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Building Data & Analytics Skills to Thrive in a Post-COVID-19 World
Digital transformations and analytics are changing allbusinesses, and COVID-19 has accelerated these trends even more. Someorganizations are finding ways to be successful while many businesses arestruggling through this massive disruption. What are learning departments doingabout it? And how can we provideworld-class journeys for our “technologists” (e.g., data scientists, productmanagers, engineers, designers, digital marketers, Agile coaches, etc.)? In this session you will discover how to build digitalskills at scale in your organization, including the strategies and bigdecisions learning leaders need to make. You will examine the new skills andmindsets that need to be developed, and the learning journeys that must becreated…
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Learning Leadership 2021: What the Research Says
The Learning Guild recently completed two research projectsexploring important topics impacting learning leaders. In the first, we examinedhow well leaders—in the view of workers—responded to the pandemic. Thesecond report was an examination of learning leaders themselves: thecharacteristics they share and what separates a leader from a non-leader. In this session, The Learning Guild’s Director of Research Dr.Jane Bozarth will review this important research and examine tips and takeawaysthat we can use to improve our practice.
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Storytelling for Learning Leaders
What you’ve learned from your experiences continues to shapeyour life and influence your decisions. By sharing what you’ve learned, otherscan gain insight into who you are and how you lead. But how do you create acompelling story out of a few memories and anecdotes? In this session, we’ll apply storytelling strategies totransform an experience into a lesson, then into a story that facilitatesunderstanding, connection, and action. You’ll also gain access to templates andstrategies to help you make storytelling part of your leadership brand.
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Women in Learning Leadership
Research shows women are twice as likely to haveadministrative support roles—and half as likely to have leadership positions—inL&D as men. Supporting awareness of gender equality and creatingenvironments committed to a more diverse future is something all organizationsare seeking to do well. In this session we will examine some of the forces that arecontributing to gender inequality, and explore ways to bridge the gap in ourorganizations and in our personal careers. We will explore what women can do toproactively design their learning careers and discuss what ‘success’ reallylooks like. For some it is becoming a learning leader; for others it might…
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7 Tools and Techniques Leaders Use to Create Safe Climates in Uncertain Times
The ongoing effect of COVID-19 is creating a workplace thatis increasingly unfamiliar. As we increasingly learn more about the challengespeople are having living and working through these uncertainties, the need fororganizations to focus on their employees’ well-being has become critical. In this session you will examine why employee well-being hasbecome a top priority in 2021, and discover ways to build that sense of safety intoyour culture. Pulling from examples shared by learning leaders from around theglobe, you will explore a wide range of strategies to sustain and supportemployees; some are familiar, others are quite inventive. Join us in learninghow to…
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The Behaviors of Learning Leadership
Conversations about learning leadership tend to revolvearound certain themes. We often describe learning leaders in terms of thetraits they share, and we label them using the roles and titles they have intheir organization. But learning leadership isn’t about your position or abouta templated set of characteristics. Learning leadership is about what you DO,and more importantly, HOW YOU DO IT. In this session we will explore specific behaviors that formthe foundation of learning leadership. You will discover what these behaviorslook like in practice, and how they help others view you as a leader in yourorganization. You will examine resources that can…
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CLO Panel: Where Do We Go From Here?
The COVID-19 pandemic has affected almost every companyaround the globe, requiring learning organizations to pivot in ways many of usnever expected. While the distribution of vaccines has provided a much-neededview into a post-pandemic world, it brings with it entirely new challenges.What will the new normal look like, and how do we begin to prepare for it? We have invited four senior learning executives to discuss thesechallenges and explore how we can proactively lead our organizations into thenew normal. We will examine the critical role that learning will play inreintegrating people into post-pandemic workflows, and how to build strategiesthat can accommodate…
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Learning’s Role in Advancing Diversity and Inclusion (Panel)
Diversity and inclusion are becoming increasingly importantto organizations; affecting recruitment, development, advancement, andretention. For many organizations, these initiatives represent significantchanges in workflows, policy, and culture. In this paneldiscussion we will explore the important role learning and development departmentsplay in advancing diversity and inclusion in their organizations. You willexamine not only how L&D directly supports formal diversity and inclusionprograms, but also how we approach our work in general can have an indirectimpact. Join us for a conversation that will share important tips on how youcan make learning a leader in driving advancement of your organization’sdiversity and inclusion efforts.
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Building a Learning Culture
Having a strong learning culture is crucial in environmentswhere learning is constantly necessary and happening “in the flow ofwork”. An exceptional learning culture can fuel innovation, underpinemployee engagement and retention, ensure future-ready capabilities, and enableachievement of the organization’s most ambitious goals. How do you build aculture among a remote workforce in times of change? How do you make a plan tostrengthen a learning culture when such a thing seems nebulous? In this session we’ll explore specific ways to improve yourorganization’s learning culture. You will discover how learning culture isnurtured by communicating inspiring goals, generating intense engagement amongpeople, and leveraging ingrained…
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Gaining Influence as a Learning Leader
The ability to influence stakeholders and otherorganizational leaders is critical to the success of learning leaders. But howexactly do we accomplish that? Depending on the company and the structure,learning and development is often ‘invisible’. What does influence look like inpractice? In this session you will discover three specificinfluence techniques that work. You will go beyond wishful thinking aboutlearning cultures and “earning a seat at the table” as we focus on the tacticalside of operating at a strategic level. By attending this session you will gainvaluable options that you can adapt and turn into your own strategy to take forward.
