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May 29, 2019
Best Practices For Measuring Leadership Development – From 6 Industry Experts
Read MoreRead the article If you have been tasked with implementing a leadership development program that yields organizational results, you are not alone. Leadership development is one of the top training…
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May 15, 2019
What’s Your Soft Skills Training Strategy?
Read MoreAs the workforce changes, the need for soft skills like communication and interpersonal skills grows. How do you put together a strategy that will work? This Forbes article provides pointers…
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April 3, 2019
Achieving Training Evaluation Nirvana – Measurable Contribution to Top Organizational Goals
Read MoreEighty percent of training professionals believe that evaluating training results is important to their organization, according to the Association for Talent Development’s 2016 research report “Evaluating Learning: Getting to Measurements…
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February 6, 2019
30 Organizations That Achieved Kirkpatrick Level 4 Results
Read MoreWe are often asked if there are organizations that are getting to Level 4.
The answer is, yes! Some have generously made their case examples available to you, including Toyota, the U.S. Department of Defense, Emirates Airlines and the Internal Revenue Service.
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January 22, 2019
Why is Online Training so Lonely?
Read MoreIf you think online training is lonely and isolating, you are not alone. If you Google the phrase, “Why is Online Training so Lonely?” you will get over 60 million…
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May 17, 2017
The Easy Way to Use Don Kirkpatrick’s Legacy to Build Business Partnerships
Read MoreTo say that my Dad, Don Kirkpatrick, was an optimist is a colossal understatement. His team was always going to come around in the end to win. It would always stop…
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September 28, 2016
The Story Behind “Kirkpatrick’s Four Levels of Training Evaluation”
Read MoreGreetings Friends and Colleagues, I am pleased to say that October 1, 2016 is the day a cutting-edge new book on training evaluation officially hits the market. It is called Kirkpatrick’s…
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August 16, 2016
View Photos of GMD Partnerships’ Kirkpatrick Booth at the AHRI Convention
Read MoreOur affiliate in Australia, GMD Partnerships, had a booth at the AHRI National Convention and Exhibition 2016 on August 3-5. Click here to pictures of their Kirkpatrick booth. Mark Harris of GMD Partnerships had this…
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June 1, 2016
What Does the L&D Crystal Ball Reveal?
Read MoreJim recently posted a thought-provoking question in our Kirkpatrick Evaluation discussion group in LinkedIn. Looking into the proverbial crystal ball of the training industry, what does the future look like? An…
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April 27, 2016
Are You Intimidated by Kirkpatrick Levels 3 and 4?
Read MoreKirkpatrick Levels 3 and 4 have intimidated training professionals for decades. Some think they have cracked the code with a highly standardized 90-day post-training survey, but this is not adequate and could…
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April 11, 2016
Carrying on Don’s Legacy: The Central Arizona Project
Read MoreIn September 2015, the Centralized Learning and Development (CLD) team of the Central Arizona Project (CAP) welcomed Kirkpatrick Partners to their facility to conduct a Kirkpatrick Business Partnership Analysis. This two-part…
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April 6, 2016
Are You a Company Ambassador, or Just a Trainer?
Read MoreWhile on vacation recently, Wendy and I were having a mid-afternoon snack when this guy sat down with us. He introduced himself as Gary and said he was on the…
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March 30, 2016
Are You Still Making Fatal Kirkpatrick Model Execution Errors?
Read MoreOn March 23, in cooperation with Training Magazine Network, the Kirkpatricks presented their newest webinar, “Fatal Kirkpatrick® Model Execution Errors – Practical Tips for Identifying and Correcting Them.” The Kirkpatrick Model is the most-used…
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March 23, 2016
Evaluation Tips from the Tropics #2: Wendy’s Trapeze Adventure
Read MoreWendy Kirkpatrick is a bit of a daredevil. As a child, she would swing wildly on swings, climb trees and walk on top of the monkey bars. It was only fitting,…
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February 10, 2016
Create Your Own Moments of Opportunity in 2016
Read MoreJim kicked off the year by challenging us to act with integrity when faced with Moments of Truth. Click here if you missed it. Have you experienced any Moments of Truth yet…
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January 26, 2016
Fatal Kirkpatrick® Model Execution Errors – Practical Tips for Identifying and Correcting Them
Read MoreJoin Jim and Wendy Kirkpatrick for a brand new, free webinar this spring: Fatal Kirkpatrick® Model Execution Errors – Practical Tipsfor Identifying and Correcting Them Wednesday, March 23, 2016 10 am…
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September 9, 2015
Don’t Let Level 2 Wreck Your Training Efforts
Read MoreMany trainers think that they have been successful at Kirkpatrick Level 2 if their learners have gained knowledge and/or skills, but we urge you not to make this potentially costly…
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April 8, 2015
Blended Evaluation: Moving from the Past to the Future
Read MoreLast week, we discussed possible sources of data and methods for gathering it when embarking upon blended evaluation. Click here if you missed it. This week, we continue our conversation about hybrid approaches…
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April 23, 2014
How to Use Drivers to Ensure Training Success
Read MoreThis article by Larry Bird, Section Manager for Engineering Training at Bruce Power, provides a brief introduction to drivers and reviews their place in the training world.______________________ Kirkpatrick’s four levels of…
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April 8, 2014
What If You Didn’t Start with the End in Mind?
Read MoreIn response to last week’s feature, which highlighted an article by Paul Matthews in which he discussed his thoughts about a program he attended on the New World Kirkpatrick Model, Cortney Paretzkin…
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April 2, 2014
Training Evaluation in This New World
Read MorePaul Matthews, founder of People Alchemy, recently attended a short program on the New World Kirkpatrick Model. A proponent of informal learning over formal training, he was quite skeptical about attending a formal…
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February 26, 2014
Do You Watch Things Happen, or Make Them Happen?
Read MoreI (Jim) was watching TV a few weeks ago and half-heartedly listening to what Intel Computers was promoting. The closing challenge of that commercial, however, hit me hard: “Are you going…