True Office Learning Blog

We get it: Compliance can be expensive. However, noncompliance can be even costlier—on average, 2.71 times more expensive than simply maintaining or meeting requirements. That by itself should be enough to convince companies to prioritize a compliance program that includes policies, procedures, and trainings. 

When employees receive notice that they need to take online compliance training, the negative responses that might ensue are a bit predictable:

• “Training, again? Didn’t we just do training last year?”
• “Wake me up when it’s over.”
• “Yay, I can get paid to play Candy Crush on my phone while I mindlessly click through the training program!”
• “Compliance training? Whatever …”

Unfortunately, these reactions are rooted in some historical truth: Compliance training can be uninteresting for the rank-and-file employee, especially if it’s not executed well. Here are five undeniable reasons why people resist compliance training, along with ways you can make them love it instead. 

Computers and the internet revolutionized how companies do business. Organizations of all sizes and from any location are able to extend their reach to new and larger markets and to work more efficiently by using computer-based tools. But as with every valuable tool, not using it properly and securely can lead to disaster. 

Years, even decades into the digital age, cybersecurity has evolved—and the pressing need for it has grown, too.

The latest Hiscox Cyber Readiness Report found that 61 percent of worldwide respondents reported a cyber incident last year, up from 45 percent in the previous report. Yet the same research found that 74 percent of respondents were novices when it came to cybersecurity readiness. In other words, there are more threats yet fewer organizations adequately prepared to handle the evolving dangers. 

Your company conducts compliance training because it’s required, but is your company’s compliance training successful? How do you know?