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It’s Not a Training Problem. Now What?
A tale as old as time. It’s Monday morning, you open your inbox, and there it is. The sales director is frustrated with the team. Sales are closing more slowly,...
Your Personal Brand Is Already Talking. Is It Saying What You Want?
Ready for a story? I'll keep it short. At one point in my career, I was the Director of Training for a large hospitality organization. I managed a $500,000 budget....
It’s Not You, It’s the System. Why L&D Professionals Feel Stuck
It's Not You. It's the System. There's a particular kind of frustration that L&D people carry around, and most of us never name it. It sounds like this: "I know...
Your Onboarding Has a Single Point of Failure: It’s You!
It's Monday morning. Your new hire arrives for their first day, eager and ready to start. There's just one problem: the person who was supposed to train them called in...
The Best L&D Resources Come from People Who Use Them
Peer Recommendations Beat Guru Content Any day! I had Atomic Habits on my reading list for probably two years. You know how it goes - you see it mentioned everywhere,...
Why SMART Goals Don’t Work
Why Most Goal-Setting Approaches Fail Updated January 2026 with current statistics and research Here we are. New year, new anxiety about goal-setting. January brings this predictable pressure to transform ourselves,...
2025: The Year 826 People Decided They Weren’t Alone
2,582 registrations. 826 unique Chatters. 28 Coffee Chats. Here's what happened when we built a community for practical, no-BS learning and development conversations in 2025. Building a community is messy....
Moving from Onboarding to “Warm Welcomes”
Download your "Warm Welcome and Parting" Framework Here! Quick heads up: I originally wrote this back in 2023, but the onboarding gap hasn't gotten any smaller - so I've updated...
The Scrappy Instructional Designer’s Workflow Guide
You know those fancy case studies where someone built a beautiful, award-winning training program with unlimited budget and six months of development time? Well, this isn't that story. Here's what...
Overcoming the ‘Yeah, Buts’: How to Move from Resistance to Action
Originally published November 3, 2016. Updated October 2025 with current examples and actionable strategies for L&D professionals. In the learning and development world, there's a phrase that comes up constantly:...
