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Why Evaluation Fails to Influence Performance (And How to Fix It)

Evaluation is often criticized for being disconnected from performance. Dashboards don’t change behavior. Reports don’t move metrics. Surveys don’t convince executives that learning is working....

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The Kirkpatrick Model Was Never a Checklist: And Treating It As Such Is Costing Your Organization Performance

For years, many organizations have believed they were using the Kirkpatrick Model. In reality, they were completing it. That distinction may seem subtle, but it...

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ROI Is Not the Answer: Why Learning Leaders Must Shift to Return on Expectations and Performance

If you work in learning and development, you’ve probably been asked some version of this question more times than you can count: “What’s the ROI...

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Why Measuring What’s Easy Is Hurting Organizational Performance

The Problem With Measuring What’s Convenient Most organizations aren’t failing at measurement. They’re failing at interpretation. We measure attendance, completions, engagement, and satisfaction because those...

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Making Sense of Data: Why L&D’s 2026 Challenge Isn’t Measurement—It’s Meaning

When “Data-Driven” Stops Driving Progress Walk into any learning or HR department today, and you’ll hear the same confident refrain: We’re data-driven. We say it...

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BIG ANNOUNCEMENT: A Kirkpatrick-Certified Evaluation Platform!

Kirkpatrick Partners, the exclusive provider of the Kirkpatrick Four Levels® of Evaluation and a global leader in training evaluation, is excited to announce a strategic...

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Stop Blaming Training: The Hidden Influence of the Performance Environment

When a training initiative doesn’t deliver the expected results, the knee-jerk reaction in many organizations is to blame the training itself. Was the content engaging...

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Evaluating Vendors for Kirkpatrick Model Alignment in Training Effectiveness

In today’s tech-driven world, learning and development (L&D) professionals are constantly looking for solutions that promise to deliver comprehensive evaluation across all four levels of...

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The Power of Designing for Performance: Why Traditional Training Programs Fail and How to Fix It

In the world of learning and development (L&D), instructional design is often treated as a linear process—a checklist of deliverables that ends with a training...

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A New Era for Kirkpatrick Certifications: Why We’re Moving to a Maintenance Model

Embracing Change to Elevate Professional Excellence For decades, Kirkpatrick certifications have stood as a gold standard in learning and development, equipping professionals worldwide with the...

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Is DOGE Coming for Your Training Program?

Why Training Alone Isn’t Enough: How to Align Your Workforce Development with Performance and Efficiency In today’s rapidly changing landscape, workforce development is more critical...

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Level 1 Learning Evaluations: Useless or Misused?

There’s a lot of talk in the Learning & Development world about how Level 1 evaluations (or smile sheets as often referred to in the...

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