Use It or Lose It:
Reinforcement of Learning Maximizes Return on Training Investment
Are you investing in leadership development for your employees?
If so, consider this: The Research Institute of America has determined that students retain only 58 percent of course material following a training session. Surprised?
Lake Forest Corporate Education can help your organization beat the odds.
At LFCE, we recognize that the ultimate test of learning is its successful application in achieving measurable business results. According to learning research, the average retention rate for learning that involves “practice by doing” is an impressive 75 percent, while “teaching others” and “immediate use” of the knowledge pushes the retention rate to 80 percent.*
LFCE’s proven techniques for learning reinforcement – both during and after the classroom sessions – involve these very same techniques and can help your investment pay off through the transfer of learning from the classroom to your workplace.
LFCE’s training programs include the following methods of learning reinforcement with direct application to your actual business environment:
- Projects that are high visibility, require immediate implementation of the new learning, and have measurable outcomes
- Presentations to senior leaders, clients, or partner organizations that demonstrate true proficiency in the new learning
- Manager Participation to maximize learning relevancy in the workplace and the return on learning investment
Some additional reinforcement techniques that LFCE uses include:
- Individual Coaching to maximize learning adaptation, integration, implementation, and the setting/achieving of individual goals
- Learning Partners to accelerate, enhance, and reinforce the learning
- Group Coaching to maintain your team’s learning momentum, maximize group performance improvement, and provide measurable results
- E-mail Reinforcement for learning continuity and easy access to key principles, tips, and potential pitfalls
Additional research by Goldsmith and Morgan shows that reinforcing your organization’s learning can help you achieve performance change that is up to 46 percent greater than without learning reinforcement.
* Source: National Training Labs Institute for Applied Behavioral Sciences
