306: Training That Actually Changes Results: Why It Takes a Village, With Greg Schinkel

Why does so much great training fail to produce measurable results?In this episode of The Human Side of Leadership, Dr. Pelè sits down with Greg Schinkel, CEO of Unique Training & Development, for a candid conversation between two leadership development practitioners who have spent decades wrestling with the same challenge: how do we turn learning into behavior change, and behavior change into business results?Greg shares his journey from manufacturing and leadership development into the ongoing pursuit of better ways to activate and measure learning. Dr. Pelè traces his own perspective back to an extraordinary childhood experience during the Nigerian Civil War, where he learned a lesson that would shape his philosophy decades later: survival did not depend on one person. It took a village.Together, they explore why traditional training measurement often stops short of results, the limitations of surveys and self-reported behavior, the roles managers and executives must play after training, and how AI is creating new possibilities for seeing behavior change as it happens.Their central conclusion is simple but consequential: the learner cannot carry the responsibility for training success alone.If organizations want development programs to create measurable results, participants must practice, leaders must activate, and organizations must leverage what they learn.Training may begin in the classroom. Results happen in the village.