Course : Managing the Transfer of Skills

Share and pass on expertise to ensure the continuity of knowledge and practices

Practical course - 2d - 14h00 - Ref. MTC
Price : 1590 CHF E.T.

Managing the Transfer of Skills

Share and pass on expertise to ensure the continuity of knowledge and practices


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This training enables managers to identify essential knowledge, create conditions conducive to sharing it, and organize effective knowledge-transfer sessions. They will learn how to overcome human barriers, foster motivation, and assess the adoption of new practices to ensure the continuity of knowledge and the team’s collective success.


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Practical course in person or remote class
Disponible en anglais, à la demande

Ref. MTC
  2d - 14h00
1590 CHF E.T.




This training enables managers to identify essential knowledge, create conditions conducive to sharing it, and organize effective knowledge-transfer sessions. They will learn how to overcome human barriers, foster motivation, and assess the adoption of new practices to ensure the continuity of knowledge and the team’s collective success.


Teaching objectives
At the end of the training, the participant will be able to:
Analyze workplace situations to identify key knowledge and practices to share
Organize business knowledge and practices to make them accessible to employees
Harness the mechanisms of motivation and memory to facilitate knowledge transfer
Supporting an employee in adopting shared knowledge and practices
Measure understanding and adjust the delivery method to improve clarity and effectiveness

Intended audience
Managers, department heads

Prerequisites
None

Practical details
Numerous practical exercises to apply theoretical and methodological concepts. Self-assessment of skills. Individual and group exercises. Case studies, role-playing. Toolkit: skills observation grid, organizing knowledge transfer in the workplace, active listening…
Teaching methods
Numerous practical exercises to apply theoretical and methodological concepts. Self-assessment of one’s skills. Individual and group exercises

Course schedule

1
Understanding the Challenges of Skills Transfer in the Workplace

    Compétences visées

  • Identify the benefits of knowledge transfer for the company, the team, and each employee
  • Analyze the risks of failure to pass on knowledge: loss of knowledge, dependence on an expert, disruption of continuity
  • Clarify the roles of the various stakeholders: manager, in-house trainer, tutor, mentor, and subject matter expert
  • Clarify the manager's role in ensuring the continuity of knowledge
  • Link knowledge transfer to collective performance and business continuity

    Activités pédagogiques

  • Identify participants’ perceptions of the risks of non-transmission and the relevant stakeholders. Group debriefing.
  • Analyze a workplace situation that illustrates the failure to pass on key knowledge. Identify the benefits, risks, impacts, and roles of the stakeholders. Group debriefing.

    Outils et méthodes

  • Risk Matrix: Identifying and Prioritizing Risks Related to the Loss of Skills.
  • RACI: Clarifying the Roles of Stakeholders in Knowledge Transfer.

2
Identify and define key competencies

    Compétences visées

  • Defining the Concept of Competence: Knowledge, Skills, and Attitudes
  • Distinguish between explicit knowledge (procedures, methods) and tacit knowledge (experience, professional practices)
  • Identify and map the skills and areas of expertise within the team
  • Identify the strategic skills to be taught
  • Organize knowledge into simple, user-friendly resources for employees

    Activités pédagogiques

  • Analyze the prevalence of key skills within your team.
  • Create an individual (or team) competency matrix to identify proficiency levels and areas of dependency. Document a key competency in a simple, actionable format. Group debriefing.

    Outils et méthodes

  • Competency Matrix: Visualizing Proficiency Levels and Identifying Critical Competencies
  • QQOQCP: Structuring a skill to make it clear and easy to teach.

3
Promoting Learning Through Motivation and Neuroscience

    Compétences visées

  • Understand the principles of adult learning (the need for meaning, learning by doing, prior experience, etc.)
  • Identify the conditions for effective on-the-job learning (demonstration, practice, feedback, etc.)
  • Harness memory and motivation mechanisms to facilitate the transfer of knowledge
  • Distinguish between the different stages of instruction: explain, demonstrate, have students practice, and provide feedback
  • Use the four pillars of learning to structure a teaching situation

    Activités pédagogiques

  • Identify conditions that promote effective learning in professional settings (what facilitates or hinders learning). Group debriefing.
  • Develop a skill-training sequence that includes the key steps: explanation, demonstration, practice, and feedback. Group debriefing.

