Proving the value of L&D: Why You Have To Ditch Assumptions

Everybody knows the value of L&D, right? Well, that's what most learning professionals seem to think. And shock... Han disagrees.

All too often, L&D teams run on the assumption that they hold inherent value within the minds of their audience. And that just isn’t our reality. Most people outside the world of learning and development do not see corporate learning as value, in fact, many still see L&D as either cost-centre or a tick-box exercise. This huge dichotomy is causing us no-end of problems, and in this podcast Han addresses why, including:

🍍 THE DANGER OF ASSUMPTIONS

All too often, L&D professionals assume everybody else knows we’re valuable, and the longer we continue to think this way, and assume we’re indispensable to the business, the longer we’re going to struggle proving our value.

🍍 WHY DATA IS YOUR BEST FRIEND

Data is so important to demonstrate the value of L&D to the business. Senior stakeholders and your C-Suite speak in numbers. They want to see the demonstrable impact on the business bottom line. And smile sheets and bums on seats aren’t going to help us do that!

🍍 WHY IT’S TIME TO OWN OUR CRAFT & ALIGN WITH BUSINESS GOALS

We cannot prove the value of L&D, if we haven’t created value within our L&D functions. So if we want to truly prove our value, we need to take ownership of the fact we’re the learning experts. We must push our function to deliver in line with the business goals, and understand the part we play in the bigger picture.

So if you’re ready to ditch the age-old beliefs that learning is inherently valuable to businesses, and start to prove the real value of L&D, then get this pod in your ear’oles and see if Han can help you change your thinking today. Happy listening friendooos 🎧

USEFUL LINKS:

• Data in L&D: An interview with NilesNolen

• Data, Analytics and Testing in marketing for learning®

• Data-led marketing at Novo Nordisk with Peter Manniche Riber