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Session Focus: Explore and develop key skills like adaptability, critical thinking, and communication, empowering individuals to succeed in today's rapidly changing professional landscape.


<blockquote>"To identify the critical skills for focus, the most important input useful is the business strategy... You want to start with the business strategy and follow with L&amp;D data." -- <a href="https://www.ele.llc/members/jennifer-diamond-acosta" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Jennifer Acosta</a></blockquote>
This session provided critical insights on how HR and talent leaders can future-proof their workforce by fostering adaptability, critical thinking, and communication—the key attributes needed to navigate an unpredictable professional landscape.
In today’s business world, skills gaps are widening, technology is evolving faster than ever, and static learning models are no longer effective. To develop a truly dynamic workforce, HR leaders must shift from traditional learning approaches to agile, business-aligned, and measurable talent strategies.

<h3 data-start="729" data-end="768">Key Takeaways for HR Leaders:</h3>
🚀 Start with Business Strategy, Not Just Skills Gaps – The future of workforce development isn’t about chasing trends; it’s about ensuring learning directly fuels business growth. Align L&amp;D with strategic goals first, then refine with data.

🔍 Rethink Learning Models – AI, Cohorts &amp; Real-Time Application – Traditional courses are outdated. AI-driven, adaptive learning and cohort-based models drive engagement, retention, and immediate business impact.

📊 Skills as a Measurable Competitive Advantage – Skills development must be a business KPI. Leverage real-time workforce analytics to track skill progression and directly link learning investments to performance outcomes.
<blockquote>"With the ever-changing landscape, we must remain agile in how we develop skills—what’s relevant today may be obsolete tomorrow." -- <a href="https://www.ele.llc/members/geovanny-andino" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Geovanny Andino</a>, Zurich North America</blockquote>
<h3 data-start="1552" data-end="1604">Practical Actions HR Leaders Can Take Now:</h3>
🎯 Embed Learning in Workflows, Not Just Programs – Integrate skill-building into daily work through AI-driven coaching, microlearning nudges, and real-time feedback loops.

🤝 Turn Learning into a Collaborative Business Imperative – Move beyond HR-led training. Partner with business leaders to make continuous upskilling a core part of team culture and leadership accountability.

📈 Predict &amp; Prepare for Future Roles Now – Use AI and talent intelligence to forecast emerging roles, proactively reskill employees, and ensure the workforce stays ahead of disruption.
Developing a dynamic workforce isn’t just about teaching new skills—it’s about building a culture of continuous learning, adaptability, and strategic alignment. The most successful organizations will be those that treat learning as a core business function rather than an HR initiative. As HR leaders, we have an opportunity to shape the future of work by ensuring employees are not just keeping up, but staying ahead.
For further insights on developing a future-ready workforce, consider St. Charles Consulting Group's "<a href="https://www.ele.llc/members/bookshelf/talent-fueled-enterprise" target="_blank" rel="noopener">The Fueled Talent Enterprise</a>" by <a href="https://www.ele.llc/members/michael-ohata" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Mike Ohata</a>, now available with a 40% discount on Amazon using code ELE40OFF at checkout."
💬 What’s your biggest challenge in preparing your workforce for the future? Please share your thoughts with us on <a href="https://www.ele.llc/idea-exchange" target="_blank" rel="noopener">ELE Idea Exchange</a>.

Developing Skills and Attributes for a Dynamic Workforce

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Session Focus: Explore and develop key skills like adaptability, critical thinking, and communication, empowering individuals to succeed in today's rapidly changing professional landscape.
This interactive session will explore the critical skills and attributes essential for navigating today's dynamic and ever-evolving workforce. We will focus on topics such as adaptability, critical thinking, problem-solving, communication, and collaboration, discussing practical strategies for developing and honing these skills. Participants will gain valuable insights and actionable tips to enhance their employability and thrive in a rapidly changing professional landscape.
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This session will offer HR leaders actionable insights from industry leaders on transforming rigid structures into adaptive networks that empower employees across all levels.
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Session Focus: AI Tools &amp; Resources Assisting L&amp;D Prepare Today’s Workforce for Tomorrow


In this insightful session, learning leaders explored the transformative impact of AI on the workplace and the evolving role of L&amp;D professionals. Speakers Mike Vavav, chief editor of The Thinking Effect, and Dr. Keith Keating, chief learning officer and author, shared their expertise on navigating the rapidly changing AI landscape.

