The Challenge of Meaningful Program Evaluation

With the average organization spending almost 8 percent of profit on employee learning programs in 2014 (according to the Association for Talent Development's 2015 State of the Industry report), today's talent development leaders are all too aware of the need to measure the business impact of this hefty investment in training. Ideally, evaluation efforts help inform improvements in the effectiveness of learning programs and the success of the business as a whole.

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