The L&D Leader

Principles and Practice for Delivering Business Value
1. Auflage 2025
ISBN: 978-1-3986-2027-8
Verlag: Kogan Page

Buch, Englisch, 288 Seiten, Format (B × H): 156 mm x 234 mm

Senior L&D professionals need to deliver value to the business and equip employees with the skills they need to succeed in a constantly changing world of work. But how can they do this? This book has the answer. Written by two leading voices in the industry, this book combines more than 20 years' research with over 7,500 L&D professionals and interviews with more than 150 learning leaders. It is a practical, evidence-based guide for senior L&D practitioners. It allows these professionals to assess where to focus efforts to best support the workforce, align priorities with the overall business strategy and adapt L&D activities for optimum results. The L&D Leader covers the key principles that senior L&D professionals need and the practices they should adopt in order to deliver the best results for the business. This book discusses why new technologies, models and processes won't offer the solutions that the organization needs for its employees' learning and explains why a new approach is necessary. It outlines the key principles needed to succeed including being data-driven, flexible, outcomes-led, innovative and, most importantly, how to build these principles into everyday practice. There is also discussion of how to optimize culture, onboarding, engagement and inclusion in the workforce and how to scale success for high-performing teams. Full of practical advice and real-world examples from organizations including Unilever, Starbucks, 7-Eleven, PwC and National Australia Bank, this is ideal reading for all senior L&D professionals needing to take a strategic approach to learning that benefits both employees and the business as a whole.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Overton, Laura

Ockers, Michelle

Fachgebiete

• Wirtschaftswissenschaften Betriebswirtschaft Management Unternehmensorganisation & Entwicklungsstrategien
• Wirtschaftswissenschaften Betriebswirtschaft Bereichsspezifisches Management Personalwesen, Human Resource Management

Inhaltsverzeichnis

• • Chapter - 01: The role of the L&D practitioner;
  • Chapter - 02: What does the business need from L&D;
  • Chapter - 03: Navigating complexity;
  • Chapter - 04: Principles for success;
  • Chapter - 05: Evidence-based practice;
  • Chapter - 06: The value of data;
  • Chapter - 07: Aligning with business strategy;
  • Chapter - 08: Adapting, upskilling and reskilling;
  • Chapter - 09: Outcome-focused
  • Chapter - 10: Culture

Über Autor(innen)

Overton, Laura
Laura Overton is an award-winning learning expert with over 30 years' experience in the learning industry. She is the founder of Towards Maturity, an independent learning analysis company which has been delivering the L&D industry's annual benchmark report since 2003. Prior to this, she was an e-Learning champion at e-Skills UK and was responsible for e-learning implementation at Smartforce. In 2018, Laura was listed number one in the e-Learning Movers and Shakers list, an annual report of the Top 100 most influential people in the learning industry across the world.

Laura Overton is an award-winning learning expert with over 35 years' experience in the industry. She is the founder of Towards Maturity, an academic fellow of the CIPD and the Royal Society of Arts. Based in London, UK, she is consistently recognized as a significant global influencer of workplace learning trends. Michelle Ockers is the Founder and Director of Learning Uncut where she helps organizations to develop a high-impact L&D strategy. Based in New South Wales, Australia, she is a popular keynote speaker and the host of the podcast series, Learning Uncut.