Date: Tuesday, May 16, 2023

Time: 8:00 – 9:30 AM 

Location: ONLINE!   Registrants will receive a Zoom link

“It’s not that Hard: Measuring LD Impact”

There are things we think that are hard, and trying to figure out what an employee has learned is one of those. Shifting your thinking about it can help. Such as, there is no such thing as bad weather, just bad clothing. In this example, our focus shifts. For employee learning and development, shift your thinking from trying to figure out what is in their head and trying to draw it out, to observing what are they now doing or demonstrating that represents their learning. Behavior is easier to see. Then it is just mechanics to collect that information.

Companies spend millions on learning and development and report less than satisfactory results from those investments. Determining if an investment in Learning and Development (LD) is delivering benefits, begin with upfront planning and participation. This session will help participants to:

• Understand the components and process of evaluating LD,

• Utilize their program knowledge to begin a LD measurement plan, and

• Share with their ideas and refine their LD measurement plans. 

Learn about going from learning objectives to impact data that can be shared with others and show impact. The session is less technical and more practical. Have an example of a learning program you want to measure and can use to develop an initial plan. This is an interactive practical session to help hone your abilities to measure learning in your organization. This session directly addresses two areas in the ADP Capability Model: Career and Leadership Development and Evaluating Impact.  Additional resources will be provided. 

About the Presenter:

Francis Eberle, PhD, is a senior leadership and organizational coach, thought leader, speaker and author. Francis believes that people development is business development. He helps leaders who want to grow or are struggling first by increasing their self-awareness, awareness of others to improve their and the organization’s performance. After spending more than 20 years as an executive, Francis is uniquely positioned to help people and organizations take the next step. He provides individual coaching, team development, and analytics for organizational improvement. He is also a facilitator and coach for The Complete Leader Program for Price Associates, and recently developed a program on Crucial Conversations, Leadership, and co- developed a virtual Self-Leadership course for growing skills to achieve better results.

He has worked with small organizations such as a sexual assault counseling center, and mid-size research, technology and healthcare companies and fortune 500 companies. He has certifications in coaching, behavioral analysis, motivation analysis, axiology and the associated psychological tools and virtual facilitation. Also, he has taught courses for University of Southern Maine and George Mason University. Francis is the author with the latest is Connected Leadership: engage your workforce to lead themselves (2021) and a new associated Workbook (2022). And the author of many blogs, and reports. He has presented widely on leadership, team dynamics, organizational development, education policy, and reforms in science and engineering education. Eberle received a Bachelor of Science from Boston University, a master’s from the University of Connecticut, and a PhD from Lesley University in educational leadership.

Cancellation Policy: A full refund will be issued if the cancellation request is made on or before 5 calendar days before the scheduled program. Please email events@tdmaine.org with your inquiries.