Trying to Change Behavior? One Missing Element from Your Training

Trying to Change Behavior? One Missing Element from Your Training

July 6, 2026 · 14 min · Episode 193

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This episode discusses the importance of explaining the 'why' behind training to improve behavior change in nonprofit organizations.

Your staff already know what to do and how to do it. So why are they still not doing it? In this episode of Learning for Good, I break down why explaining the why is one of the simplest and most overlooked workplace behavior change strategies nonprofit leaders have available. Nonprofit leaders pour energy into teaching their teams what to do and how to do it, then feel baffled when the new behavior never sticks. It is easy to assume the problem is the training itself, when the real gap might ...

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