Hi everyone!

I'm a senior individual contributor in global indirect procurement at a large multinational, and over the next few years, I'd like to move into leadership positions.

I'm technically strong, but I want to invest more deliberately in the skills that will help me make that transition, particularly:

Corporate storytelling: communicating the bigger picture, connecting my work to business outcomes, and presenting recommendations in a compelling way.

Influencing without authority: getting stakeholders on board, navigating different opinions, and building alignment across functions.

Executive communication: being concise, confident and impactful in meetings with senior leaders.

Owning my voice: expressing my point of view, speaking up, and developing a stronger leadership presence.

I'm open to Coursera, edX, other online courses, podcasts, books, or even practical programmes such as Toastmasters. I'm not necessarily looking for a certificate; I want to develop skills I can actually apply at work.

My biggest challenge is choosing and sticking with something. There are so many options that I end up researching them all and completing none. I'd love to find one genuinely good resource that I can commit to, rather than collecting a long list of courses.

For those of you who have been through a similar transition from an individual contributor to a leadership role:

What course, programme, podcast or other resource made a real difference for you?

Did you actually complete it, and were you able to apply what you learned at work?

If you could recommend just one starting point for someone in my position, what would it be?

I'd especially appreciate recommendations from people working in corporate environments who need to influence senior stakeholders and lead cross-functional initiatives, even without direct reports.

Thanks in advance!

When a subject-matter expert trains a colleague, three records answer three different questions: which version of the procedure the person studied, what a knowledge check showed, and what a named assessor watched them do. A completion certificate on its own answers none of them well.

A worksheet that works without any software: procedure and version, task, evidence expected, assessor, date, retraining due. Where observation already proves the skill, ask whether a quiz adds anything before you take on keeping both current. For reference material that changes often, a job aid beats a course.

When a procedure changes, list the courses that cite it and decide what each needs before you reassign anyone.

I'm James; I make Beam at Just Every, a free, open-source (MIT) tool built around that worksheet. It turns your procedures into courses, has a named reviewer approve each version, sends practical work to the assessor you name, and produces a report of who completed what against which version. Its numbered certificates are your business's own completion record and say so on their face. It runs locally with npx -y @runeditrun/rer dev just-every/run-beam; details at https://justevery.com/beam.

For tasks you already assess by observation, do you still keep a quiz?

I am looking for people who are learning new skills online—such as artificial intelligence, marketing, or programming 🫴🏻💯

I would like to understand your experience: Have you encountered any difficulties in applying what you have learned in a practical setting? Specifically, where did you get stuck, and how did you try to resolve the issue?

I am not selling anything; I simply wish to have brief conversations to better understand the challenges involved.

If you have had such an experience, I would appreciate it if you could share your story via a private message. Thank you.

Hi everyone! I’m conducting a learning needs assessment and have scheduled 30-minute check-ins with directors and managers across my organization to better understand what’s working well, the challenges they’re facing, and how L&D can better support them and the organization.
I’ll be using these insights to help develop our organizational learning strategy. My leader also wants a summary of my findings, including recurring themes, strengths, opportunities for improvement, and potential skill or performance gaps.
I’m hoping to keep these conversations informal rather than making them feel like interviews.

What are five effective, open-ended questions you’d recommend asking to uncover what’s working, underlying challenges, and skills or behaviors that may need further development or practical application? Also what should I ask VPs vs Director/ managers?
I’d love to hear what’s worked well for others, especially questions that go beyond simply asking leaders what training they need!

Can anyone recommend a good online Train-the-Trainer course in India that teaches practical workshop design and delivery? I eventually want to conduct workshops on motivation and emotional intelligence for schools, colleges and corporate employees. I’d prefer a reputable, reasonably priced general course first, before specialising.

hey everyone, im an intern at a diversity firm and we are working on providing a small scale training for a company on the topic. what are some meaningful activities we can run to keep the clients engaged and maybe open their eyes to the topic better? i know about the diversity walk, but im wondering if there are maybe other activities that a reluctant group might find value in. Thank you!

I work as a Marketing Communication Specialist for KNOLSKAPE, one of World’s Largest Experiential HR Technology Company, and I want to understand from a client's perspective, how would you want to be approached for training and readiness conversation? If you're an L&D leader, HR or a decision maker for these training programs and journeys, what's the dos and don'ts which work for you? Also, in case you've heard of KNOLSKAPE, what are some of things you've heard of them?

Been studying for my CRCST on and off for like 6 months , trying to piece together free Youtube videos

and random PDFs. I work full time so I need something completely self-paced, no scheduled classes or anything rigid like that. Looking for the best affordable online sterile processing technician training program that actually prepares you for the certification exam, not just throws a textbook at you .

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Hi everyone,

I'm very interested in going to the ATD Conference & Expo in May 2027. The issue is it would be just shy of $5000 for the conference and the certificate I want to earn the day before the conference, then travel expenses on top of that. My Plant Manager has a background in Engineering and is the very stereotypical "analytical thinker" and will need a VERY good argument to convince him to allow me to go for that price.

I'm newer to the field with no official education in Learning & Development and I think this conference, plus the certificate I want to earn, can help me learn more about how to improve our training program.

Can you help me create a very convincing argument stating why I should be allowed to attend this conference.

Thank you!

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What are the courses y'all would suggest for upskilling onself across fields? (viz.: food, automotive, healthcare, fitness, or any other for that matter)

...among platforms like Coursera, Edx, Harvard online, etc.

Let's discuss.

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