An evaluation was conducted in 2003 of a major leadership program within Centrelink—the Senior Executive Leadership Program (SELP). The evaluation consisted of three separate studies of SELP: a Return on Investment (ROI) study, a Return on Training Investment (ROTI) study and a Value for Money (VFM) study. This paper reports on the comparative value of each of these three different approaches. Specifically, it aims to highlight the different nature and benefits of each approach in order to assist organisational decision-makers to make informed decisions about whether they should use any one, or more, of these three methodologies in the future.
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