Human Resources Strategy
A comprehensive set of tactics, methodologies, and frameworks to optimize an organization’s HR. This encompasses talent management, workforce development, employee engagement, and more, ultimately fostering a thriving and dynamic workplace.
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Speaking the Same Language: Iuliia Algasova on Building a Skills-Based Organization
Iuliia Algasova is a learning leader focused on skills development, capability building, and the thoughtful use of AI in learning. As Vice President, Skills Development at BlackRock, she works at the intersection of business needs, workforce capabilities, and modern learning design, helping develop job-ready skills at scale. Her background in teaching, online learning, and content strategy brings both innovation and empathy to her work, while her recognition as one of the Learning Guild’s Thirty Under 30 reflects her commitment to practical, human-centered learning. In this Q&A interview, she discusses how skills can create a shared language across learning, talent, and…
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Building Leadership in the Moments That Matter: A Conversation with Ryan Decoste
Ryan Decoste’s path into learning and development began unexpectedly, but it sparked a career spanning more than 20 years in leadership, performance, coaching, and organizational development. Today, as Senior Vice President of People and Organizational Development at Klick, Ryan helps shape everything from onboarding and skill development to coaching and performance across a global organization. In this Learning Expert Spotlight, Decoste discusses the importance of staying close to the business, recognizing the signals hidden in organizational data, and designing development around the real challenges leaders face. At Learning Leadership, he’ll bring these ideas to his discussion, What if leadership capability is built in moments—not programs?, where attendees will explore…
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L&D’s Impact on Career Growth & Mobility
Most HR leaders believe L&D supports progression, but many employees still don’t feel the connection. The good news is that this gap is fixable.
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Training Needs Analysis Template
A free template with clear steps, key questions, and worksheets to conduct a training needs analysis and align training with business goals.
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Beyond the Job Description: Why Skills, Not Roles, Define the Future of Work
The future of work is shifting from rigid job descriptions to a skills-first model where organizational success relies on the fluid, measurable capabilities of employees, requiring HR and L&D to focus on continuous skills matching, auditing, and personalized development.
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Burned Out on Feedback: How Rating Fatigue Undermines Performance Reviews & What You Can Do About It
‘Rating fatigue’ can lead to poor quality reviews. Learn why this matters and how to avoid it.
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Keynote Speakers Announced for the Learning Leadership Conference 2025
New York, NY – The Learning Guild has announced keynote speakers for the Learning Leadership Conference 2025, which takes place October 1–3 at the Rosen Centre Hotel in Orlando, FL. This year’s program will feature presentations by Wendy Gates Corbett and Frank Nguyen, two of the most prominent figures in the learning and development field. Wendy Gates Corbett, CPTD, an Adjunct Professor of Leadership & Management at Duke University will deliver a keynote titled “Connected, Respected, Successful.” Known for her work promoting inclusive workplace cultures, Corbett brings over 20 years of experience in leadership training and professional development. Her session…
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Connecting Employee Performance With Capability-Driven Learning
You’ll learn how to extract capabilities from job descriptions, benchmark them with competency levels, and connect them to learning opportunities. We’ll explore available tools and frameworks to help you build capability frameworks without reinventing the wheel. You’ll walk away with a step-by-step process to implement capability-based learning in your organization and drive real performance improvement. This session is ideal for L&D professionals who are new to capability-driven learning and want a practical, step-by-step approach to building a framework that supports performance and growth. You’ll leave with a straightforward method and tools to help you get started immediately. In this session…
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From Badges to Big Data: Junior Achievement’s Credentialing Journey
Junior Achievement (JA) reaches over 14 millionstudents annually, but what stands out beyond their scale is their innovativeapproach to workforce pathways in the U.S. In this session, we’ll explore howthey developed and scaled a credentialing strategy and governance framework andthe role of credentialing in bridging the gap between education and employment.
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David Kelly’s Curated Content for 12/2/2024
This week’s Curated Content explores strategies for addressing skills gaps, leveraging AI in people analytics, optimizing learning mediums, developing new managers, and enhancing productivity through actionable insights.