Skills-First Organizations: Content, People, and Performance Alignment

About this episode

Koreen Pagano discusses how L&D leaders can become strategic partners by focusing on meaningful metrics and essential skills for organizational change.

Koreen Pagano breaks down how L&D leaders become data-driven strategic partners by moving beyond skills buzzwords, measuring what matters to the business, and building the leadership, marketing, and data skills needed to transform organizations from the inside out.

People in this episode

Hosts: Chris Van Wingerden, Paul Schneider

Guest: Koreen Pagano

Topics covered

• data-driven leadership
• skills alignment
• organizational transformation
• L&D strategy
• performance measurement

Keywords

• L&D leaders
• data-driven
• skills buzzwords
• business metrics
• organizational change

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: L&D

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