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Early research shows that nearly 75% of managers and leaders who participate in our programs using the
PEP Model™ are actually demonstrating the new behaviors on the job and continue to do so!
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Research
Unfortunately, traditional approaches to training by itself does not lead to positive business outcomes. The following studies illustrate this point.
- Rob Brinkerhoff (2008) described a study that queried a large number of employees who had recently gone through training about the application what they had learned. Only 15% reported that they sustained new behaviors, 70% said they had tried and failed, and 15% reported that they did not try the new skills.
Brinkerhoff, Robert O. (2008). "Training Impact Evaluation That Senior Leaders Believe and Use: The Success Case Method." Workshop presented at Training 2008 Exposition and Conference, Atlanta, GA, February 4.
- A University of Phoenix Study in 2004 showed that 26% of learning effectiveness occurs prior to a learning event, and a full 50% of learning effectiveness comes as a follow up to the learning event. The same study found that 85% of training dollars were spent on the training event itself. (Peterson 2004).
Peterson, Brent. (2004). Unpublished paper from Apollo Consulting Group. University of Phoenix
- An ASTD (2006) study identified the causes of training not leading to expected results. It found that 20% was caused by events and circumstances prior to training. An additional 10% was caused by sub-par delivery of the programs. A whopping 70% was due to problems with what they referred to as the "application environment". The latter consisted primarily of two factors: participants not having the opportunity to use what they learned, and non-reinforcing supervisors' actions following the training event.
- A Josh Bersin (2008) study showed a strong trend toward informal learning. Twenty percent of job-relevant learning was found to occur prior to formal training programs, 10% during training, and as much as 70% as on-the-job learning.