Training & Development For Dummies, 2nd Edition

Chapter 8

Getting Results: Transfer of Learning

IN THIS CHAPTER

Discovering how to follow up with your participants

Overcoming barriers to transfer of learning

Recognizing the importance of planning for transfer

Finding out what great trainers do after training

“Well, that was a great training session; now back to work!” Have you ever heard a colleague say something like that upon returning from a training session? I have left training with a big binder filled with good ideas. But because work piled up while I was away on a training session, I’ve placed that binder on my desk, promising myself that I would look at it later and implement what I learned. Later came and went, and soon I moved the binder to a shelf next to lots of other binders filled with good ideas. Why does this happen? And when you’re the one in the training role, is that what you want to occur? Of course not! It takes a team effort to ensure that learning transfers to the workplace.

The supervisors, learners, and trainers form a team right from the start to ensure that learning and skills transfer from the training ...