November 2025 Dinner Meeting

Turn Training into Transformation: Keys to Ensuring Effectiveness and Lasting Outcomes

Businesses in the U.S. spend more than $80 billion a year training employees, and global training programs have increased by over 400% in the last decade alone. Like most things, it’s not about how much money you spend, but what you get for your money. When it comes to training, this really translates to how effective the training is at achieving its intended outcome, therefore, how you determine training effectiveness is the key.

This presentation will explore this topic and provide insights that will allow you to realize the key elements on how to ensure any training you do can be done in a way that will maximize benefits and sustain the desired outcomes.

Lawrence Andrade has been in the Quality field for more than 35 years in a variety of roles. He currently serves as the Field Quality Manager for Signify Lighting’s Digital Solution division covering U.S., Canada, Mexico and North Latin America markets. Lawrence leads training programs across the division, specializing in problem solving and risk management. Lawrence is an ASQ Senior member, ASQ certified Manager of Quality and Organizational Excellence, ASQ Certified Quality Auditor, Exemplar Globally Certified Quality Systems Auditor, Six Sigma Black Belt and a PPAP, 8D and FMEA certified expert. Lawrence holds a Bachelor’s Degree in Mechanical Engineer from the University of Massachusetts, Dartmouth and a Master’s Degree in Organizational Leadership from Roger Williams University.