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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...
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:...
5 Cognitive Biases Sabotaging Your Learning Programs
Download Your Bias Checker Here! I'm about to share a secret that's not so secret. We're all walking around with invisible blinders on, making decisions about training based on gut...
