What Strategic Partnerships Look Like in Learning & Development with Mark Nilles

What Strategic Partnerships Look Like in Learning & Development with Mark Nilles

June 22, 2026 · 41 min · Episode 191

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The episode discusses the transition from being an order taker to a strategic partner in nonprofit learning and development.

Many nonprofit learning and development professionals know their work matters, but still find themselves executing requests rather than shaping solutions. In this episode of Learning for Good, I sit down with global learning and development leader Mark Nilles to explore what it really means to shift from order taker to strategic partner, and how nonprofit L&D professionals can build the capability, opportunity, and motivation to lead with influence. Strategic partnership is not a personal...

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