L&D As an Organizational Contributor (Podcast Episode 11)

What if L&D showed up as an organizational contributor instead of a service provider? Today's guest, Robyn A. D. regularly models this approach and also partners with L&D leadership and teams to help them make the change. Turns out, it's about seeing the bigger picture and getting real curious. She asks why a lot. Oh, and it might have something to do with Captain Kirk from Star Trek.?

Listen in to hear about:

• L&D as a business function
• Shifting from complaining to contributing
• The mission statement as a rolled up version of capabilities in the organization
• The need for L&D to optimize our own function
• System thinking with DSRP: Distinctions, Systems, Relationships, and Perspectives
• Operating like Captain Kirk instead of Doc or Spock
• Running alongside our stakeholders
• Elevating challenges for business prioritization decisions
• Taking control to alter our own L&D reality
• Gathering data about L&D team capacity and then getting curious

Robyn A. Defelice, PhD is a learning intrapreneur, author, and presenter with over 20 years in the L&D field. She is the co-author of Microlearning: Short and Sweet and has been researching How Long it Takes to Develop Training for over a decade. Robyn is happiest when she is collaborating with L&D leadership and teams to get them to the decision-making table. Her mission is to empower her peers through unlocking their untapped capabilities and capacity for effective L&D. Her experience spans corporate to manufacturing, government to higher education, and non-profits to startups. She is currently serving as a board member of L&D Cares, the VP of Programming for Association for Talent Development of Central PA, and is a member of Learning Leaders Alliance through The Learning Guild.

Find and connect with Robyn A. Defelice here:

• LinkedIn
• Book: Microlearning: Short and Sweet

Find and connect with Jess Almlie here:?

• LinkedIn?
• Subscribe to the L&D Must Change Newsletter?
• Learning Business Advisor Consulting?

Episode/Show Links:

• Episode website: https://sites.libsyn.com/479145/11-elevating-ld-as-an-organizational-contributor
• Apple podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/l-d-must-change/id1739639756
• Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/3bfiGoAfX368JUfkkHYZL2
• RSS: https://feeds.libsyn.com/479145/rss

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Learning Business Advisor Consulting (Jess Almlie) is dedicated to helping L&D leaders stop working as order takers and start working more strategically, intentionally, and with measurable impact. Jess can work with you to design an effective learning strategy (blueprint) for a single program or project, lead your L&D team through a process to create your overall strategy, provide individual professional development through learning learning leader/team "coachsulting" (a combination of coaching, mentoring, and consulting), and/or guide your L&D team through a series of workshops to learn and implement needed skills. If this sounds like something you and/or your team need, message me (Jess) to set up a time to chat.