Adoption Evaluation

 An Adoption Evaluation addresses the following question: How much of the training has been implemented on the job and successfully integrated into the participant’s work behavior?

Adoption Evaluation measures participant goal completion rate against the defined Adoption Rate created when you predicted training’s value. Data is collected on the success that participants have had in transferring their goals to the workplace, results are analyzed and compared to the Adoption Rate, and an Adoption Dashboard is produced to report findings. If needed, corrective actions are put in place to improve adoption. 

Collecting Adoption Data

Adoption Evaluation is collected from participants after they’ve graduated from training and had the opportunity to implement their Intention goal. A short 3-minute survey is used here. 

Evaluating Adoption Results

Determine how many participants have successful adoption by reviewing the records where participants have self-reported successful adoption (Completed or Significant Progress). Read each description of the work performed and see if it matches (or is similar to) any of the Adoptive Behaviors on the Impact Matrix. If, in your opinion, it does match, code that participant as Successful Adoption. If collected data cannot be matched to an Adoptive Behavior, code that participant as Unsuccessful Adoption. At times, participants are reporting on multiple goals. Judge each goal. Participants are classified as Successful Adoption if any one of their goals is successful. If no goals are successful, participants are classified as Unsuccessful Adoption.

Reporting the Results - The Adoption Dashboard

An Adoption Dashboard is a vehicle for showing evaluation data in a few pages.  It provides insight into the success of training and whether it is reaching its predicted Adoption results.

See an example of an Adoption Dashboard here>>

Success Stories

Predictive Evaluation is an innovative and at the same time practical, step-by-step guide to training evaluation. Full of Dave Basarab’s keen insights into the link between training success and evaluation, it clearly illustrates how to integrate training “intention, adoption, and impact” to get the results you want. Its wisdom, applicable to both new and existing training programs, is especially relevant in these challenging economic times. Basarab’s evaluation processes are by far the best way to ensure the business value of all your training initiatives.

Diana Whitney, President, Corporation for Positive Change, and coauthor of
Appreciative Leadership and The Power of Appreciative Inquiry