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All the training in the world does not mean a thing, unless there is true transfer! The Six Disciplines is a jewel, loaded with practical perspectives on creating true ROI from learning investments.

-Elliott Masie, CEO, The MASIE Center’s Learning CONSORTIUM

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Clients and partners have seen great success when they’ve implemented the concepts of follow-through management. The following fantastic articles speak about everything from the integration of the Six Disciplines as learning and development’s common language to the use of ResultsEngine (formerly Friday5s®) to drive real behavioral change. These articles illustrate the return on investment that organizations see when they maximize their training dollars with follow-through.

The Course Is Not The Finish Line- In this article in Training and Development, Cal Wick explains why the course is not the finish line. Training and development don’t pay dividends until they are transferred and applied to the work of the organization. Find out how to improve transfer and application and, hence, the return on training programs. [More]

McKesson’s Leaders Teaching Leaders Program, Grid’s front page story that details McKesson’s chapter about their leadership development program that used Fort Hill’s Learning Transfer Support Technology. [More]

Small Changes Result in Big Improvements – Kaiser Permanente Delivers Results, CLO Media describes the health care giant’s integration of both the Six Disciplines as a common language and the significant results they saw when they applied Friday5s®. [More]

Developing Leaders — This article from Executive Excellence outlines the six key steps to success “Converting training and development to business results, like any vital process, should be analyzed, managed, improved and made more efficient and effective.” [More]

Making Results Visible — Learning is not about classes, smile sheets, and a good show: it is all about changing behavior and producing tangible results on the job. More and more companies are asking their learning organizations to demonstrate results. Case studies from three leading companies illustrate how. [More]

Maximizing Return on Investment— In this article in financial expert Roger Spiller explains that businesses need smarter investments, rather than cuts in training budgets. [More]

More Publications from Fort Hill:

“Learning Transfer: The Next Frontier.” Cal Wick, Roy Pollock and Andrew Jefferson.  In: ASTD Handbook for Workplace Learning Professionals.  Bleich, E., Editor.  ASTD Press, 2008.

In: “Ensuring Transfer of Learning and Accountability for Action in Executive Development.” Andy Jefferson and Cal Wick. In: The Future of Executive Development. J. Bolt (ed). New York: Executive Development Associates, 2005.

“Agilent Technologies” Teresa Roche and Cal Wick. In: Best Practices in Leading the Global Workforce. Burlington, MA: Linkage. 2005.

“Hewlett-Packard” Susan Burnett and Cal Wick. In: Best Practices in Leadership Development. San Francisco: Pfeiffer. 2005.

“Six Ways to Shorten the Learning-Doing Gap.” Cal Wick and Kathy Granger. Electric Perspectives, November-December 2004.

“The DNA of Learning: Achieving Competitive Advantage and Return on Investment.” Richard Flanagan and Michael Papay. Bio Business. Winter 2004

“Just in Time Guidance” Cal Wick and Roy Pollock. In: Leading Organizational Change. Marshall Goldsmith (ed). San Francisco: Jossey Bass. 2004.

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