--- title: Webinar | The great training robbery description: Five years on from the incendiary HBR article, ‘The Great Training Robbery’, this webinar provided a frank and progressive conversation around the organisational impact of executive development. image: https://blog.som.cranfield.ac.uk/hubfs/Knowledge%20Hub%20Webinar%20banner%20%28MASTER%29.png --- [![Marques-SoM](https://blog.som.cranfield.ac.uk/hs-fs/hubfs/CGMD%20Blog/Images/CGMD%20Images/Logos/Marques-SoM.png?width=1&name=Marques-SoM.png)](http://www.cranfield.ac.uk/som) [![Marques-SoM](https://blog.som.cranfield.ac.uk/hs-fs/hubfs/Marques-SoM.png?width=85&name=Marques-SoM.png)](http://www.cranfield.ac.uk/som)   - [Home](https://blog.som.cranfield.ac.uk/knowledge) - Featured - [CEO Summit](https://blog.som.cranfield.ac.uk/knowledge/tag/ceo-summit-2021) - Categories - [Changing World of Work](https://blog.som.cranfield.ac.uk/knowledge/tag/changing-world-of-work) - [Digital Transformation](https://blog.som.cranfield.ac.uk/knowledge/tag/digital-transformation) - [Economics](https://blog.som.cranfield.ac.uk/knowledge/tag/economics) - [Entrepreneurship](https://blog.som.cranfield.ac.uk/knowledge/tag/entrepreneurship) - [Finance and Accounting](https://blog.som.cranfield.ac.uk/knowledge/tag/finance-and-accounting) - [Implementation](https://blog.som.cranfield.ac.uk/knowledge/tag/implementation) - [Leadership](https://blog.som.cranfield.ac.uk/knowledge/tag/leadership) - [Logistics and Supply Chain](https://blog.som.cranfield.ac.uk/knowledge/tag/logistics-and-supply-chain) - [Organisational Behaviour](https://blog.som.cranfield.ac.uk/knowledge/topic/organisational-behaviour) - [Organisational Resilience](https://blog.som.cranfield.ac.uk/knowledge/topic/organisational-resilience) - [Strategic Marketing and Sales](https://blog.som.cranfield.ac.uk/knowledge/tag/strategic-marketing-and-sales) - [Strategy](https://blog.som.cranfield.ac.uk/knowledge/tag/strategy) - [Sustainability](https://blog.som.cranfield.ac.uk/knowledge/tag/sustainability) - [Executive Development](https://blog.som.cranfield.ac.uk/knowledge/tag/executive-development) - Content - [Articles](https://blog.som.cranfield.ac.uk/knowledge/tag/article) - [Whitepapers](https://blog.som.cranfield.ac.uk/knowledge/tag/whitepaper) - [eBooks](https://blog.som.cranfield.ac.uk/knowledge/tag/ebook) - [Podcasts](https://blog.som.cranfield.ac.uk/knowledge/tag/podcast) - [Webinars](https://blog.som.cranfield.ac.uk/knowledge/tag/webinar) - [Videos](https://blog.som.cranfield.ac.uk/knowledge/tag/video) - Programmes - [Open Programmes ↗](https://www.cranfield.ac.uk/som/open-executive-programmes) - [Customised Programmes ↗](https://www.cranfield.ac.uk/som/executive-development/consultancy-and-custom-solutions) - [MBA Programmes ↗](https://www.cranfield.ac.uk/som/cranfield-mba-programmes) - [Master's Apprenticeships ↗](https://www.cranfield.ac.uk/som/management-and-leadership-masterships) - [The Blog](https://blog.som.cranfield.ac.uk/execdev) [![JOIN THE KNOWLEDGE HUB](https://hubspot-no-cache-eu1-prod.s3.amazonaws.com/cta/default/417879/b9b69d4d-7ced-4ee8-bd11-b66d3bd4d1b7.png)](https://hubspot-cta-redirect-eu1-prod.s3.amazonaws.com/cta/redirect/417879/b9b69d4d-7ced-4ee8-bd11-b66d3bd4d1b7) ### Subscribe you blog for exclusive insights. ![](https://blog.som.cranfield.ac.uk/hubfs/Knowledge%20Hub%20Webinar%20banner%20%28MASTER%29.png) read # Webinar | The great training robbery By Cranfield Executive Development ##### Five years on from the incendiary HBR article, ‘The Great Training Robbery’, this webinar provided a frank and progressive conversation around the organisational impact of executive development. ---   Talent leaders and HR professionals joined this webinar held in partnership with IEDP to share insights into the things to do and the things to avoid to maximise the impact of their executive development spend. Drawing on 15 years of research into the impact of executive development at the organisational level, the key message is ‘buyer beware’ - nothing works in all contexts. “By investing in training that is not likely to yield a good return, senior executives and their HR professionals are complicit in what we have come to call the ‘great training robbery.’”  Harvard Business Review, 2016   [![WATCH NOW](https://hubspot-no-cache-eu1-prod.s3.amazonaws.com/cta/default/417879/b863a84c-6079-4274-a565-0aa4e6eb2a0a.png)](https://hubspot-cta-redirect-eu1-prod.s3.amazonaws.com/cta/redirect/417879/b863a84c-6079-4274-a565-0aa4e6eb2a0a)   Tags: [executive development](https://blog.som.cranfield.ac.uk/knowledge/tag/executive-development), [webinar](https://blog.som.cranfield.ac.uk/knowledge/tag/webinar) ### Related Articles ## [Webinar | The Role of Business in Improving Women's Safety in the Night-Time Economy](https://blog.som.cranfield.ac.uk/knowledge/webinar-womens-safety-in-the-night-time-economy) *( read )* Topics: [executive development](https://blog.som.cranfield.ac.uk/knowledge/tag/executive-development), [webinar](https://blog.som.cranfield.ac.uk/knowledge/tag/webinar) ## [Leadership Programme ROI: Useful Fact or Mythical Fiction?](https://blog.som.cranfield.ac.uk/knowledge/leadership-programme-roi) *( read )* Topics: [executive development](https://blog.som.cranfield.ac.uk/knowledge/tag/executive-development), [webinar](https://blog.som.cranfield.ac.uk/knowledge/tag/webinar) ## [Webinar | Making Sense of Fashion: A sustainable approach](https://blog.som.cranfield.ac.uk/knowledge/webinar-making-sense-of-fashion) *( read )* Topics: [executive development](https://blog.som.cranfield.ac.uk/knowledge/tag/executive-development), [webinar](https://blog.som.cranfield.ac.uk/knowledge/tag/webinar) [![Cranfield Executive Development](https://hubspot-no-cache-eu1-prod.s3.amazonaws.com/cta/default/417879/067dcce1-30b3-4ffc-9e52-2ea5380efc32.png)](https://hubspot-cta-redirect-eu1-prod.s3.amazonaws.com/cta/redirect/417879/067dcce1-30b3-4ffc-9e52-2ea5380efc32)    [![cranfieldexecutivedevelopmentlogo](https://blog.som.cranfield.ac.uk/hs-fs/hubfs/cranfieldexecutivedevelopmentlogo.png?width=300&name=cranfieldexecutivedevelopmentlogo.png)](https://www.cranfield.ac.uk/som/executive-development) - - - - - - © Cranfield Management Development Ltd - **[execdev@cranfield.ac.uk](mailto:execdev@cranfield.ac.uk)  ·  [+44 (0)1234 754500](tel:+44%20(0)%201234%20754500)**  ·  [Privacy Policy](https://www.cranfield.ac.uk/som/privacy-policy)