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Training effectiveness

Research suggests approximately 50% of training programs deliver measurable results while the other half show minimal effectiveness, yet organizations continue investing in training due to uncertainty about which approaches work best. This dilemma highlights the importance of evaluating training effectiveness through clear metrics and outcomes.
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For an article I´m trying to remeber the exact quotation (I think it was by J.Welsh) who exaggerated the common mistrust about the effectiveness of training in something like: 50 percent are useless and the other 50 percent get some effect. And because we don´t know which is the effective part we continue to perform training.
Does anybody know the exact phrase?
Thomas Hammerschmidt

For an article I´m trying to remeber the exact quotation (I think it was by J.Welsh) who exaggerated the common mistrust about the effectiveness of training in something like: 50 percent are useless and the other 50 percent get some effect. And because we don´t know which is the effective part we continue to perform training.
Does anybody know the exact phrase?
Thomas Hammerschmidt

One Response

  1. Quotation
    It sounds like a possible Jack Welsh-ism. Whoever it was, it equally sounds like they have adapted it from an original comment made by Lord Leverhulme (of Unilever fame):
    “Half what I spend on advertising is wasted. The trouble is I don’t know which half.”

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