Improving Learning Transfer

'...In this well organised and practical book, learning providers, those charged with organizing training, and managers will all gain an understanding of the role they play in contributing to successful learning transfer. As a provider of learning and development interventions for more than 20 years, it gave me new insights and practical steps to take away. Kirwan brings together up to date research to support sensible recommendations...From doing a training needs analysis to measuring learning outcomes and all steps in-between, this is a handbook that will become a well thumbed reference for those who care about value for money and real workplace learning.' - Mary O'Rafferty, Director, Leadership and Management, Institute of Public Administration, Dublin 'Dr Kirwan candidly challenges the traditional learning and development mindset. His straightforward and well researched techniques will help training and learning departments demonstrate what tangible difference training is making to their organisation. With clear insights into what blocks learning transfer, he also provides pragmatic methods to maximise the return on investment from training and development programmes. This is a book for HR professionals, those responsible for L&D, and CEO's who are more interested in outcomes, than outputs.' - Hamish Brown, CEO, Concordia International Ltd '"Sometimes I feel that all those trainings and seminars we send our people to are just a waste of money, an HR-Manager told me only recently. And to a considerable extent I agree to it. Simply sending people to courses, only because the programme sounds interesting or - worse still - because some competitors go for the same kind of training, makes little sense. What is needed to have a return on investment into HR is shown in the book Improving Learning Transfer. Cyril Kirwan is a true practitioner and this shows in every line of his work. Thoroughly and systematically he identifies what makes the difference b