Key Takeaways:
1. L&amp;D professionals need to embrace AI and take an active leadership role in guiding their organizations through the AI-driven workplace transformations to remain relevant.
2. Using resources like The Thinking Effect website can help L&amp;D professionals navigate the overwhelming number of AI tools available and identify the most useful ones.
3. L&amp;D leaders should proactively assess which roles may be impacted by AI within their organizations and start planning for reskilling or supporting affected employees during workforce transitions.
Dr. Keith Keating emphasized the urgency of this issue, stating, "We have a responsibility as aspiring trusted learning advisers to look at that at least in our own company and say who do we think are the roles that are going to be impacted and how can we start having those conversations now about what does that timeline look like and how can we upskill those people."

The session provided a wealth of insights and practical strategies for L&amp;D professionals to embrace AI as a catalyst for growth and innovation. By adopting a proactive approach, leveraging resources like The Thinking Effect, and prioritizing reskilling efforts, L&amp;D leaders can position themselves as trusted advisors, guiding their organizations through the AI revolution while ensuring a future-ready workforce.

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Session Focus: Use ChatGPT to generate tips and ideas ideate on the four toughest areas for a middle manager: Feedback, Career, Time, and Stress and Pressure.


Here's an alternative version:

Title: Empowering Middle Managers with ChatGPT: Conquering Feedback, Careers, Time, and Stress

In the ever-evolving landscape of AI, learning leaders are exploring innovative ways to leverage tools like ChatGPT to support middle managers in their multifaceted roles. The session "DEVELOPING MIDDLE-MANAGERS | AI (ChatGPT) Use Case" delved into how this powerful language model can become a powerful ally for middle managers grappling with four critical challenges: delivering constructive feedback, guiding career development, optimizing time management, and mitigating stress and pressure.

The interactive discussion yielded three key takeaways:

1. Equip middle managers with training, demos, and guides on effectively prompting ChatGPT, interpreting outputs, and formatting responses for practical applications within their purview.

2. Foster a culture of collaborative learning through cohort-based discussions, where middle managers can share ChatGPT use cases, best practices, and collectively define guidelines for appropriate usage.

3. Concentrate efforts on leveraging ChatGPT to drive productivity gains at scale, such as enhancing ubiquitous management tasks like performance reviews across the organization.

As one participant astutely noted, "The real winner for an organization to improve productivity with these tools is when you can impact and improve the masses so if you could have all managers be able to prepare and deliver better performance reviews that would be amplified magnified in a positive way."

By harnessing the power of ChatGPT, middle managers can streamline feedback processes, offering more personalized and insightful guidance to their teams. They can tap into the tool's capabilities to provide tailored career development recommendations, optimizing time management strategies, and developing techniques to combat stress and pressure effectively.

As AI continues to permeate the business landscape, fostering a learning culture that embraces these technologies will be pivotal. By equipping middle managers with the knowledge and skills to leverage ChatGPT judiciously, organizations can unlock new horizons of productivity, engagement, and success, empowering this critical leadership layer to thrive in an increasingly complex and demanding environment.

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Session Focus: Use Case, Personalized Career Advancement Coaching with ChatGPT

In this engaging session, members of a learning and development community explored the potential of leveraging ChatGPT and other AI tools for personalized career advancement coaching.

The discussion covered techniques for crafting effective prompts to get useful outputs from ChatGPT, such as providing clear context, breaking down tasks into steps, and iteratively refining questions. As one participant noted, "For visual learners like me, it's very helpful to see what the syntax should look like to yield better results."

While ChatGPT can serve as a supplemental resource by offering suggestions, industry insights, and prompting self-reflection, participants acknowledged its limitations compared to working with an experienced human coach. As the quote highlighted, "We rely on a tool like ChatGPT to be a coach to help coach us through what we have in front of us in this case it's career advancement...what's people's thoughts on using ChatGPT or these types of AI tools for coaching?"

