Designed for HR and L&D leaders, this discussion guide helps teams turn insight into action using findings from Blanchard’s 2026 HR / L&D Trends Report. Inside, you’ll find thought-provoking discussion questions and reflection prompts focused on leadership capability, engagement and retention, future-ready competencies, learning investment, and measurement. Use this guide to facilitate meaningful conversations, identify gaps between priorities and practice, and explore practical actions that strengthen leadership and learning in an uncertain environment.
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Blanchard’s 2026 HR / L&D Trends Survey set out to explore how organizations are responding to the shifting forces redefining work.
Explore how artificial intelligence is changing the leadership and learning landscape for L&D professionals.
Align leadership development with strategy and prove ROI to secure stakeholder buy-in.
New to leadership or lead first-time managers? The New Manager Toolkit gives you practical tools to build trust, set goals, and inspire your team with confidence.
Learning programs won’t make a difference if participants don’t learn— and apply—their new or improved knowledge and skills.
Researchers at Blanchard posed questions about innovation to executives, managers, and individual contributors.
One big challenge that makes most L & D professionals nervous is having to show the impact of training in a way that makes sense to senior executives in your company.
Training won’t make a difference if learners don’t apply their newly acquired knowledge and skills.
Learn the six enduring leadership principles that will help aspiring leaders become more effective and respected along their journey.
Explore a process for closing the Learning–Doing Gap and providing measurable results.
Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion: making progress on one of today’s greatest challenges.
This study investigates the effectiveness of the four leadership styles of the SLII model, which evolved from initiating structure and consideration.
Why you need a high-involvement, collaborative approach to making change initiatives work in business.
Forty years of Blanchard research has proven that the best leadership style is the one that matches the developmental needs of the person you’re working with.
As we all adjust to a changing landscape and a new normal in our personal and professional lives, it is imperative that we each develop an increased capacity to thrive in the face of adversity.
In this collection of articles, we explore the concepts and paradigm shifts organizations must consider to embrace servant leadership.