The L&D Must Change Blog
Welcome to the L&D Must Change Blog where we dish out practical tips, insights, and real talk for leaders ready to become true business partners.
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Strategic Negotiation for Smarter L&TD Priorities
How L&D professionals can align with stakeholders and focus on what truly matters.
Make Every L&D Decision Count Using This Simple Framework
It’s strategic simplification in your pocket.
Secrets for Building a Business Aligned L&D Strategy: Commonalities and Criticalities
Business aligned L&D strategies don't start with brainstorming.
Your L&D Strategy Needs a Scrap List
Your strategy is only as strong as what you don’t include.
Future-Proofing People Development: 3 Skills You Need Now
What skills are critical for people development professionals in the age of disruption?
Beyond Stakeholder Q&A: Smart Ways to Learn the Business
If you're relying on a stakeholder meeting to understand the business, you're already behind.
The Most Underused L&D Superpower: Facilitation
Facilitation is great in classrooms, but it's also powerful in lots of other spaces.
Difficult Stakeholders Aren't Resisting Learning, They're Protecting the Business
Reframe resistance into what matters most and watch your stakeholder relationships (and influence) soar.
Becoming a Business Partner Isn't a Process Change, It's a Cultural Shift
Leaving order-taking behind in favor of working as a strategic business partner means you need to move beyond changing your processes.
Does Saying "No" Damage L&D's Reputation?
Eliminate your fear of irrelevance with an alternate approach.
No, L&D Can't Work Miracles Overnight
Have stakeholder expectations of L&D miracle work become the norm? How can we change this?
Why Can't L&D Get a "Seat at The Table"?
Complaining about not having a seat indicates that we don't understand what it means to actually have one.
My L&D Rallying Cry - It's Time to Stop Complaining and Step into the Champions Camp
Those who succumb to the comfort of complaints aren’t the ones who triumph.
Struggling to Work as a Strategic Business Partner? Remember the Beach
Turns out, this favorite vacation destination also has some wisdom to share.
Do We Want Behavior Change or Information Transfer?
Let’s get intentional about the purpose of the learning and design accordingly.
All the L&D Skills = An Impossible Feat?
How many skills do we really need to be successful in L&D?
When You Have to Take the Order, Find the Opportunity
There's an opportunity within every training order to move the needle closer to working as a strategic business partner. You just need to find it.
L&D Must Change Podcast: Top 5 Episodes of 2024
Get started or get caught up on the L&D Must Change podcast with the episodes at the top of the 2024 download list.
10 Questions to Determine if a Training Request is Worth Your Time
Let's make sure the choice to say yes or no to requests is intentional and strategic.
How Important is L&D's "Language"?
Training or development? Outcomes or objectives? Workshops, sessions, or courses? Does it really matter what we call our work?
Step into the role of a true strategic business partner and start making real impact with this free business alignment checklist.