About Us
Until now, no one has provided clear, concise coaching about how to attain it. This vital and must-read book (6Ds) should affect the way every thinking person looks at learning.
-Richard J. Leider, Founder, The Inventure Group and bestselling author of The Power of Purpose and Claiming Your Place At The Fire
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Fort Hill Company focuses on the process of turning learning into results, rather than training “events.” We are the leading provider of learning transfer support technology and the only firm wholly dedicated to maximizing the outcomes of all types of training and development.
Fort Hill was established in 1999 as the result of Cal Wick’s work with a leading chemical company. He was asked to follow-up with leaders after an award-winning development program. What he found was that only 1 in 6 had actually put the program into practice.
That observation led to the development of Friday5s® (now called ResultsEngine®), the first-ever web-based learning transfer system designed specifically to enhance transfer by engaging participants and their managers post-program.
The system included five bi-weekly updates using:
- a reminder system
- a place to reflect, record progress, and plan next steps
- content specific to the program and the participant’s objective
- coaching from peers and most importantly the line manager
- collaboration
Organizations very quickly saw an increase in learning transfer rates. Even so, we noticed that some companies achieved greater returns on their training and development than others. We analyzed the best practices at leading organizations like Hewlett-Packard, Pfizer, Home Depot, Sony, and Humana and distilled the best practices into our highly-acclaimed book, The 6Ds of Breakthrough Learning, which defines the six critical practices of high-impact learning.
The 6Ds® approach is being increasingly adopted enterprise-wide at top organizations such as Kaiser Permanente. Recognizing that many companies still struggled to get the level of manager involvement vital for top performance, we wrote, Getting Your Money’s Worth from Training and Development, a two-sided guide to support both the manager and participant. In partnership with the award winning e-learning developer, Option Six, we also developed an online version called How to Get Your Money’s Worth from Training and Development.
Navigated by an experienced leadership team, Fort Hill Company continues to improve and expand our approach. In 2010, we released an improved version of ResultsEngine® and the second edition of The 6Ds of Breakthrough Learning.
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