Establishing a New Learning Function

Megan Garrett, the Director of Learning and Development at D&H Distributing, talks about she’s establishing an L&D function in an organization that didn’t previously have one. With support from leadership, Megan is developing a department from the ground up at this $4 billion dollar privately-held company. Learn how to gain internal support for your learning initiatives and training programs in this Powered by Learning podcast episode.
 
 Show Notes:
 
In this episode, D&H Distributing Learning and Development Director Megan Garrett shares how she’s building an L&D function from scratch. She offers valuable advice including these key points: 

• While building a new learning department or offering, focus on a key project to get things started. 
• To help create your learning strategy, take the time to meet with people across the organization to discover what challenges they have and how training can impact their business goals.
• Create competency teams across the organization to better understand what training is needed and in what area of the business.  Don’t overpromise. Give yourself enough time to build out your new L&D department. You can’t accomplish everything in a month or two. 
• Connect performance metrics with the training programs you're proposing. This will help your leadership see the business value of investments in learning and development. 

Powered by Learning earned Awards of Distinction in the Podcast/Audio and Business Podcast categories from The Communicator Awards and a Gold and Silver Davey Award. The podcast is also named to Feedspot's Top 40 L&D podcasts and Training Industry’s Ultimate L&D Podcast Guide.

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