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Leading the Learning Function
Tools and Techniques for Organizational Impact

Leaders as Learners, Learners as Leaders

Drawing upon firsthand experiences and insights from senior practitioners, Leading the Learning Function: Tools and Techniques for Organizational Impact offers best practices, tools, techniques, and processes that successful business leaders use to develop, build, and implement their personal leadership skill sets.


The ATD Forum—a consortium for senior talent and learning practitioners to connect, collaborate, and share knowledge, best practices, and company experiences—sought to extend those accruing benefits more broadly in the profession to current and aspiring learning leaders and talent practitioners. In this book, Forum managers and book editors MJ Hall and Laleh Patel and Forum members set out to document the work learning leaders do to help themselves and others build organizational capabilities and successful results. In 26 chapters, Forum contributors—leaders in their respective organizations—offer insights and lessons about setting direction, managing processes, leading and developing people, making an impact, collaborating with stakeholders, using technology for learning, and innovating.


Growing leadership skills is a lifelong journey; gaining a portfolio of techniques others have used successfully to solve similar business challenges can provide an edge in your role as a business advisor. Leading the Learning Function is just that portfolio.

Contributors include:

Alan Abbott
Alissa Weiher
Ann Quadagno
Brandon Carson
Bryan McElroy
Caroline Fernandes
Casey Garhart
Catherine Rickelman
Chris Garton
Dana Alan Koch
David McGrath
Elizabeth Huttner-Loan
Emily Isensee
Graham Johnston
Jerry Kaminski
Joan McKernan
John Kelly
Laura Solomon
Leanne Drennan
Lisa Gray
Maire Wehrung
Michelle M. Webb
MJ Hall
Rachel Hutchinson
Ron Dickson
Sandi Maxey
Sarah Siegel
Suzanne Frawley
Tanya Gilson
Teri Love
Terry Copley
Tony Bingham

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It's here! Thanks for all of your hard work putting this together. Looking forward to learning from the best!
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kudos to the ATD Forum and the authors - such a great resource. Looking forward to reading this!
That's fantastic @MJHall. Kudos to all!!
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Thank you Christine - Besides 31 authors there were also 15 interviews with senior practitioners and 12 content reviewers - over 50 senior learning leaders contributed. We look forward to hearing how the practices shared help you build performance capability.
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Hello will there be a pdf version of this book available for sale? Thanks for your reply.
Hi Valarie - Yes, there will be a e-book version available.
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