The L&D Leader : Principles and Practice for Delivering Business Value

Is your learning strategy delivering measurable value to the business? The L&D Leader by Laura Overton and Michelle Ockers is a strategic guide for senior L&D executives and organizational leaders who want to align learning priorities with business objectives, build workforce capability and drive long-term performance. Written by two leading industry voices, this book distills over 20 years of research with more than 10,000 L&D professionals and 230 learning leaders. It provides proven tools for assessing focus areas, adopting evidence-based practices and embedding principles that make L&D more outcomes-led, innovative, data-driven and agile. You'll discover how to: - Align L&D strategy with business priorities for maximum impact - Build workforce skills that meet current and future demands - Move beyond tools and models to create sustainable learning value - Lead change in L&D culture, governance and delivery With real-world examples from McKinsey & Company, Barnardo's, AstraZeneca and Multiplex, The L&D Leader equips senior decision-makers to transform learning into a strategic driver of business success. Themes include: L&D strategy, leadership, governance, workforce capability, data-driven learning, business alignment