Learning Leadership Skills
Approaches and techniques used by individuals in influencing, motivating, and supporting others and in advancing the role of the learning function within an organization.
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Stop Taking Orders and Start Adding Value
The constant orders and tight constraints that stakeholders impose on L&D professionals can sometimes leave them feeling small and confined. However, performance improvement practitioners can evolve beyond their constraints to become sought-after, listened to, trusted, and respected partners. How? Dr. Keith Keating, Chief Learning & Development Officer at BDO Canada, gave some valuable strategies for becoming a business partner during his well-received DevLearn 2025 keynote. Gain trust by building credibility Earn authority by putting in the work to build your expertise by: Using science and data enables you to propose ideas to your […]
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The Phoenix Leader: What L&D Must Let Burn to Rise Stronger in 2026
To lead in 2026 and beyond, learning and development professionals must become Phoenix Leaders—those who are willing to let parts of the old system burn in order to create something more agile, human, and future-ready.
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2026 Priorities for L&D Leaders: Navigating Change, Tech & Talent
The more digital we become, the more human we need to be. L&D exists at this crossroads.
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Think Like an Adversary: Using Red Teaming to Strengthen Learning & Change Strategies
Applied to learning and change management, red teaming becomes a powerful tool for anticipating resistance, improving clarity, and building adaptability into your plans before going live.
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On-Demand & On-Point: Creating a Custom Learning Library for Talent Growth
Gain actionable steps to foster a culture of continuous learning that keeps employees engaged and ready to meet evolving business needs.
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The Rise of the Learning Strategist: Using the Force to Influence
A learning strategist understands that learning is not a singular event or training; it’s a continuous and evolving ecosystem.
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From Chaos to Clarity: A Proven Framework for L&D Operations Optimization
Operational excellence is built through systematic improvement, one process at a time. With the right framework and commitment, any L&D team can transform chaos into clarity
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The Human Brand Is More Vital Than Ever in an AI World
As talent professionals, our role is not to compete with machines, rather, it’s to lead with what machines cannot replicate: empathy, story, and soul.
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The Coaching Habit: Small Steps to Fix a $2 Trillion Problem
Inefficiency costs as much as $2 trillion a year in lost productivity. Your leadership superpower can help fix that, in a few minutes a day!
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Hot Mic, High Stakes: Securing C-Suite Influence Live from Orlando
We need to start by speaking in business terms. Words like customer satisfaction, revenue, risk, and retention are the language of the C-Suite that we best adopt as our own.