07/22/2020

What's the Role of Learning Professionals During a Crisis?

The business world has been shaken to its core

Learning and development (L&D) is the engine of a business’s mission, objectives and values. It works to transform an organization by inspiring behavior change within its people. In doing so, it drives the organization towards its mission, whilst blazing a trail towards key organisational objectives. But what’s the role of learning and development professionals during a crisis, when great change and uncertainty seem to have free reign? 

We are in the midst of a global pandemic that represents an existential threat to our way of living and to organisations of differing shapes and sizes. COVID-19 has had a profound impact on just about every area of our lives. The business world has been shaken to its core. With all this in mind, we reached out to four industry experts to get their take on the changing role of learning professionals operating within this ‘new normal.'

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Laura Overton is an award winning learning analyst, experienced international speaker and author. Over the years, she has authored or co-authored more than 70 major research reports and served on several advisory boards. Laura topped the last ‘Corporate eLearning Movers and Shakers List,’ published in 2018. Who better to help assess the role of learning professionals during a crisis?

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