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Classrooms Still Play Critical Role PRINCIPAL FINANCIAL'S ONLINE TRAINING BOOM When Dick Hannasch joined Principal Financial Group in 1987, the company had five computer-based training courses. Fast forward to the present: that number has grown to 300. "With nearly 17,000 employees worldwide, we don't have enough classroom space for all the new training that's needed," says Hannasch, senior training consultant for the Des Moines, Iowa-based financial services company.