Management & Strategy
The strategic approaches used to shape the direction of the learning function and to support the design and development of learning solutions.
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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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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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Skills Matching: What Is L&D’s Role?
Learn L&D’s critical role in the new skills-first workplace. Get the roadmap for skills matching, AI, and developing a future-proof workforce.
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AI Transformation with ELB Learning
This session shares ELB Learning’s practical, people-powered approach to making AI work across the enterprise. You’ll learn how to move beyond pilots and proof-of-concepts by focusing on the three elements that matter most: mindset, skillset, and workflow design.
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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.
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Leadership That Pays Off: Building CEO-Level Thinking and Real Results
Explore why leadership development needs a reset and how forward-thinking organizations are approaching it differently.
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When Leaders Struggle and Tech Fails: The Perfect Storm for Bad Performance Conversations
Performance conversations don’t fail because leaders want them to. They fail because of a lack of tools, context, and support. In this candid session, Keith Metcalfe, President of Acorn PLMS and a 25-year leadership veteran, shares how the challenges he faced as a first-time leader still echo today, amplified by the complexity of modern HR tech. You’ll explore the real reasons performance reviews often fall flat, why today’s learning systems, HRIS platforms, and spreadsheets aren’t bridging the gap, and how that disconnect leaves leaders unsupported. Using real data and hard truths, this session makes the case for connecting performance and…
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Designing Work for a New Era: How L&D Can Bridge Generational Gaps
Generational change isn’t a passing trend. The people entering the workforce now will shape its future. L&D has a role in helping organizations stay responsive to that shift.
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Navigating Divides: How CQ Strengthens DEI in Today’s World
Employees with higher CQ perceive stronger inclusion within their work groups. This creates a reinforcing cycle: Inclusive environments help CQ grow, and CQ helps environments become more inclusive.
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Data Without the Drama: How to Consolidate and Visualize Learning Metrics That Matter
In this practical session, we’ll show you how to tame platform sprawl, kill data silos, and establish an insight-driven ecosystem that your stakeholders trust.