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L&D Strategy, Part 2: Turns Out You Were Already Playing Chess
Another Training Request You weren't asked to be the leadership program development team. But here it is. It landed in your inbox with a deadline and a one-line description: "Something...
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...