Three key takeaways emerged:
1. ChatGPT can be a useful supplemental tool for career coaching and development by providing suggestions, resources, and prompting self-reflection, but has limitations compared to a human coach.
2. Crafting effective prompts by providing clear context, breaking down tasks, and refining questions is crucial to getting better outputs from ChatGPT.
3. While AI writing assistants like ChatGPT have potential, it's important to understand their limitations around data recency, potential biases, and regulations, especially when used by organizations.
The session fostered a rich discussion around balancing the capabilities of AI with human expertise in an area as nuanced as personalized career coaching and development.

ChatGPT Use Case: Personalized Career Advancement Coaching

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We recognize the importance of staying ahead of the curve when it comes to integrating emerging technologies into our talent development strategies. This panel discussion will explore various use cases of ChatGPT and its transformative impact on organizational talent development and learning programs.

During this roundtable discussion, we will delve into topics such as:
<ol>
 	<li>ChatGPT in Onboarding and Orientation: Ideate how ChatGPT can be leveraged to create personalized and interactive onboarding experiences while reducing the time and resources required for new employees to become productive team members.</li>
 	<li>ChatGPT for Leadership Development: Discuss how ChatGPT can be utilized for scenario-based training, real-time coaching, and decision-making support to help develop the next generation of leaders.</li>
 	<li>Navigating the Ethical and Privacy Considerations: Understand the ethical and privacy concerns surrounding using ChatGPT in talent development and identify best practices to address them responsibly.</li>
</ol>
This session is designed for HR and L&amp;D professionals, talent development strategists, and decision-makers interested in leveraging the power of AI to revolutionize their organization's approach to talent development. Attendees will gain valuable insights, practical examples, and actionable strategies for incorporating ChatGPT into their own talent development initiatives to drive business success.

Harnessing the Power of ChatGPT | Talent Development Use Cases and Strategies for Success

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The Role of Analytics and AI in Improving Internal Mobility, Succession Planning, and Upskilling

In this keynote presentation, you'll hear from Dr. Serena Huang, who has created and implemented skills-first workforce strategies at global companies, including PayPal, Kraft Heinz, and GE. You'll learn from real-world examples how to measure and validate skills data at scale, the role of people analytics experts in these initiatives, and concrete ways to get started on your skills journey using data analytics and AI.

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Session Focus: Develop career brand phrases using ChatGPT

In the ever-evolving world of AI, one tool that has captured the attention of professionals across industries is ChatGPT. During the recent "ChatGPT Command Prompts 101 | Personal Brand Crafting AI Series" session, experts shared invaluable insights on leveraging this generative AI for developing memorable career brand phrases.

The session focused on empowering attendees to harness the power of ChatGPT in crafting compelling personal brands, particularly for HR and L&amp;D professionals. As Josh Cavalier aptly put it, "I was thoroughly confused because honestly we still don't know how it's going to completely show up, but we have our current situation which is generative text and generative images, and we can run with that. Still, I wanted to think about the big picture and give guidance around what L&amp;D practitioners need to consider as they start applying generative AI."

Amid the uncertainties surrounding AI's future impact, three key takeaways emerged:
1. Leverage ChatGPT as a creative partner and idea generator, but critically review and edit its output before publishing to ensure it aligns with your voice and brand.
2. Be consistent in terminology used in prompts to get more relevant and cohesive responses from ChatGPT.
3. Find creative ways to customize and train ChatGPT, such as by uploading your own content, using image prompts, or even creating custom knowledge bases from your written works.
The session provided attendees with practical strategies and real-world examples of how to harness ChatGPT's capabilities in developing career brand phrases that resonate with influencers within their organizations. Whether you're an HR professional, an L&amp;D specialist, or a marketer seeking to elevate your personal brand, embracing the power of generative AI tools like ChatGPT can be a game-changer in today's competitive landscape.

