Once a year, world-leading HR consultancy Bersin & Associates awards companies around the world that have pushed the bar in the field learning programs and strategies. Vestas, Effective-Learning, Empatii and Peopleway won in the category “Initiative Excellence”. Previous winners include Computer Associates, SAP, Hewlett Packard and Citibank.

This is the first time Scandinavian companies have won. The award is given for Vestas’ comprehensive introductory program for new employees. The program was delivered by Effective-Learning, while Peopleway provided effect measurement to ensure High Impact Learning.

Peopleway CEO Lars Julin says: “We are very proud to have contributed to a world-class learning solution. We are particularly happy with the fact that Peopleway’s software solution Ease™ has been a key factor in how the Vestas introductory program supports company strategy and business value.”

Lars Julin stresses that this award is not only a victory for Vestas, Effective-Learning and Peopleway. “This is a victory for everyone engaged in measuring and improving impact of learning to increase ROI of learning activities.” 

• The e-learning program from Vestas has 62 concrete learning targets compiled through Ease™ Learning Objectives from Peopleway
• More than 2000 employees have participated in the effect measurement of the programAll measurements, pre-tests, post-tests and satisfaction measurements have been carried out using Ease™
• The average knowledge level in the pre-test was 36%. In the post-test this level had gone up to 81% - a learning effect of 45%!
• On average, 67% of the new knowledge has been transformed into work practice – a very high number compared to the general transfer measurements conducted in Vestas