This article accompanies Maintaining Momentum

The American Society for Training & Development and the Institute for Corporate Productivity share some findings from their not-yet-released study on measuring the effectiveness of learning programs and their link to overall business outcomes.

See the results to these questions:

* On a scale from 1 to 5, to what extent do you consider your organization?s learning goals to be aligned with the organization?s business goals? Click here.

* How important is it to you as a practitioner that your organization?s learning goals are aligned with the organization?s business goals, and how important is it to the business leaders? Click here.

* In general, to what extent do you believe the members of the learning function in your organization understand your company?s business? Click here.