Training That Sticks
You paid for the training. A week later, nothing had changed.
A plain, practical workbook for the owner or manager of a small team, with no training department, no consultant budget, and no more patience for courses that change nothing.
Most workplace training is judged on the wrong thing. People ask whether the session was enjoyable, not whether anyone did the job differently the following Monday.
Find where your training leaks before you spend again
The book teaches you to spot it yourself. If you want a head start, our short training diagnostic shows you where the drop-off is happening in your own team, in about ten minutes.
Inside, you will learn how to
Four moves that turn a training budget into behaviour that lasts.
- Name the one behaviour you want to change before you spend a penny.
- Choose training built to change behaviour, not just to be enjoyed.
- Reinforce the learning through the crucial first thirty days.
- Prove the change with simple measures, no software and no budget.
Fourteen short chapters, four clear moves
Each chapter is a step you can act on, with a worked example and a page to fill in as you go.
Decide what should change
- Completion is not change
- Start with the behaviour
Choose and run training built to change it
- Choosing training built to change
- Set people up before they learn
- Make it land in the room
Hold the change through the first thirty days
- The first 30 days
- The manager is the multiplier
- Build the conditions
Prove it and keep it
- Prove it changed
- When it still does not stick
- Close: your training-that-works system
Plus a toolkit with the templates from the book, further reading, and an appendix of sector behaviour banks you can borrow from.
Written for the person who carries the cost
Owners and managers
You run a team, you carry the cost of training, and you are the one who notices when nothing changes.
Teams with no L&D function
No training department and no consultant on call. You need a method you can run yourself.
Anyone tired of forgettable courses
You have sat through the enjoyable session that changed nothing, and you want the opposite.
Training that fills a day, and training that sticks
The same budget, spent two ways. The book is about the right-hand column.
| Training that fills a day | Training that sticks |
|---|---|
| Booked because a topic felt due | Booked to change one named behaviour |
| Judged on how enjoyable the session was | Judged on what people do differently the next week |
| Ends when the trainer leaves the room | Reinforced through the first thirty days |
| The manager sends people and steps back | The manager reinforces what was taught |
| Success is a full attendance sheet | Success is a change you can point to |
Practical tools, not theory
- A one-page behaviour definition so everyone agrees what should change before the training is booked.
- A pre-commitment checklist to judge a course before you pay for it.
- A thirty-day reinforcement plan for the period where most learning is lost.
- A simple measurement approach you can run with a notebook and a calendar.
- A team communication framework so the change holds after you step away.
Stefan Gauci Scicluna
Auren Institute builds compliance training that sticks
The book is the method. Auren is the team that runs it for your workforce, across eleven domains and three levels.
Diagnose
Start with the training diagnostic to find where the drop-off is, and the gaps, before you commit a budget.
Build
Compliance training across eleven domains and three levels, mapped to every role in your organisation.
Keep current
Affected courses updated within 30 days when the law changes, so your workforce trains on the law as it stands.
About the book
Who is Training That Sticks for?
Owners and managers who carry the cost of training and want it to change behaviour, and teams with no dedicated learning and development function.
What will the book help me do?
Name the behaviour you want to change, choose training built to change it, reinforce it through the first thirty days, and prove the change with simple measures.
How do I find out where my own training is leaking?
Run our short training diagnostic. It takes about ten minutes and shows you where the drop-off is in your team. Start the diagnostic.
Who wrote it?
Stefan Gauci Scicluna, a training and compliance practitioner, university lecturer, doctoral researcher and founder of Auren Institute.
Where can I buy it?
On Amazon. Get it on Amazon.
Tell us about your team, and we will point you to the right next step
Whether that is the book, the diagnostic, or training built for your workforce. Send us a note through the form and we will come back to you.
Make your next training the one that sticks
Read the method, then put it to work. If you would rather we built and ran the training for you, start with the diagnostic or send us a note.