To measure the transfer of training, follow these three steps:
- Adoption: Your first step is to understand if your target audience is actually using the core skills taught in your program. This can be achieved by asking outcome and behavior-based questions of your participants 60-90 days after your workshop.
- High and Low Distinction: Once you have gathered adoption data, your next step is to identify the high and low adopters. This can be accomplished by splitting your target audience down the middle along a 100% scale for the 10-15 core skills targeted in your program.
- Impact: You can now isolate the results (typically in financial terms) produced by your learning solution by comparing high and low adopters of the predefined skills to see if adoption makes a difference. This also provides an opportunity to understand the impact of additional factors such as management involvement, performance coaching, and support tools.