ChatGPT Command Prompts 101 | Personal Brand Crafting AI Series

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Session Focus: AI Tools &amp; Resources Assisting L&amp;D Prepare Today's Workforce for Tomorrow


The future of work is rapidly evolving, and L&amp;D professionals have a critical role in shaping it. By prioritizing upskilling, embracing AI technologies, and developing essential skills, L&amp;D professionals can become strategic consultative partners and drive business priorities. Let's explore highly relevant AI Tools and ChatGPT Use Cases that will benefit every influential HR and Talent Leader.

Mike Vaughan, CEO at Regis Learning, and Dr. Keith Keating, author of The Trusted Learning Advisor, Marti Konstant, will explore practical tips, tools, and advice for developing key consultative skills.

Group Activity:  <a href="https://www.thinkingeffect.com/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">ThinkingEffect.com</a> -- Peer-review this directory of Resources, AI Tools, and Community for L&amp;D and contribute our expertise.

<a title="Resources" href="https://www.thethinkingeffect.com/resources" target="_blank" rel="noopener"><img class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-39530" src="https://wp.ele.llc/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/The-Thinking-Effect-What-you-will-find.jpg" alt="What you will find | The Thinking Effect" width="800" height="306" /></a>

During our peer review, remember that adaptability and continuous learning are critical in an ever-changing world and explore:
<ol>
 	<li>How do you envision the future of work impacting the demand for consultative skills, and what new skills do you believe will become increasingly essential in this evolving landscape?</li>
 	<li>AI is becoming more prevalent in various industries. How can we leverage AI tools and technologies to enhance our consultative abilities and deliver greater value to clients and colleagues?</li>
 	<li> How can we continually foster a learning culture within our organizations to develop and refine our consultative skills?</li>
 	<li>Data-driven insights are becoming increasingly important in decision-making. How can we incorporate data analytics into our consulting approaches to provide more informed and impactful recommendations?</li>
</ol>
In October, Dr. Keith Keating will publish <a href="https://www.learningexecutive.com/books/the-trusted-learning-advisor">The Trusted Learning Advisor: The Tools, Techniques, and Skills You Need to Make L&amp;D a Business Priority</a>. Let's conclude this session with Keith sharing his perspectives on how AI tools assist L&amp;D in preparing today's workforce for tomorrow.

<a class="flex justify-center" title="Book: The Trusted Learning Advisor: The Tools, Techniques and Skills You Need to Make L&amp;D a Business Priority" href="https://www.learningexecutive.com/books/the-trusted-learning-advisor" target="_blank" rel="noopener"><img class="wp-image-39374 aligncenter" src="https://wp.ele.llc/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/Trusted-Learning-Advisor-Keating.jpg" alt="The Trusted Learning Advisor" width="276" height="414" /></a>

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Let's Talk Talent Strategies is our invite-only complimentary event for senior HR and L&amp;D leaders, people managers, and anyone passionate about talent and innovation and ready to embrace new ideas.

Learn new skills and explore talent development capabilities with this opportunity to Connect, Contribute, Collaborate &amp; Impact talent development leaders virtually.
<ul>
 	<li>How Do We in L&amp;D Add Unexpected Value? </li>
 	<li>Why does it matter?</li>
</ul>
ELE hosts this complimentary event monthly on Zoom for active Lite and Leader members.

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Session Focus: Generate tips and ideas for using AI tools (i.e., ChatGPT) to create better middle managers.


During this session, we plan to:
<ul>
 	<li>Reflect on what skills will the middle manager needs to develop for the future,</li>
 	<li>Review <a href="https://www.learningexecutive.com/members/josh-cavalier">@Josh Cavalier's</a> list of items for middle managers to consider when implementing AI,</li>
 	<li>Engage in a robust interactive conversation with the four most demanding areas for middle managers. This Use Case is based on concepts from <a title="Succeed from the Middle (2022, Kacie Walters)" href="https://www.learningexecutive.com/books/succeed-from-the-middle">Succeed from the Middle</a>, by <a href="https://www.learningexecutive.com/members/kacie-walters">@Kacie Walters</a>, where she uncovers actionable tips to balance the Middle Manager Tug of War—you, your team, and your boss across four challenging areas: Feedback, Career, Time, and Stress and Pressure.</li>
</ul>
Let's explore a highly relevant ChatGPT use case that will benefit every influential HR and Talent Leader.

