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Why Training Fails to Create Change in Organisations

Organisations Invest in Training, So Why Does Nothing Change?

Every year, organisations allocate significant budgets for training and development. Employees attend workshops, complete modules, and receive certificates. Yet, a few weeks later, performance looks exactly the same.

This raises a common and frustrating question:

“Why doesn’t training create lasting change?”

The answer is not that training is ineffective but that it is often approached incorrectly.

Training Focuses on Knowledge, Not Behaviour

Most training programmes are designed to transfer information. Participants learn concepts, frameworks, and best practices. However, knowing and doing are two very different things.

Without intentional focus on behaviour change:
Real organisational impact happens only when learning translates into everyday actions.

Training Is Treated as an Event, Not a Journey

In reality, development requires:
When training is disconnected from daily work realities, its impact fades rapidly.

Organisational Context Is Often Ignored

Generic training content rarely addresses the unique challenges of an organisation. Without alignment to:
Business goals
Team dynamics
Leadership style
Workplace culture
This is where a structured and people-centric training approach makes the difference.

How RWCT Approaches Talent Development

Richworks Corporate Training partners with organisations to develop talent holistically covering leadership, soft skills, digital capability, and organisational effectiveness.

Our focus is not only on what people learn, but how they apply it in real workplace situations to drive measurable outcomes.

Because when talent grows with purpose, organisations grow with impact. 

Author

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Fezza Mustafa

She is a strategic marketing and project management leader with 13 years of training industry experience, specializing in digital marketing, e-commerce, and executing growth initiatives with C-level leadership.

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