Today more than ever, Learning & Development (L&D) departments are under pressure to demonstrate concrete results. It's no longer enough to just show how many hours of training were delivered or how satisfied participants were.

The most strategic organizations are adopting a new key metric: Time to Competency.

This metric reveals something essential: how quickly your team acquires and applies the necessary skills to perform successfully. It’s the new standard for measuring the ROI of learning and is fundamental for companies that want to grow with agility in a changing market. 

Why is Measuaring Time to Competency so Strategic?

Measuring Time to Competency offers substantial benefits for organizations:

What does the organization want to achieve in the next 6 to 12 months?

•  Aligning L&D with Business Goals: When critical skills are developed quickly, it improves productivity, innovation, and customer satisfaction.

• Optimizing Learning Investment: By knowing how fast learning translates into performance, you can invest better: reinforce what works and adjust what doesn't.

• Increasing Organizational Agility: The market changes, and your team must adapt quickly. Shortening the Time to Competency allows you to respond better to new demands.

• Making Decisions Based on Real Data: This metric provides visibility to continuously design, implement, and improve your training programs.

How to Effectively Measure Time to Competency?

To do this well, you need an integrated approach and the right tools. Some key points include:

• Clearly Defining Competencies: Establish specific criteria to know when a person has reached the expected level.

• Applying Automated and Continuous Assessments: Evaluate beyond theory. Measure the actual application of skills throughout the training process.

• Analyzing Post-Training Performance: Measure the direct impact on daily work to understand when a competency is truly reached.

• Gathering Relevant Feedback: The opinions of employees and direct managers help adjust and improve both the content and the learning experience.

SHIFT LMS & SHIFT Meteora: Your Strategic Allies to Accelerate the Path to Competency 

In this new era of impact-based ROI, SHIFT LMS and SHIFT Meteora offer you the necessary tools to measure and reduce Time to Competence.

SHIFT LMS: Manage learning and measure progress with precision. It´s automomated assements and data-driven approach allow you to guide each employee toward competence with clarity and efficiency. 

SHIFT Meteora: Our AI-powered content creation platform transforms course development. You can create personalized micro-learnings in minutes, automate feedback, and free up your L&D team to focus on strategy, not production. 

Learning with Real Impact

Corporate learning is evolving. Activity metrics are no longer enough; what truly matters is impact. Time to Competence is now the metric that best connects talent development with business success.

Is your organization ready to lead this change?

Stop measuring hours, start measuring results.

Schedule a demo to discover how to make it happen.