New World Kirkpatrick Model

Read 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…

As 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…

Eighty 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…

We 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.

If 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…

To 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…

Greetings 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…

​Our 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…

Jim 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…

Kirkpatrick 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…

In 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…

While 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…

On 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…

Wendy 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,…

Jim 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…

Join 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…

Many 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…

Last 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…

This 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…

In 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…

Paul 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…

I (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…