1. 10 Reasons Training
Programs Fail
How to avoid failure
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2. Origin of the 10 Reasons
People are curious why Training Programs fail
People are surprised when a Training Program fails
People often do not Understand why Training
Programs fail
People want to avoid h i a T i i P
P l tt id having Training Program F il
Fail
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3. Organization of the 10 Reasons
We developed a laundry list of all the
We
"Reasons" we have observed over the 20
plus years
We analyzed the "Reasons" to identify
Categories or Classification
We assigned each "R
W i d h "Reason" t th
" to the
appropriate "Category"
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4. Terminology
REASON: the underlying fact or cause
TRAINING PROGRAM: any effort to instruct
or educate
FAIL: does not accomplish the intended
purpose
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5. 10 REASONS
 Lack of Leadership
CCoerced P ti i ti
d Participation
 Needs & Outcomes not clearly Defined
 Insufficient Funding
 Poor Implementation
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6. 10 REASONS (continued)
 Improper Instructional Design
 I t
Internal Sabotage
lS b t
 Poor Structure of Work
 Lack of a Comprehensive Plan
 Started too late as an effort to
overcome "Neglect of Training"
Neglect Training
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7. Lack of Leadership
No Vision
No
No Ch
N Champion
i
No Trust
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8. Coerced Participation
Management coerces Labor
Labor coerces Management
No Buy In
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9. Needs & Outcomes not
clearly Defined
Inadequate analysis
I d t l i
No agreement or consensus on need or
outcomes
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10. Insufficient funding
No budget
Insufficient budget
Unrealistic budget
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11. Poor Implementation
Inadequate instruction
Inadequate facilities
Poor coordination & scheduling
Training "NOT" Utilized
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12. Improper Instructional
Design
Wrong instructional model
W i t ti l d l
Not enough Hands-On
g
Information dump
Focus on t
F teaching not l
hi t learning
i
No application on the j
pp job
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13. Internal Sabotage
The Games People Play
Politics
Staff rivalries
Personal Agendas
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14. Poor Structure of Work
Methods
Standards
SOP s
SOP's
Documentation
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15. Lack of a
Comprehensive Plan
Site - individual location, plant, mill, etc.
Corporate
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16. Started too late as an effort
to overcome "neglect of
neglect
training"
g
Down size - then Train
Run to Failure workforce policy
Run
Training as a l t resort
T i i last t
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17. 10 REASONS
 Lack of Leadership
CCoerced P ti i ti
d Participation
 Need & Outcomes not clearly Defined
 Insufficient Funding
 Poor Implementation
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18. 10 REASONS (continued)
 Improper Instructional Design
 I t
Internal Sabotage
lS b t
 Structure of Work is Lacking
 Lack of a Comprehensive Plan
 Started too late as an effort to
overcome "Neglect of Training"
Neglect Training
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