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Becoming a Strategic Business Driver

Brad Samargya

Business integration is a key priority for all learning organizations. Linking learning strategy to business strategy ensures business impact and longevity of a learning function.

Why is it that when times get tough, learning is one of the first areas to get cut?

Anyone who has spent any length of time in employee learning and development can share tales of valued colleagues no longer here, program budgets cut to a fraction of what they used to be, and travel budgets that have shrunk to the point employees may not even get to meet their managers once a year.

Sound familiar?

This has been my ...

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