Elevating L&D As Strategic Business Partners With Jess Almlie
A free webinar with Jess Almlie, 2026 Learning Guild Master, on breaking out of order-taker mode, building credibility with stakeholders, and changing how L&D works with the business.
Earn A Seat At The Table By Changing How L&D Works With The Business
Most L&D teams didn’t choose to be order takers. A request comes in, the solution has already been decided, and L&D is expected to deliver it on deadline. Over time, that reactive pattern becomes the team’s reputation. And as tempting as it is to fix it with a new intake form or a more rigorous needs analysis process, better processes alone won’t earn L&D a seat at the table. What needs to change is how L&D works with the business.
That’s the focus of Elevating L&D as Strategic Business Partners, a free one-hour webinar on November 17 at 10:00 AM EST.
About The Speaker
Jess Almlie is an award-winning Learning and Talent Development strategist, author, speaker, and consultant. A former Vice President of Learning with more than 30 years of experience, she is the author of L&D Order Taker No More! Become a Strategic Business Partner, host of the L&D Must Change podcast, and the 2026 Learning Guild Master.
In this session, you’ll learn how to:
- Spot the thinking patterns that keep a team stuck in order-taker mode.
- Build the credibility that gets stakeholders to bring L&D in earlier.
- Change how your team works with the business, starting the same week.
Whether you lead an L&D function or you’re the one fielding “we need a course on this” requests, you’ll leave with a clearer view of what’s keeping your team reactive and practical first steps toward a more strategic role.
All attendees receive a certificate of attendance and the webinar recording.
Online | Free | 1 hour
