201 Why You Need a Learning & Development Value Proposition

10:00 AM - 11:00 AM Wednesday, June 7

As trusted advisors that tie learning to business needs, help to solve problems, and enable growth, learning & development teams have the opportunity to shine. That’s why your team needs a value proposition—it's your elevator pitch!

In this session you'll learn how to express your value to the company, as well as describe and create the culture you want to enable, through your value proposition. Top-performing companies integrate learning into their culture to maximize performance and engagement. Learn how to link learning culture and results to your company purpose and show how they align with the bigger picture and overall business strategy.

In this session, you will learn:

  • Why and how to create your elevator pitch through an L&D value proposition
  • How your value proposition can help create the culture you want to enable
  • Strategies for telling your story—marketing L&D using your value proposition

 

Tomissa Smittendorf

Director of Sales Learning & Development

Kellogg Company

Tomissa Smittendorf has a passion for creating a culture of learning, emphasizing capability building and collaborating across the organization to drive impact. Tomissa has more than 30 years of diverse experience having worked in L&D, retail sales, supply chain, HR, sales finance, customer service, and DSD. She leads the development of comprehensive learning strategies; ties learning to business solutions. and consults with the business to overcome business challenges. Tomissa has created a high-performance team to build sales capabilities, instilling agility to meet the changing business needs with a transformation drive and make-it-happen spirit.

Stephanie Turk

Sr. Manager, Sales Learning & Development

Kellogg

Stephanie Turk is a forward-focused, positive people leader who leads a team of learning specialists at Kellogg in sales learning & development. She and her team are responsible for designing, developing, and delivering capability building programs for US sales. Prior to joining this team, Stephanie led a team of training facilitators that delivered learning programs globally. Stephanie has also held numerous roles in production planning and customer operations at Kellogg. Stephanie has 20 years of experience at Kellogg and holds a master's degree in student affairs in higher education with a bachelor's in psychology.

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