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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...
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....
The 2025 Edition: From L&D Order-Taker to Strategic Business Partner
Where it started. When I first wrote this article about moving from Order-Taker to Partner in 2023, L&D professionals were just beginning to recognize they needed to evolve. Fast forward...
Mindset First, Tools Second: Building Your Productivity Foundation
I want the "Workflow Audit"! A year ago, I wrote about what really matters in productivity tools. Since then, I've received countless messages from people sharing their own productivity journeys—the...
Small Learning Habits, Big Results: How to Keep Growing
What if the biggest barrier to your growth isn’t a lack of time or resources—but the habit of putting learning last? Learning isn’t just about attending training sessions or collecting...
6 Must have Skills for L&D in 2025
As I was reviewing this blog about skills from 2023, it occurred to me that simultaneously, our small little world of L&D hasn't really changed, yet somehow bears no resemblance...
From Surviving to Thriving: The Key Elements of Career Resilience
Career Resilience Is An Activity We Cannot Continue To Put On The Back Burner. Stepping out of 2023 and into 2024, our work environments have shifted right before our eyes....