    Outils et méthodes

  • Structured Brainstorming
  • TWI Method (4 steps): Structuring training in the workplace (explain, demonstrate, have participants practice, enable them to work independently).
  • The 4 pillars of learning: attention, active engagement, feedback, and reinforcement.

4
Build a relationship based on trust and cooperation

    Compétences visées

  • Identify potential barriers to communication between managers and employees
  • Understanding the mechanisms of fear, the protection of expertise, or the loss of power
  • Turning expertise into recognition rather than power
  • Use active listening and dialogue to overcome barriers to knowledge transfer
  • Foster an atmosphere of trust, kindness, and appreciation
  • Recognize efforts and encourage the right to make mistakes in learning
  • Justifying and giving meaning to the process of knowledge transfer

    Activités pédagogiques

  • Watch a managerial communication scenario and identify behaviors, barriers to effective communication, and areas for improvement. Group debriefing.
  • Role-play of a managerial conversation addressing resistance to knowledge transfer (a hesitant employee, a reluctant expert). Identification of barriers and experimentation with communication strategies. Group debriefing.

    Outils et méthodes

  • Behavioral Analysis Framework: Identifying Attitudes That Facilitate or Hinder Transmission.
  • Active Listening: Understanding Barriers and Improving the Quality of the Relationship.
  • Active Listening: Understanding Barriers and Building Trust.
  • DESC Method: Structuring an Assertive Message to Overcome Resistance.

5
Organizing the Transmission and Transfer of Knowledge

    Compétences visées

  • Choose the most appropriate teaching method (observation, demonstration, tutoring, pair work, etc.)
  • Structure a training session in a work setting according to levels of delegation (I demonstrate, we do it together…)
  • Plan key moments for knowledge transfer as part of daily activities
  • Ensure a gradual delegation of authority to guarantee knowledge transfer

    Activités pédagogiques

  • Develop a plan for transferring a skill that includes the learning steps, methods (observation, demonstration, mentoring, etc.), and levels of delegation. Group debriefing.

    Outils et méthodes

  • Levels of Delegation: Structuring an Employee's Path to Greater Autonomy.
  • Mentoring/Pairing: Organizing Knowledge Transfer in the Workplace.

6
Assessing Knowledge Transfer and Skill Development

    Compétences visées

  • Observe how employees apply the knowledge they have acquired in the workplace
  • Verify understanding and correct reproduction of the techniques or methods taught
  • Gather employee feedback on the clarity of the communication
  • Identify the necessary adjustments to the way information is conveyed
  • Build on the knowledge that has been shared to pass it on to the team

    Activités pédagogiques

  • Conduct several feedback sessions based on a variety of situations (employees who are succeeding, struggling, making progress, or resisting change). Group debriefing.

    Outils et méthodes

  • Skills Observation Checklist: Assessment of Proficiency in the Workplace.
  • Structured Feedback (DESC): Providing clear, precise, and constructive feedback.



This programme is an original creation, developed by the teaching teams at ORSYS Formation. Any reproduction, representation, adaptation or use, in whole or in part, without the prior written authorisation of ORSYS, is strictly prohibited. ORSYS reserves the right to take any action necessary to protect its intellectual property rights.

Dates and locations

Dernières places
Date garantie en présentiel ou à distance
Session garantie
From 23 to 24 November 2026
FR
Remote class
Registration
From 18 to 19 February 2027
FR
Remote class
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From 8 to 9 April 2027
FR
Remote class
Registration
From 17 to 18 June 2027
FR
Remote class
Registration
From 23 to 24 August 2027
FR
Remote class
Registration
From 28 to 29 October 2027
FR
Remote class
Registration
From 2 to 3 December 2027
FR
Remote class
Registration

REMOTE CLASS
2026 : 23 Nov.

2027 : 18 Feb., 8 Apr., 17 June, 23 Aug., 28 Oct., 2 Dec.



This programme is an original creation, developed by the teaching teams at ORSYS Formation. Any reproduction, representation, adaptation or use, in whole or in part, without the prior written authorisation of ORSYS, is strictly prohibited. ORSYS reserves the right to take any action necessary to protect its intellectual property rights.