Events / Free online session
How to make training work in your business
Based in Caterham, Surrey, and working across London, the South East and the UK.
Thirty minutes with occupational psychologist Anna Wheeldon on why so much training changes nothing, and the few things that make it stick in a small team.
- Date
- Tuesday 17 November 2026
- Time
- Time confirmed in your invitation
- Length
- 30 minutes, with time for questions
- Where
- Online. The joining link comes with your invitation
- Cost
- Free
Who it's for
Owners and managers who have paid for training that didn't change much
Or who are about to book some: for new managers, a new system, customer service or the compliance topics everyone has to cover. You don't need any HR or training background.
You'll leave knowing what to decide before you book, what to ask your managers and what to do in the first 30 days afterwards, so the money you spend on training shows up in how people work.
What we'll cover
Before you book anything
The one question to answer first, and how to turn "develop our managers" into something you can train for and check.
Managers decide whether it sticks
Six questions to ask before the training, so people get time to attend, time to practise and follow-up in their one-to-ones.
Short and spaced beats a full day
Why a day of slides is quickly forgotten, and what to do instead with the same budget.
The first 30 days after
Where most of the result comes from: check-ins, coaching and real work to use the new skill on.
Did it work?
How to tell from what changes at work, not from the feedback form. Then your questions.
Register your interest
Leave your details and we'll email your invitation, with the time and the joining link, before Tuesday 17 November. Places are free.
Thank you. You're on the list.
We'll email your invitation with the time and the joining link before Tuesday 17 November. If it doesn't arrive, check your spam folder or email hello@whatifhr.co.uk.
While you wait: the free training plan on a page (PDF), built from Anna's post.
Who's running it
Anna Wheeldon
Presenting. Consultant Partner, Leadership & Training
Occupational psychologist and Chartered Fellow of the CIPD. Anna works with What If HR as our consultant partner for leadership and training, designing and delivering learning for managers and teams.
Anna also runs Harestone HR.
Elena Suhova
Hosting. Founder of What If HR
MSc Human Resource Management, CIPD Associate. One named HR consultant for owner-managed businesses across Surrey, London and the South East.
Can't make it? Register anyway and we'll send you the follow-up. Anna's post, how to make training work in a small business, covers the same ground.
Training for your own team?
In-person sessions at your workplace or a venue, the Manager Confidence Workshop and online courses tracked for you.