Stephen J. Meyer

Training and Development

Stephen Meyer is CEO and Director of Learning and Development at the Rapid Learning Institute. Prior to starting the Rapid Learning Institute and its parent company Business 21 Publishing in 2002, Meyer was the Director of Publishing at The Hay Group, a leading HR, benefits and compensation consulting firm. At RLI he developed the concept for six- to 10-minute “Quick Take” rapid learning modules. Meyer received his MBA from The Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania. He is currently a regular speaker with Vistage International, the world’s largest executive forum group.

Recent Blog Posts

Long-term, meaningful learning is more likely with ‘active retrieval’

May 22, 2013 by Stephen J. Meyer

Don’t Google it. Don’t reread source material. Don’t ask someone. Just try to remember. If you must, struggle with it for a while. Why? Because actively attempting to dig something out of your memory is what learning is... Read the full article

Study strategy: Master easy stuff first

May 15, 2013 by Stephen J. Meyer

When organizing your training plans, make sure learners tackle the easiest information first. Memory researchers say putting the easy stuff up front is the most efficient learning strategy. Students who use this approach end up doing better on... Read the full article

Older workers learn better when material is practical and relevant

May 8, 2013 by Stephen J. Meyer

Can’t teach an old dog new tricks? Not so, according to results from two studies on learning among older adults. But, the studies concluded, older people learn differently from young adults, and it probably has to do with... Read the full article

Emotional stress helps trainees remember

May 1, 2013 by Stephen J. Meyer

We’ve mentioned before the power of “desirable difficulties” – that learning sticks better when learners have to struggle to acquire it. Here’s evidence that some emotional stress during learning improves long-term retention: Medical students took a hands-on final... Read the full article

This simple technique can double how much trainees learn

April 24, 2013 by Stephen J. Meyer

How would it feel to have trainees come away with twice as much learning and much higher levels of engagement? It’s not a dream. Recent research shows that a simple teaching technique can double the performance of trainees... Read the full article

Testing: Review material from previous sessions

April 17, 2013 by Stephen J. Meyer

Trainees who are struggling may not like cumulative testing, but they’ll learn more. That’s the takeaway from a recent study of psychology students. Researchers split a classroom into two groups. Both groups took a cumulative final and a... Read the full article

The right way and the wrong way: When to use negative examples

April 10, 2013 by Stephen J. Meyer

During training, do you want to show how to do it wrong as well as how to do it right? It depends on the trainees. Training that uses negative examples can be effective if the trainees are already... Read the full article

Long-term, meaningful learning is more likely with ‘active retrieval’

April 3, 2013 by Stephen J. Meyer

Don’t be too quick to abandon traditional training methods

March 27, 2013 by Stephen J. Meyer

Many managers and employees are deeply skeptical of traditional training, such as lectures, reading assignments and training videos. Too theoretical. Not relevant. B-o-r-i-n-g. The best way to learn something, they’ll argue, is by doing something. Let people tackle... Read the full article

E-mail follow-up engages learners

March 20, 2013 by Stephen J. Meyer

Go ahead – send out follow-up e-mails giving trainees a couple of questions. If your trainees are like those in a recent study, they’ll react positively to the electronic nudge, and engage the learning more. Here’s the research:... Read the full article

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