For new or experienced training professionals who want to ensure the transfer of training from the classroom to the workplace.

• Sell the idea of training transfer to the organization.
• Create a training partnership between learners, trainers, and supervisors.
• Prepare potential learners for training.
• Create a transfer-friendly training environment.
• Help learners help themselves.
• Develop a transfer of training mind-set for learners, trainers, and supervisors.
• Conduct follow-up activities with supervisors and learners.

Before Training

• How to keep training on the agenda at all levels, right up to the top.
• A 5-step checklist for brokering support among managers and supervisors.
• The 4 major benefits for improving training transfer.
• How to develop and maintain solid lines of consultation.
• 3 ways to ensure training alignment with organizational objectives.
• A 7-point toolkit for you to form a training partnership in your organization.
• 7 ways to deal with the short “shelf life” of knowledge.
• 4 things to avoid when designing shelf-resistant, take-home materials.
• How to get learners to want to attend training for the right reasons.
• 4 ways job aids assist in the transfer of training.
• Tips for building rapport with learners.
• How to involve learners before they attend training.
• 6 tips to cover an employee’s absence from the job.
• How to develop a results-based development plan for learners.
• How to win the support of even the most skeptical line supervisors.

During Training

• 16 ways to make training transfer-friendly.
• A 6-step system to maintain a productive classroom atmosphere.
• How to prevent outside disturbances.
• 5 ways to reduce classroom time.
• How to make an unavoidably long course work for you.
• How to relate practice to real situations.
• 6 stages of the learning strategy.
• 13 group activities that maximize training effectiveness.
• How to constantly demonstrate relevance to the work environment.
• How to motivate learners to create action plans.
• The 2 key action plan questions.
• How to get learners thinking about training transfer long before the first day of class.

After Training

• How to maintain learning long after the course is over.
• A follow-up system to ensure that knowledge is effectively transferred.
• How to monitor short- to medium-term progress.
• Post-course debriefing guidelines for supervisors.
• How to conduct a post-course interview with both learners and line supervisors.
• How to get ongoing support from the line supervisors for future projects.
• The 6 indicators of training transfer success.
• The 4 elements to include in a report to management.
• Simple, easy-to-use methods to ensure that training continues to “stick.”

• All the worksheets, checklists, and forms in Microsoft® Word template format. Simply download them from your personal My Langevin website. 
• Free 1-year feedback service. Receive detailed feedback on your materials to help improve your courses.