In the News: 4 Questions L&D Leaders Must Answer Before AI Can Deliver Business Impact

Please Note: This is a summary of an article originally posted on Training Industry on September 14, 2026. Click here for the original article and links. The Australian L&D Network has no affiliation with Training Industry. Durocher argues that many organisations know they need AI but haven’t worked out why. He cites McKinsey data showing…

Beyond Compliance: Building a Learning Culture That Drives Performance

Compliance training tells people what they must not do. A learning culture tells people what’s possible if they keep growing – and the difference shows up directly on the bottom line. Deloitte’s research into talent strategy found that 77 per cent of executives believe their organisation should help workers become more employable through relevant skills,…

Leadership skills that AI will make a thing of the past

If the leadership skills your top executives are known for have zero overlap with what your teams actually say they value — as global research suggests — whose leadership development plan is really working? It’s tempting to frame this topic as “which leadership skills will AI kill off” — but the more accurate, and more…

The Latest Thinking on Building Workforce Leadership Skills

For years, leadership development followed a familiar shape: identify high-potential employees, send them to a program, hope it sticks. That model is under real pressure — and the emerging thinking on what replaces it is worth paying attention to. From pipeline to pool. The traditional “leadership pipeline” assumed a fairly predictable, linear path into management.…

The 5 most important leadership skills for the next five years

The leadership playbook that worked for the last decade is quietly becoming redundant. Hybrid teams, AI-augmented workflows and near-constant organisational change mean the skills that once defined a “strong leader” — decisiveness, deep functional expertise, command-and-control coordination — are no longer sufficient on their own. Ongoing research from bodies like Deloitte and McKinsey on the…

Why Time Is Still the Biggest Barrier to Effective Workplace Learning

In the News: Why Time Is Still the Biggest Barrier to Effective Workplace Learning

Please Note: This article was originally posted in the UK based LearningNews.com. The Australian L&D Network has no affiliation with Learning News or MHR. Click here for the original article. Why Time Is Still the Biggest Barrier to Effective Workplace Learning 24 Apr 2026 Learning News Learning and development (L&D) is firmly on the agenda…