Retention Strategy

Upskilling works best when it is connected to immediate application in the employee's current role. Learning that cannot be applied within 30 to 60 days of completion decays rapidly, with research showing 50 to 80 percent of newly acquired knowledge lost within a week if not reinforced through practice. The most effective upskilling programs design application exercises into the learning pathway rather than treating application as something that happens naturally after program completion. Managers who receive advance notice of what their reports are learning and are coached to create application opportunities during the upskilling period see 3 to 4x better performance improvement outcomes than those not involved in the learning design.