Training Industry

Leadership training can build awareness and create a shared language — but a workshop alone won’t develop great leaders.

This article by Sanjay Ahuja, L&D and AI leader at PepsiCo, explores why self-awareness, humility and consistency under pressure are developed through real-world experience and accountability.

📑 Read the article: https://hubs.ly/Q04nFFSY0

The Workbook Is Not the Work: Why Training Alone Doesn’t Create Great Leaders Leadership training builds skills, but consistent behavior under pressure is what truly defines effective leadership in real workplaces.

Change is constant, but leading through it effectively remains a challenge.

Learn how companies are training leaders to communicate effectively, support their teams and reinforce stability while driving progress.

Join us July 14 at 11 a.m. ET for practical strategies and actionable insights, with perspectives from leaders at The Center for Leadership Studies, GP Strategies, The Regis Company, Impact, Canvas Leadership and PVH.

Register here: https://hubs.ly/Q04nR2ZS0

L&D has spent decades making learning easier to access, but is AI now making learning too frictionless?

In the latest issue of Training Industry Magazine, Julie Winkle Giulioni makes the case that while AI can strengthen our ability to find answers, it may also diminish our motivation to wonder.

Check out her article below for practical ways L&D leaders can design learning that develops curiosity, resilience and deeper thinking alongside efficiency. ⬇️

Read the Summer 2026 Issue of Training Industry Magazine: https://hubs.ly/Q04nFk8w0

"Can you build a training on this?"

Many L&D leaders hear this request and immediately start designing a course.

But what if training isn't the right solution?

In this article, Jevon Gondwe, founder of Influential Skills, shares that the most valuable skill L&D leaders can develop is "investigative listening."

If you're working to position L&D as a strategic business partner rather than an order-taking function, this article offers tips and techniques you can start using immediately.

📑 Read the article here: https://hubs.ly/Q04mYWM40

The Human Skills L&D Leaders Need to Become a Strategic Partner Learn which human skills L&D leaders need to move from being order-takers to trusted strategic partners to the business.