Commentary & Opinion

The more change-adaptive we are as individuals, leaders and organizations, the better we will be able to meet each change that comes our way.

This is the time to extend our skills as learning professionals through the power of learning.

In the age of automation, communications and learning professionals should think — and collaborate — differently.

In conversations with CEOs and chief learning officers, it is clear that businesses are gearing up to enter the next stage of the pandemic era.

Helping women pinpoint and monetize the value of their contributions is crucial, especially as women are leaving the workforce at an alarming rate.

It’s hard to believe it’s been more than a year since the world was blindsided by a global pandemic.

Despite advances in learning delivery through digital transformation and content libraries, learning functions often are one of the least innovative parts of the business. The mandates that organizational leaders hand down to learning functions, and the acceptance of those mandates, is the heart of the problem.

To become more adaptable and resilient, companies will have to assume increased levels of risk, which will require increased levels of trust throughout enterprises.

A high-value network requires an investment of time.

The drastic decline of face-to-face training in 2020 is still on the minds of L&D professionals in 2021.

Executives are increasingly saying they want to create "learning organizations" and support "lifelong learning." So, what should executives be saying to their workforce about learning today? Consider this sample letter to employees from the C-suite.

As learning leaders, we are experiencing — right alongside our current and future employees — the intensity of these times.

Every person, at heart, just wants to be a valuable member of a winning team. Your fundamental role as a leader is to make that happen.

It’s a chilling question. But it stimulates some reflection: What are we doing to convince executives that L&D is contributing to the organization’s success — not just in a logical or intuitive way, but with actual data from trusted resources?

With the more recent positive news about the availability and distribution of effective COVID-19 vaccines, the next question for organizations is: What does returning to work look like?