Happy Hour with Shannon Tipton and Brent Schlenker: (00:00) Shifting Landscape of LinkedIn Marketing (16:06) Business Acumen in L&D Professionals (25:33) Business Acumen in L&D (37:06) Building Business Acumen Skill     Join Shannon Tipton and Brent Schlenker for a blend of LinkedIn hacks, business smarts, and L&D war stories. Don’t miss our happy hour recommendations at the end of these notes!  Today we're dissecting why Leadership Development Programs fail.   What we do know is that organizations spend an embarrassingly amount of money of leadership programs that: Never leave the starting blocks Once it leaves the starting blocks, they don’t progress or fail to get adopted Are shelved after new leadership takes over.   What Shannon and Brent are debating today is - forget planning your next leadership program, it may be time to consider what your organizational culture is like and will it support the change needed to sustain the ongoing attention that true development requires.   Leadership development programs fall short when they lack alignment with the organization's goals, fail to secure buy-in from management, or neglect to provide ongoing support and opportunities for applying learned skills on the job.   What’s disheartening is that these shortcomings leave participants with valuable knowledge and the energy to put new behavioral tools into action. But without the necessary environment or reinforcement to translate that knowledge into lasting behavioral change, it’s wasted time and effort, leaving the participant feeling cheated and cynical.   But before we dig into this, does the world need another measurement tool?   Brent brings into the forefront a conversation about CFW (connected frontline worker) programs. Is it just another superpowered Learning Management System, or is this the new tool that will really connect L&D and operations?     So grab your drink, tune in and get ready to: Learn more about CFW tools and their possibilities The Great Training Train Robbery! The connection between culture and leadership How L&D can support the culture needed to create great leadership programs What can we do to make leadership behaviors stick   Cheers to all the L&D rockstars!   Check these resources:   HBR: Why Leadership Training Fails and What to Do About It.   https://hbr.org/2016/10/why-leadership-training-fails-and-what-to-do-about-it   Ray Williams: Why Leadership Development Programs Fail and How to Do It the Right Way.   https://raybwilliams.medium.com/why-leadership-development-programs-fail-and-how-to-do-it-the-right-way-a5967811ba43   McKinsey: What’s Missing in Leadership Development https://www.mckinsey.com/featured-insights/leadership/whats-missing-in-leadership-development     Because it wouldn’t be a Happy Hour without the Happy, here are our recommendations for your Frosty Adult Beverage (FAB) of choice:   Brent: Sunday Drive by Motherload Brewing! This beer is hop-derived and has notes of citrus, leading to a gentle malt body that ends in a crisp, dry finish.   Shannon: The Desert Bird! Tequila, Check! Pineapple Check! Campari, YES, please! All the fixings for the perfect, Spring has sprung cocktail. Enjoy!  https://food52.com/recipes/77632-the-desert-bird-cocktail   Be part of the Learning Rebels Community. Continue the conversation while building connections and capability. Learn more here.   Join the Coffee Chat conversations Be part of Learning Rebels live Coffee Chat Discussions! Sign up here.     Hire Learning Rebels  When you need learning that sticks, we’ll fight to make performance results happen. Visit the Learning Rebels website to learn more   Host: Shannon Tipton & Brent Schlenker Podcast produced by: Obsidian Productions