Compliance Training Built Around Real Workplace Decisions.

Why Compliance Practice Matters Beyond Annual Training

Annual compliance training establishes expectations. But understanding a policy and applying it during a difficult workplace decision are not the same thing.

Research and regulatory guidance provide support for reinforcing compliance knowledge through realistic situations and structured discussion.

25% Better Recall With Structured Discussion

In a workplace study involving 99 employees, structured discussion after a training video produced about 25% better next-day recognition memory than video viewing alone.

Importantly, unstructured discussion did not produce a statistically significant improvement. The structure of the discussion mattered.

Source: Okano et al., PLOS ONE, 2018

DOJ: Does Compliance Training Work in Practice?

The U.S. Department of Justice’s Evaluation of Corporate Compliance Programs asks companies how they evaluate training effectiveness, employee understanding, and whether compliance training influences employee behavior or operations.

The guidance also emphasizes risk-based training and examines whether employees know when to seek advice and are willing to do so.

Source: U.S. Department of Justice, September 2024

Putting Research Into Practice

Xcelus Decision Briefs™ bring structured compliance practice into regular team meetings. In just 15 minutes, employees consider realistic workplace decisions, discuss their options, and practice applying company policy.

Each discussion also captures simple team-level insights to help compliance leaders identify uncertainty and opportunities for additional reinforcement.

Keep the annual training. Add opportunities to practice the decisions that matter.

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Research note: These sources support relevant learning principles and compliance evaluation practices. They do not independently establish that Xcelus Decision Briefs produce the same measured results or prevent violations.