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What skills will the middle manager need to develop for the future as AI and other emerging technologies continue to reshape the workplace?
<ul>
 	<li>Digital literacy</li>
 	<li>Adaptability</li>
 	<li>Creative thinking</li>
 	<li>Emotional intelligence</li>
 	<li>Strategic thinking</li>
</ul>
Source: <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/redefining-value-middle-manager-chatgpt-era-smita-das-jain/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Smita Das Jain</a>

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When implementing AI, middle managers should consider the following:
<ul>
 	<li>REVIEW GOVERNANCE AND SECURITY POLICIES AROUND AI FOR YOUR ORGANIZATION:
Make sure those are in place before creating AI workflows for your team. What is the process for implementing a new AI tool behind your firewall?</li>
 	<li>BUILD AI LITERACY:
Your team should understand the meaning of AI terms like Large Language Models, Natural Language Processing, GPT, Transformer, Prompting, Encoder/Decoder, etc.</li>
 	<li>IDENTIFY YOUR DEPARTMENT AI STRATEGY:
What are the existing tools and outputs? How can AI augment? How does AI show up for your front-line workers, leaders, and contributors? Access to custom performance support Chatbots would be one example.</li>
 	<li>IDENTIFY YOUR WORKFLOWS TACTICS:
For instance, using ChatGPT to write multiple choice questions, video scripts, eLearning Storyboards, etc.</li>
 	<li>BUILD AN EVERGREEN PROMPT LIBRARY:
Your team has access and can version prompts out. Build in Notion, Monday.com, Excel, Sheets, etc.</li>
</ul>
Source: <a href="https://www.learningexecutive.com/members/josh-cavalier">Josh Cavalier</a>

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Let's Talk Talent Strategies is our invite-only complimentary event for senior HR and L&amp;D leaders, people managers, and anyone passionate about talent and innovation and ready to embrace new ideas.

Learn new skills and explore talent development capabilities with this opportunity to Connect, Contribute, Collaborate &amp; Impact talent development leaders virtually.
<ul>
 	<li>How Do We in L&amp;D Add Unexpected Value? </li>
 	<li>Why does it matter?</li>
</ul>
ELE hosts this complimentary event monthly on Zoom for active Lite and Leader members.

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Session Focus: Use Case, Personalized Career Advancement Coaching with ChatGPT

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Alice is a marketing professional at a technology company who wants to advance in her career. She wants to be chosen for high-profile projects and increase her visibility in her professional field. Her goal is to land a leadership role within her company or at another reputable organization.

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Alice can use ChatGPT as a personal career advancement coach. She can use it for advice on various topics related to professional growth. Below are some ways Alice can utilize ChatGPT:
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 	<li>Career Planning: Alice can discuss her career goals and aspirations with ChatGPT. The AI can then provide her with possible career pathways and advice on how to reach her goals.</li>
 	<li>Personal Branding: ChatGPT can help Alice build her brand by providing tips on increasing her visibility in her field. This could include suggestions for social media activity, thought leadership, networking strategies, and ways to demonstrate her skills and abilities.</li>
 	<li>Resume and Cover Letter Assistance: ChatGPT can provide feedback on Alice's resume and cover letter, helping her present herself best for new job opportunities or internal promotions.</li>
 	<li>Interview Preparation: Alice can use ChatGPT for mock interviews, providing her with potential questions, feedback on her responses, and strategies to showcase her skills and experience effectively.</li>
 	<li>Negotiation Techniques: When Alice is ready to negotiate her role or salary, she can role-play with ChatGPT to prepare herself for the real conversation.</li>
 	<li>Continuous Learning: ChatGPT can recommend books, online courses, articles, and podcasts to Alice for continuous learning in her field, helping her stay up-to-date with the latest trends and information.</li>
 	<li>Project Proposal Drafting: Alice can use ChatGPT to draft project proposals and ideas that she can present to her bosses, helping her get chosen for high-profile projects.</li>
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Alice: "Hey ChatGPT, I need some advice. I want to increase my visibility at work and in my professional field. Can you give me some tips?"

