David Witt

David Witt is a Program Director for Blanchard®. He is an award-winning researcher and host of the companies’ monthly webinar series. David has also authored or coauthored articles in Fast Company, Human Resource Development Review, Chief Learning Officer and US Business Review.

  • Leaders Identify Top HR and L&D Challenges for 2025

    Leaders Identify Top HR and L&D Challenges for 2025

    Blanchard’s 2025 HR / L&D Trends Survey looks at some of the ways that leadership, learning, and business professionals are focusing to meet the challenges of ever-changing workplace dynamics.

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  • HR and L&D Challenges: Looking Ahead to 2025

    HR and L&D Challenges: Looking Ahead to 2025

    Receive a free copy of survey results by participating in Blanchard's 6th annual HR / L&D Trends Survey.

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  • Managing Under Tight Time Constraints: Becoming a Flexible, Agile Leader with SLII®

    Managing Under Tight Time Constraints: Becoming a Flexible, Agile Leader with SLII®

    Leadership these days is not for the faint of heart. Leaders need to be much more flexible and agile in today's environment says Randy Conley.

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  • Blanchard's 45-Year Legacy: Key Insights from the 2024 Leadership Summit Preview

    Blanchard's 45-Year Legacy: Key Insights from the 2024 Leadership Summit Preview

    Program Director David Witt shares an early look at key insights emerging from Blanchard Leadership Summit session rehearsals.

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  • Don’t Make This Mistake When Designing Learning Journeys

    Don’t Make This Mistake When Designing Learning Journeys

    “To be successful with learning journeys, you have to leverage what we know about the ways people learn best,” says Blanchard solutions architect April O’Malley.

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  • What Can You Learn in 10 Minutes?

    What Can You Learn in 10 Minutes?

    Can you really walk away with actionable insights from a ten-minute presentation? If you ask the millions of people who watch TED talks each year, the answer is a resounding “YES!” Blanchard speaker

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  • Don’t Underestimate the Benefits of In-Person Networking

    Don’t Underestimate the Benefits of In-Person Networking

    Learning together in person is a wonderful way to experience and explore new ideas. We are social beings—and there is something special about being together in the same room while learning new concept

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  • Addressing Today’s Top Learning Challenges

    Addressing Today’s Top Learning Challenges

    Blanchard thought leaders share key insights and actionable strategies for addressing four of today's top learning challenges.

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  • A Modern Approach to Inclusiveness and Belonging

    A Modern Approach to Inclusiveness and Belonging

    Demonstrate your commitment to inclusion and belonging by opening up opportunities for people, promoting them before they are ready, and providing access, direction, and support along the way.

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  • Don’t Worry About Micromanagement—This Is the Bigger Problem

    Don’t Worry About Micromanagement—This Is the Bigger Problem

    Try this proven three step process if you are serious about wanting to avoid being labeled a micromanager.

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  • Getting Started with New Leadership Habits

    Getting Started with New Leadership Habits

    Learning something new is both exciting and challenging. Unfortunately, a lot of good ideas never survive to become new behaviors because we forget to address the realities of creating new habits.

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  • 3 Skills for Becoming a Best Boss

    3 Skills for Becoming a Best Boss

    When you learn how to adjust your leadership style to match the needs of your people, you will become a trusted leader they will remember as one of their best bosses says Randy Conley.

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  • Leading Successfully in a Time-Challenged World

    Leading Successfully in a Time-Challenged World

    The SLII® model provides leaders with a way to have work conversations which are useful and purposeful, which is so important when you have a full plate that needs attention says Vicki Halsey.

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  • Use a High-Involvement Approach to Innovation and Change

    Use a High-Involvement Approach to Innovation and Change

    People are more positive about advocating for innovation and change when they can see their input built into the final design share Britney Cole and Judd Hoekstra.

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  • Developing Great Leadership Habits: Making Common Sense Common Practice

    Developing Great Leadership Habits: Making Common Sense Common Practice

    Leadership experts Ken Blanchard and Randy Conley are on a mission to make common sense common practice when it comes to bringing out the best in people at work.

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  • Sneak Peek at How to Align Your 2024 L&D Plans with Today’s Biggest Challenges

    Sneak Peek at How to Align Your 2024 L&D Plans with Today’s Biggest Challenges

    Solutions architects from Blanchard’s Innovation Lab share strategies for addressing top challenges identified in 2024 HR/L&D Trends Survey.

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  • Three HR / L&D Trends to Keep An Eye On in 2024

    Three HR / L&D Trends to Keep An Eye On in 2024

    The changing business landscape will require an openness to new ideas combined with strategic adaptation and resilience says Blanchard researcher David Witt.

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  • Ask Madeleine: The Top 5 of 2023

    Ask Madeleine: The Top 5 of 2023

    The year 2023 will be remembered as a time of high managerial expectations from an in-demand workforce. Readers of Madeleine’s Advice for the Well-Intentioned Manager continued to adapt, grow, and...

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  • Blanchard Survey Identifies Top HR / L&D Challenges for 2024

    Blanchard Survey Identifies Top HR / L&D Challenges for 2024

    2024 challenges will require strategic planning, innovative designs, and focused application to chart a path through an ever-changing and unpredictable business landscape sys David Witt.

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  • Join us for Blanchard’s 2024 HR / L&D Trends Survey Results

    Join us for Blanchard’s 2024 HR / L&D Trends Survey Results

    The 2024 survey survey paints a picture of organizations taking experimental steps forward during a time of accelerated change, and the role leaders play.

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