Leading the Learning Function: Tools and Techniques for Organizational Impact

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The Impact of Coalitions

Bryan McElroy, Rachel Hutchinson, Emily Isensee, and David McGrath With MJ Hall

“Find the appropriate balance of competing claims by various groups of stakeholders. All claims deserve consideration, but some claims are more important than others.” —Warren Bennis

Have you ever spent time with your team developing a great instructional design project for a client only to have it rejected or picked apart by colleagues or stakeholders, resulting in major rework for the design team? Your story might be similar to this one:

Joe’s team spent three months developing a new e-learning project and was extremely pleased with the results. They worked with subject matter experts to come up with what they thought was a winning ...