ChatGPT: "Of course, Alice. Here are some strategies you could consider:
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 	<li>Start by strengthening your online presence. This includes LinkedIn, where you can share industry-related content, participate in discussions, and network with professionals in your field. You can also consider writing articles or blogs about your area of expertise.</li>
 	<li>Regularly communicate your accomplishments to your superiors. This can be done during performance reviews or by briefly updating your successful projects.</li>
 	<li>Offer to lead meetings or to present in team meetings when you have valuable insights to share. This can help demonstrate your leadership skills.</li>
 	<li>Volunteer for new projects, especially ones outside your comfort zone. This can show your willingness to learn and take on challenges.</li>
 	<li>Engage in networking events within your company and your industry. These are great opportunities to meet new people and get your name out there.</li>
 	<li>Finally, continuous learning is essential. Make sure to stay up-to-date with the latest trends in your industry. This can also give you more material to share with your team and superiors."</li>
</ul>
Alice: "That sounds great! I am also working on a project proposal that I want to present to my boss. Can you help me with that?"

ChatGPT: "Absolutely, Alice. I'd be happy to help. Let's start with an overview of the project: what is it about, what are the objectives, and who would be involved?"...

Through this use case, Alice can increase her visibility and personal brand, stand a better chance of being chosen for high-profile projects, and ultimately, land her dream role.

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Source: <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/kanojiyaaakash96/">Aakash K. | LinkedIn</a>


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Personal Brand Crafting with ChatGPT - A Series of ChatGPT Use Cases 

Career branding is an essential strategy for:
<ul>
 	<li>Advancing in your career.</li>
 	<li>Getting chosen for a high-profile project.</li>
 	<li>Being visible.</li>
 	<li>Being remembered.</li>
 	<li>Being seen.</li>
 	<li>Landing the perfect role.</li>
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Let's explore a highly relevant ChatGPT use case that will benefit every influential HR and Talent Leader.

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Let's Talk Talent Strategies is our invite-only complimentary event for senior HR and L&amp;D leaders, people managers, and anyone passionate about talent and innovation and ready to embrace new ideas.

Learn new skills and explore talent development capabilities with this opportunity to Connect, Contribute, Collaborate &amp; Impact talent development leaders virtually.
<ul>
 	<li>How Do We in L&amp;D Add Unexpected Value? </li>
 	<li>Why does it matter?</li>
</ul>
ELE hosts this complimentary event monthly on Zoom for active Lite and Leader members.

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Session Focus: Develop career brand phrases using ChatGPT

During this session: with ChatGPT, you'll learn the prompts required to craft smart career brand phrases using your personal information.

💥 What are career brand phrases?


Career brand phrases are the clever tools ready for distribution among influential decision-makers who determine future opportunities and your career path.

💥 Why? Easier to remember. 

Because simple is easier than complex when it comes to summarizing your strengths and milestones.

💥 How do you develop them using ChatGPT?

By feeding the AI platform the following:

✅ Career themes from your career map

✅ Well-written "about section" from your LinkedIn profile written in the first person

✅ Answer the question, "What makes your heart sing?"

✅ Recommendations received on LinkedIn

✅ Your skills and strengths

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<img class="aligncenter wp-image-38478" src="https://wp.ele.llc/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/ChatGPT-Command-Prompts-Cheat-Sheet-Source-Simon-Chan-LInkedIn-861x1024.jpg" alt="ChatGPT Command Prompts Cheat Sheet" width="504" height="599" />
Source: <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/kanojiyaaakash96/">Aakash K. | LinkedIn</a>


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Personal Brand Crafting with ChatGPT - A Series of ChatGPT Use Cases 

Career branding is an essential strategy for:
<ul>
 	<li>Advancing in your career.</li>
 	<li>Getting chosen for a high-profile project.</li>
 	<li>Being visible.</li>
 	<li>Being remembered.</li>
 	<li>Being seen.</li>
 	<li>Landing the perfect role.</li>
</ul>
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Let's explore a highly relevant ChatGPT use case that will benefit every influential HR and Talent Leader.

