{"id":52121,"date":"2026-09-04T08:59:09","date_gmt":"2026-09-04T06:59:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/tresipunt.com\/signs-that-your-training-plan-has-stalled\/"},"modified":"2026-09-04T09:21:21","modified_gmt":"2026-09-04T07:21:21","slug":"signs-that-your-training-plan-has-stalled","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tresipunt.com\/en\/signs-that-your-training-plan-has-stalled\/","title":{"rendered":"Signs that your training plan has stalled"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_87 counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-grey ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<div class=\"ez-toc-title-container\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\" style=\"cursor:inherit\">Table of Contents<\/p>\n<span class=\"ez-toc-title-toggle\"><a href=\"#\" class=\"ez-toc-pull-right ez-toc-btn ez-toc-btn-xs ez-toc-btn-default ez-toc-toggle\" aria-label=\"Toggle Table of Content\"><span class=\"ez-toc-js-icon-con\"><span class=\"\"><span class=\"eztoc-hide\" style=\"display:none;\">Toggle<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-icon-toggle-span\"><svg style=\"fill: #999;color:#999\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" class=\"list-377408\" width=\"20px\" height=\"20px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\"><path d=\"M6 6H4v2h2V6zm14 0H8v2h12V6zM4 11h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2zM4 16h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2z\" fill=\"currentColor\"><\/path><\/svg><svg style=\"fill: #999;color:#999\" class=\"arrow-unsorted-368013\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"10px\" height=\"10px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" version=\"1.2\" baseProfile=\"tiny\"><path d=\"M18.2 9.3l-6.2-6.3-6.2 6.3c-.2.2-.3.4-.3.7s.1.5.3.7c.2.2.4.3.7.3h11c.3 0 .5-.1.7-.3.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7zM5.8 14.7l6.2 6.3 6.2-6.3c.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7c-.2-.2-.4-.3-.7-.3h-11c-.3 0-.5.1-.7.3-.2.2-.3.5-.3.7s.1.5.3.7z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/a><\/span><\/div>\n<nav><ul class='ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1 ' ><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/tresipunt.com\/en\/signs-that-your-training-plan-has-stalled\/#Your_new_training_plan_is_the_old_one\" >Your new training plan is the old one<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-2\" href=\"https:\/\/tresipunt.com\/en\/signs-that-your-training-plan-has-stalled\/#The_only_metric_is_who_has_finished\" >The only metric is who has finished<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-3\" href=\"https:\/\/tresipunt.com\/en\/signs-that-your-training-plan-has-stalled\/#Nobody_asks_for_training_they_just_receive_it\" >Nobody asks for training; they just receive it<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-4\" href=\"https:\/\/tresipunt.com\/en\/signs-that-your-training-plan-has-stalled\/#The_catalogue_just_keeps_growing\" >The catalogue just keeps growing<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-5\" href=\"https:\/\/tresipunt.com\/en\/signs-that-your-training-plan-has-stalled\/#Stagnating_is_not_the_same_as_doing_badly\" >Stagnating is not the same as doing badly<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-6\" href=\"https:\/\/tresipunt.com\/en\/signs-that-your-training-plan-has-stalled\/#Where_do_you_go_from_here\" >Where do you go from here?<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-7\" href=\"https:\/\/tresipunt.com\/en\/signs-that-your-training-plan-has-stalled\/#What_we_see_on_3ipunt\" >What we see on 3ipunt<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-8\" href=\"https:\/\/tresipunt.com\/en\/signs-that-your-training-plan-has-stalled\/#What_stage_is_your_organisations_training_at\" >What stage is your organisation\u2019s training at?<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n\n<p>There comes a point when the setting up of a business grinds to a halt and nobody realises it.<\/p>\n\n<p>Nothing breaks. The platform works, the courses are delivered, people complete them and the reports come back as \u2018green\u2019. But if you compare this year\u2019s <strong>training plan<\/strong> with the one from three years ago, they\u2019re practically the same document with just the dates changed.  <\/p>\n\n<p>These are the signs we usually come across.<\/p>\n\n<div style=\"height:25px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Your_new_training_plan_is_the_old_one\"><\/span>Your new training plan is the old one<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n\n<p>The most common way to draw up the September plan is to open last year\u2019s plan and remove what didn\u2019t work.<\/p>\n\n<p>It\u2019s sensible and saves time. The problem is that, as a result, the plan can only end up looking more and more like itself. Nothing new ever gets included, because the starting point isn\u2019t what the organisation needs right now, but what was done before.  <\/p>\n\n<p>A question that quickly highlights the issue: <strong>what\u2019s in this year\u2019s programme that wasn\u2019t in last year\u2019s, and why?<\/strong> If there\u2019s no clear answer, the training programme is simply repeating itself.<\/p>\n\n<div style=\"height:26px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"The_only_metric_is_who_has_finished\"><\/span>The only metric is who has finished<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n\n<p>The <strong>completion rate<\/strong> is a handy metric because it\u2019s always available. And it tells you very little. You know how many people made it to the end of the course. You don\u2019t know:   <\/p>\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>If they learnt something they didn\u2019t already know.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>If they have used it in their work.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Whether the course was necessary.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Whether they didn\u2019t finish it because they didn\u2019t have enough time or because it didn\u2019t offer them anything.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n<p>A training course with a 95 per cent completion rate and zero dropout rate is an excellent indicator of a real problem. Measuring attendance is not the same as measuring learning. <\/p>\n\n<div style=\"height:25px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter size-large is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"682\" src=\"https:\/\/tresipunt.