Organizations invest millions of dollars to provide skills training and development to help their people reach their full potential. But the world’s best training won’t make a difference if there isn’t a process in place to create sustainable results. Studies with dubious numbers won’t impress skeptical executives, but hard evidence and data that show participants who use their skills to make positive contributions to the business become champions of the value of leadership development.
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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.
A practical discussion guide to help HR and L&D leaders turn 2026 trends insights into meaningful dialogue and action.
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.
This year’s survey identifies the ways organizations are being called upon to develop leaders who can inspire, adapt, and thrive amid disruption.
Learning programs won’t make a difference if participants don’t learn— and apply—their new or improved knowledge and skills.
This year’s survey paints a picture of organizations taking experimental steps during a time of accelerated change.
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.
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.