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Let's Talk Talent Strategies is our invite-only complimentary event for senior HR and L&amp;D leaders, people managers, and anyone passionate about talent and innovation and ready to embrace new ideas.

Learn new skills and explore talent development capabilities with this opportunity to Connect, Contribute, Collaborate &amp; Impact talent development leaders virtually.
<ul>
 	<li>How Do We in L&amp;D Add Unexpected Value? </li>
 	<li>Why does it matter?</li>
</ul>
ELE hosts this complimentary event monthly on Zoom for active Lite and Leader members.

FranklinCovey

Business leaders often ask for training. Sometimes training is what they need; more often, it isn’t. Training, Leadership Development, and Organizational Development practitioners find themselves having training conversations about contents and delivery methods when they want to have business conversations about the business needs. Because ultimately, the training and OD professionals know business results will judge them. And in a market downturn, anything that isn’t business-driven gets cut no matter how many leaders it is helping.

This session will explore two practical tools for turning training conversations into business conversations. You’ll learn hands-on the key lessons FranklinCovey has learned over the last ten years as it has moved from being a training company to a solutions provider.

What you’ll learn:
<ul>
 	<li>How to turn a training request into a business conversation</li>
 	<li>How to sequence questions in the business conversation (based on FranklinCovey’s best selling Helping Clients Succeed methodology)</li>
 	<li>To use a learning strategy worksheet we’ve found essential for making it easy for business leaders to “see” their problems</li>
 	<li>How to move the client training requests to a more realistic solution and with measurement</li>
</ul>

Turning Training Conversations into Business Conversations

coaching

effective leadership

haydn.shaw

Virtual workers may be on another floor, in a different city, in another country, working in a company facility, from home, or in the field. The demands on managers of a virtual workforce can quickly become overwhelming, causing manager burnout, team issues, and poor business results.
Corinne will help you cut through the clutter and discover the tips that highly experienced managers have taken years to learn:
<ul>
 	<li>Communicate in a way that gets the message across the first time – improving productivity.</li>
 	<li>Keep the virtual workforce calibrated to expectations - reducing time spent on performance issues.</li>
 	<li>Connect team members across the distance - improving collaboration and reducing conflict resolution efforts.</li>
</ul>
Learn rich experiences and unique vantage point as a former business leader who managed global virtual workforces across multiple functions including engineering, program management, business management, communications, and organizational learning for more than 20 years; and is now a virtual workforce consultant, researcher, and award-winning trainer known for her engaging and interactive learning experiences.

Be part of a session where you’ll quickly identify your real-world challenges and walk away with practical tips you can use immediately.

Managing Blind: Redefining Management in a Global Virtual World

corinne@innovatingresults.com

leading remote workers

virtual presentations

virtual teams

It’s a new world order. Today’s organization can easily include employees who utilize various flexible work options: telecommuting full or part-time, remote working, compressed workweeks, or flex hours. This means that managers need to manage performance, design workflows, reward and recognize, and develop employees in new ways. How can managers, exceptionally experienced baby boomers, learn the techniques, tips, and practices needed to manage such organizations? Learn from the real-world experience of the speakers as well as the latest industry data.

Learning the new skills for managing organizations that include employees who utilize flexible work options, for some, can be un-learning what has made them successful thus far. The learning solutions include education, mentoring/coaching, and experience – both in-person and virtually, some synchronous and some asynchronous. Job-aids are also helpful. A strategic plan to meet the varying needs of this varied target audience is critical.

Learning professionals are crucial to enabling the organization to operate in the new world order of flexible work options. First and foremost, learning professionals need to bring awareness that new skills are required. Too many times, managers trivialize, ignore, or are entirely ignorant of the impact of managing such an organization.

Employing holistic learning solutions, i.e., education, mentoring/coaching, and experience – both virtually and in-person as needed by the learner, is critical.

Real-world trainers and mentors/coaches are critical. Today’s managers find credibility in learning from those who “have been there done that” versus trainers or coaches who read a script. Context is king.

