Training The good news: millions of hours and dollars are spent on workplace training each year. The bad news: the return on this investment is often minimal. The worse news: not much is changing to improve the results.		Getting Results From Your Training Dollars Wayne J. Hunicke, President Advantage Management Systems, Inc. The Problem Studies have shown that long-term student retention of training material is less than one third of what was presented. This low rate occurs for several reasons: Passive Learning: only about 10% of a company population are "active learners" who seek out new ideas and look for ways to apply them. The majority of employees are "passive learners" who may listen to new information but are not highly motivated to go out and try it. Lack Of Reinforcement: unless we hear new ideas at least two or three times, there's a tendency for the information to not be retained in our long term memory. Remember those "Beach Boys" or "Beatles" lyrics? That's because we heard them dozens of times on the radio! Lack Of Involvement: employees who are taught new skills must have opportunities to practice them. Practice builds competence and confidence. Remember the old saying: "If you don't use it, you lose it". The Solution Summary About the Author
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