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Make a Business Case and Deliver Results with Kris Newbauer
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Make a Business Case and Deliver Results with Kris Newbauer

Kris Newbauer and Alexandria Clapp
ATD, 2023
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Dive into the world of strategic talent development on this episode of Accidental Trainer with host Alexandria Clapp and guest Kris Newbauer. Newbauer explains how and why L&D professionals should communicate with business leaders and offers an overview of his eight-step framework to help talent development professionals identify and align learning with business needs. Learn how to define success metrics that ensure meaningful, measurable outcomes and build curricula that fulfill learning objectives and drive tangible business results.

Summary

Talent development must speak business leaders’ language.

Regardless of your industry, talent development professionals must understand how to align people-focused initiatives with the universal language of business: money.

While in college, Kris Newbauer, chief people officer and head of global people and talent at Rotary International, managed a retail store. He realized that when he focused on developing and nurturing his team, the workers put more care into their jobs, resulting in more sales. The results were remarkable enough that they caught the attention of corporate leadership, who showed great interest when Newbauer explained his tactics. Newbauer’s retail experience underscores two truths: Talent development and achievement of a business’s financial goals are complementary goals; and ...

About the Podcast

Host Alexandria Clapp is a content manager for learning technologies and science at ATD, and guest Kris Newbauer is the chief people officer and head of global people and talent at Rotary International.

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