Part of the hr reporting cluster. This is educational, operational guidance that connects to the wider site — the employee lifecycle, employer operations, metrics and templates.
This page covers what to show and how to read it.
Why it matters
Completion is easy to show and easy to over-trust. A good training dashboard nudges toward application and outcomes, not just attendance.
It builds on training-effectiveness metrics.
Key concepts
- Participation and completion as a floor.
- Application and outcome signals.
- Equity of access.
- Trend over time.
Operational framework
- Show participation and completion.
- Add application/outcome signals where possible.
- Track equity of access.
- Read trends.
- Use it to improve programmes.
Common challenges
- Completion as the whole story.
- No application measure.
- Uneven access ignored.
- Snapshot-only.
Best practices
- Treat completion as a floor.
- Push toward application.
- Track access equity.
- Read trends.
Common mistakes
- Completion = effectiveness.
- Only end-of-session scores.
- Ignoring access gaps.
- No trend.
Measure this with the training effectiveness metrics metric, put it into practice with the employee development plan template, and run it as a system via employee development plans.
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