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.
This year’s survey paints a picture of organizations taking experimental steps during a time of accelerated change.
Retaining, developing, and advancing high-potential employees is critical to the health and growth of organizations.
This year’s survey identifies the ways organizations are being called upon to develop leaders who can inspire, adapt, and thrive amid disruption.
The pharmaceutical industry faces many challenges such as fierce competition for talent, high turnover rates, and the significant cost of employee replacement.
Dear Madeleine, I am the EVP of sales for a global professional services and SAS company. As you can imagine, we are reeling from the pandemic and the economic train wreck that seems to be coming...
With SLII, managers and direct reports learn how to speak a common language that builds trust and a sense of partnership.
Learn how poor managerial behaviors negatively impact engagement, alignment, productivity, and retention.
Dear Madeleine, I am in a high potential program at a large global company and am being considered for fast track promotion. As part of the program, everyone did a battery of assessments. I have...
Effective leader behaviors are context-specific, depending on the development level of the follower on a particular goal or task.
A key component of successful working relationships between leaders and followers, trust enables cooperation, encourages information sharing, and increases openness and mutual acceptance.
Leadership experts explore the correlation between leader coaching behaviors & the impact this has on the trust, work, & emotions of teams.
Today’s blog covers the promised Part Two from last week’s blog post. If you missed it and want to see the whole letter and the context, click here. Here’s the part of the letter, signed...
Making the transition from being an individual contributor to a manager can be a dramatic shift.
