PROGRAM DETAILS
You’re doing great work in L&D, but you know you can do more. Like many L&D pros, you want to go beyond taking orders to work as a more strategic partner to the business.
The challenge? You’re juggling constant training requests, unclear expectations, and pressure to deliver quickly. Plus, your stakeholders seem perfectly happy with your current order fulfillment process. How, in the midst of these challenges, can you create changes in your work and your organization that elevates your approach and generates a deeper, lasting impact?
This session, facilitated by Jess Almlie, author of the ATD Press book, L&D Order Taker No More! Become a Strategic Business Partner shares one powerful mindset shift as well as the top four simple and practical behavior shifts used by learning leaders who have successfully moved from order-taking toward work as a strategic business partner. You’ll reflect on your current approach, uncover growth opportunities, and walk away with actionable strategies to take your role to the next level. Whether your L&D department has one person or one hundred, whether you're just starting this journey or looking to uplevel your impact, this session offers the clarity and momentum to move forward with confidence.
Jess Almlie is an award-winning Learning and Talent Development strategist who helps organizations transform L&D from reactive order takers into trusted strategic business partners. As a former Vice President of Learning with more than 30 years of experience in the field, Jess brings deep credibility from leading, scaling, and evolving learning functions inside complex organizations.
Jess is the author of L&D Order Taker No More! Become a Strategic Business Partner (ATD Press) and host of the L&D Must Change podcast. In recognition of her contributions to the profession, Jess was named the 2025 Learning Guild Master.
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Schedule
Location
Zoom - Login details will be included in your registration confirmation and sent out again the week before the program.
Fee
$20 *includes members of any WI ATD chapter
Cancellation Policy: Registrants may cancel and receive a full refund prior to two working days before a program. Registrants who cancel within the two-day period will be charged. No-shows will be charged.
Questions? Contact us at program@newatd.org.
