How about a null-ish hypothesis: most people I know are opposed to mandatory company-wide training in general. Health and safety training, for example. And I c

How about a null-ish hypothesis: most people I know are opposed to mandatory company-wide training in general. Health and safety training, for example. And I can talk to people who were around before that was a things, and count the number of limbs. It's not entirely unjustified. Mandatory company-wide training probably is irrelevant to your specific role. It's also usually delivered by the lowest bidder, which is the strongest possible true signal I could receive. It's often not even attended by leadership - the people whose role is setting the culture! I get a long (charged by-the-hour?) lecture from HopefulSlogan Consultants about ethics and integrity? I think the same thing as I would walking past the slogans on Enron's lobby walls. The top is almost certainly corrupt.