This document discusses factors that influence the transfer of training from a learning environment to the workplace. It describes transfer of training as trainees applying what they learned to their jobs. Key factors that influence transfer include training design, trainee characteristics, and work environment characteristics. The work environment characteristics that most influence transfer are manager and peer support, opportunity to use skills, and consequences for using new skills. Organizations can encourage transfer by becoming a learning organization that facilitates knowledge sharing through communities of practice, technology, and rewarding employees who share knowledge.