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/img_relleno-1024x682.webp\" alt=\"training plan_moodle\" class=\"wp-image-52035\" style=\"width:835px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/tresipunt.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/img_relleno-1024x682.webp 1024w, https:\/\/tresipunt.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/img_relleno-300x200.webp 300w, https:\/\/tresipunt.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/img_relleno-768x512.webp 768w, https:\/\/tresipunt.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/img_relleno-1536x1023.webp 1536w, https:\/\/tresipunt.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/img_relleno-2048x1364.webp 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n<div style=\"height:25px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Nobody_asks_for_training_they_just_receive_it\"><\/span>Nobody asks for training; they just receive it<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n\n<p>In an organisation where training is an ongoing process, people make requests: for a topic, a tool, or a training programme for the new team.<\/p>\n\n<p>When that demand disappears completely and everything that is taught is dictated from above, it usually means one of two things. Either people do not know what is available, or they have learnt that asking is pointless. <\/p>\n\n<p>Both are signs that <strong>training has become something that is received<\/strong>, rather than something that is sought.<\/p>\n\n<div style=\"height:26px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"The_catalogue_just_keeps_growing\"><\/span>The catalogue just keeps growing<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n\n<p>Adding a course is easy. Removing it means deciding that it no longer adds value, and that\u2019s uncomfortable: someone designed it, it cost money, and it still has enrolments. <\/p>\n\n<p>So almost nothing is ever removed. The catalogue grows year on year until finding anything in it becomes a task in itself, and updated courses sit alongside others that refer to a tool the company stopped using in 2021. <\/p>\n\n<p><strong>A catalogue that simply grows is not a catalogue; it is an archive.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n<div style=\"height:25px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Stagnating_is_not_the_same_as_doing_badly\"><\/span>Stagnating is not the same as doing badly<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n\n<p>Most training programmes that have become stagnant are run by competent teams who do their jobs well. They become stagnant precisely<strong> because they work<\/strong>: when something isn\u2019t causing any problems, nobody reviews it. Training goes into maintenance mode and stays there.  <\/p>\n\n<p>There are also times when it is the right decision to hold things steady. If the company is in the midst of a reorganisation or has just switched systems, tweaking the plan is not the priority. The problem isn\u2019t one year on autopilot. It\u2019s four.   <\/p>\n\n<div style=\"height:25px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Where_do_you_go_from_here\"><\/span>Where do you go from here?<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n\n<p>There\u2019s no need to start from scratch. What usually gets a training plan back on track is actually much simpler: <\/p>\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Start with a question, not a catalogue.<\/strong> What will people need to be able to do in a year\u2019s time that they cannot do today?<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Remove before adding.<\/strong> Make it a rule that for every new course, an old one is reviewed. It forces you to make a decision. <\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Change a metric.<\/strong> Just one. Replace the completion percentage with something that reflects usage, even if it\u2019s not perfect. <\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Ask.<\/strong> A twenty-minute conversation with five people from different backgrounds usually provides more information than any annual survey.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Take a look at the data you already have.<\/strong> Which courses nobody enrols in, where people drop out, what people are looking for but can\u2019t find.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n<div style=\"height:25px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"What_we_see_on_3ipunt\"><\/span>What we see on 3ipunt<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n\n<p>In the projects we support, the pattern is the same: when an organisation feels that its training programme is not making progress, the first reaction is usually to turn to technology. Switching platforms, adding features, looking for a tool to fix the problem. <\/p>\n\n<p>And that\u2019s hardly ever the case. Technology is rarely what\u2019s holding a training programme back. <strong>What gets it moving again is redefining what you want to achieve<\/strong>, and then tailoring the tools to that decision. <\/p>\n\n<p>We wrote about this a while ago, discussing why a <a href=\"https:\/\/tresipunt.com\/en\/why-your-learning-platform-isnt-being-used-and-its-not-a-moodle-problem\/\">training platform ends up going unused<\/a>, and the conclusion was the same.<\/p>\n\n<div style=\"height:25px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"What_stage_is_your_organisations_training_at\"><\/span>What stage is your organisation\u2019s training at?<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n\n<p>If, whilst reading this, you\u2019ve recognised two or three of these signs, it\u2019s probably worth taking a closer look.<\/p>\n\n<p>We have developed the <strong>Form\u00f3metro<\/strong>, a test designed to measure the level of maturity of training within an organisation. It takes just a few minutes to complete and helps to put a name to what you already suspect. <\/p>\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-buttons is-layout-flex wp-block-buttons-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-button\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/formometro.host3ip.eu\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">I want to try the Formometer!<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>If this year\u2019s training plan is too similar to last year\u2019s, training has stagnated. Here are five signs that this is the case, and what to do to get it moving again. 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