024

TRAINING DID THAT! How to Attribute Great Business Outcomes to Training

WOW! You put out a great training program and then business results improved...AMAZING! Everybody will know your training caused those great business improvements - right?  Wrong!  No one will ever give you the credit you deserve until you ISOLATE the impact of your training.  See HOW in the latest Spring issue of... Training Industry Magazine

Wednesday, February 14, 2024

FUELING LEADERSHIP AND SAFETY AT bp


When you deliver training that drives safety, you have to make it count.  Improving these practices is reward enough, but what if you also measured the ROI?  That's what we did at bp.  Read all about our Level 1 - 6 evaluation of impact in this month's issue of Training Industry...

TRAINING INDUSTRY FEB 2024 


Wednesday, October 4, 2023

3 WAYS TO ISOLATE THE IMPACT OF TRAINING

 


How can you take credit for business improvement after training?  That is, how do you directly attribute great business or organizational performance to your specific training? Simple - you have to ISOLATE your training impact and cut away the “noise” of all the other possible confounding factors around you.  Find out how in this... 

September 2023 article in Training Industry

Friday, July 14, 2023

A TRAINING EVALUATION STRATEGY THAT'S OUT OF THIS WORLD

Find out how I helped government agencies like the United States Department of the Interior and NASA create and implement their training evaluation strategies.  You'll see how a simple 6-level approach can be applied in and out of this world.  Read all about it in the...

 SUMMER 2023 ISSUE of TRAINING INDUSTRY MAGAZINE

Friday, May 26, 2023

DOES DIVERSTY & INCLUSION TRAINING REALLY WORK? A CASE STUDY AT INDEED

 



We all know DEI training is good for people, but is it also really good for the business bottom line? What type of ROI can stakeholders expect from a solid DEI initiative?  In a recent case study with Indeed, we actually measured the impact of their Inclusive Manager Program from Level 1 satisfaction all the way through business impact at Level 4 and ROI at Level 5.  We even took our measurement to Level 6 - measuring climate factors back on the job that maximized the impact of the training.  See the full study here...

How Indeed Achieved Greater Inclusion, ROI With DEI Training (trainingindustry.com)

Thursday, May 25, 2023

ARE YOU FREE? FOR AN ROI CASE STUDY AT CALENDLY

 

Leadership training with the right content delivered to the right audience can achieve a great ROI for your business. I recently measured the impact of 3 core leadership programs at Calendly.  Check out the case study at...

Measurement Strategies: An ROI Case Study at Calendly (trainingindustry.com)

Thursday, February 2, 2023

HONING YOUR MEASUREMENT GAME




If you're going to impress your stakeholders with training results, you have to "up-level" your measurement strategy and start showing how your initiatives impact the business bottom-line.  Here's a 6-level approach to bring your measurement game to next level...

Honing Your Measurment Game published in TRAINING INDUSTRY DEC 2022

Friday, June 17, 2022

USE IT OR LOSE IT


The business impact and ROI of any training program will depend on whether you "use it" or "lose it" after the training event.  That is - do you apply what you learned in a meaningful way and maximize your investment, or do you do nothing and waste every last penny?  Read more in my ...

June 2022 article in Training Industry

Wednesday, March 30, 2022

THE VALUE OF A GOOD COMPETENCY ASSESSMENT

 


Did you know that a good competency assessment will not only point you to the right training, but it will also boost the impact and effectiveness of that training? Just knowing you had a good diagnostic will engage and encourage you more to apply the training aligned to that diagnostic.  See my article in the...

  Feb 2022 issue from Training Industry 

Sunday, February 6, 2022

TRAINING WAS FUN! BUT DID IT IMPACT THE BUSINESS?



Is there a link between amazing training experiences (Level 1) and ultimate business impact down the road (Level 4)? There is! But we need to measure better to make them clearer and stronger. This article takes on that age-old question and presents some hard data to support the connection between fun training and bottom-line business results...

TRAINING INDUSTRY MAGAZINE WINTER 2022 EDITION


Tuesday, October 26, 2021

NOW ENTERING THE MATRIX

 


With Matrix 4 right around the corner, I thought it would be timely to spotlight one of my case studies and explore what many consider a “futuristic” approach to training - the VR experience.  We all heard of it (and probably think it’s cool), but don’t have much information when it comes to quantifiable effectiveness. 

READ MORE in this OCTOBER ISSUE of TRAINING INDUSTRY

Tuesday, July 27, 2021

GETTING MEASUREMENT UP AND RUNNING FOR L&D: 3 QUICK TIPS

When athletes train for the Olympics, how do they know they're getting better?  They measure!  They measure for more speed, more distance. more technique.  If some aspect of training is not enhancing their performance, they immediately try something else.  So why don't employees get measured for improvement after they train?  Here's a few quick tips to get measurement up and running in your own organization...

Training Industry JULY 2021

Friday, June 25, 2021

THE ROI of GOOD ONE-ON-ONES

 

Question: What's the ROI of a good ONE on ONE discussion?
Answer: It depends on what you talk about!

In my latest article, I spotlight a case study on how great discussions centered around the employee's career aspirations - instead of weekly tasks - can lead to very positive returns....read more in...

Training Measurement and Analytics

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