Debunking corporate training's learning myths

Excerpted from Artin Atabaki, Stacey Dietsch, and Julia M. Sperling's July 2015 article in McKinsey, "How to separate learning myths from reality"

 

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[E]mployees at the health insurer Aetna who have participated in the company’s free yoga and meditation classes report, on average, a 28 percent decrease in their levels of stress and a productivity increase of 62 minutes a week—an added value of approximately $3,000 per employee a year.