Learning Leadership Links - 1/15/2021
David Kelly
L&D Executive, Speaker, & Writer Supporting the Strategic Intersection of Learning & Technology | Chairman @ The Learning Guild
The challenges faced by today’s learning leaders continue to grow. It’s therefore critical that leaders take the time to develop themselves, developing the skills needed to overcome the leadership challenges we are faced with in our work.
Learning Leadership Links curates resources that place a spotlight on the knowledge and skills required to improve the learning leadership we provide to our organizations and the people we support.
6 Daily Habits to Instantly Spot a Great Leader
While last week's Capital riot showcased some of the worst of human behavior, the response to the riots also showcased some of the best of human behavior. This post by Marcel Schwantes looks at the response of Congressman Andy Kim, which caught national attention, and the lessons it provides us about leadership.
Rethinking Traditional Leadership Development
Leadership development programs are extremely common, and this post by Bob Biglin looks at how we can make those programs better. However, I share this post here less for what it says about the leadership development programs we build, and more for the lessons it shares about how we should look at ourselves as learning leaders.
Compassionate Leadership Is Necessary — but Not Sufficient
Compassion and empathy are important traits of learning leaders, traits that are even more important in the context of the pandemic. This post by Rasmus Hougaard, Jacqueline Carter, and Nick Hobson examines what compassion looks like as a practice for leaders, and offers suggestions on how to build it as a skill.
6 competencies leaders need to develop right now
Learning leadership is less about a role and more about behaviors. This post by Craig Simpson looks at a number of skills and competencies that are crucial for learning leaders as we enter 2021.
What’s Ahead For 2021? Five Lessons For The Coming Year.
2020 was a year full of disruption and challenge. It was also a year full of powerful lessons that will shape how we lead and support our teams and orgainzations in 2021. This post by Josh Bersin looks at a number of important lessons that should shape our work as learning leaders in 2021.
We are currently experiencing one of the most challenging periods most of us have ever seen in our careers as learning professionals. Our organizations have been disrupted like never before as we deal with remote workers, new virtual tools and techniques, and the continued journey towards the moving target that is “the new normal”.
All of these challenges require the support of learning leadership.
The Learning Leaders Online Forum explores these challenges, and more importantly, shares proven strategies that can help us and the organizations we serve navigate the crisis. The Forum is your opportunity to connect and learn from learning leaders all around the globe, helping you address the urgent challenges of today while also building the skills that will help take your career to new heights in the future.
Better yet, as part of our launch of this new event, everyone that attends this Learning Leaders Online Forum will also get an annual membership in the new global Learning Leaders Alliance, which provides one year of access to online and face-to-face leaders forums, exclusive monthly programming, and much more.