Managing Organizations: FLEX-Workers Requires New Skills

Companies everywhere have implemented travel moratoriums and are relying more on web-based communications. Business meetings, training events, sales calls, and collaborative efforts are now taking place online. If you’ve ever participated in one of these events, you may have been less than impressed. Chances are, the presenter did not hold your attention, and you ended up multi-tasking. Even worse, if you’ve hosted one of these events, your audience may have done the same to you!

No matter what software platform your company is using, you still need to develop compelling content, sound enthusiastic, create interaction, and keep people engaged. That has nothing to do with software. It has everything to do with YOU!

Sheri Jeavons will conduct a mini-workshop for attendees to create content for their online events, and volunteers will be selected to practice delivering their online presentation. Sheri will provide personalized coaching on their vocal variety, enthusiasm, and content, allowing all attendees to see how their presentation style and content can be altered to create a more dynamic and effective training event.

Throughout the session, Sheri Jeavons will model the skills she is teaching. Participants will receive a worksheet providing step-by-step instructions to develop content for their online event.
<ul>
 	<li>Transform face-to-face meetings and training sessions to work on the web</li>
 	<li>Practice key competencies to engage and empower audiences remotely</li>
 	<li>Learn how to maximize your vocal energy</li>
 	<li>Learn the Webinars that Wow format for developing presentations</li>
 	<li>Set guidelines for focused participation</li>
 	<li>Develop interactive slides to keep participants focused and engaged</li>
 	<li>Identify strategies and tools to captivate your audience</li>
 	<li>Use tools effectively to interact and engage your audience</li>
 	<li>Techniques to handle questions remotely</li>
</ul>

From Boring to Engaging: Develop and Deliver Webinars that Wow

Sales &amp; Customer Service

sheri.jeavons

Energize your presentations by learning the key physical skills needed to be a dynamic presenter in this interactive, informative, educational, and fun format. Learn to stand and deliver with a commanding presence to get the approval you need from upper management. Segments will involve two volunteers who will receive one-on-one coaching to look and sound powerful when standing and presenting to a group. The audience will see how easily and quickly they can change and enhance their presentation style by fine-tuning one or two physical skill elements. This is a positive experience for the volunteers and fun for the audience.
You will learn …
<ul>
 	<li>Six key physical skills to look and sound dynamic</li>
 	<li>How to sustain eye contact and project your voice to engage your audience</li>
 	<li>Proper placement of hands to encourage authentic gestures</li>
 	<li>Three must-know techniques for presenting with PowerPoint slides</li>
 	<li>How to be a confident speaker, regardless of the topic or audience</li>
 	<li>How to communicate effectively, persuasively, and enthusiastically to upper management</li>
 	<li>Delivery techniques to look relaxed and natural to connect with your audience</li>
 	<li>How to project your voice with enthusiasm</li>
 	<li>You will be able to immediately apply these new skills to engage and excite your audience.</li>
</ul>

Powerful Presentation Skills to Get Results: Communicate Successfully to Upper Management

This New York Times bestseller and business classic has been fully updated for a world where skilled communication is more important than ever.

The book that revolutionized business communications has been updated for today’s workplace. Crucial Conversations provides powerful skills to ensure every conversation―especially difficult ones―leads to the results you want. Written in an engaging and witty style, it teaches readers how to be persuasive rather than abrasive, how to get back to productive dialogue when others blow up or clam up, and it offers powerful skills for mastering high-stakes conversations, regardless of the topic or person.

This new edition addresses issues that have arisen in recent years. You’ll learn how to:
<ul>
 	<li>Respond when someone initiates aCrucial Conversationwith you</li>
 	<li>Identify and address the lag time between identifying a problem and discussing it</li>
 	<li>Communicate more effectively across digital mediums</li>
</ul>
When stakes are high, opinions vary, and emotions run strong, you have three choices: Avoid a crucial conversation and suffer the consequences; handle the conversation poorly and suffer the consequences; or apply the lessons and strategies of Crucial Conversations and improve relationships and results.Whether they take place at work or at home, with your coworkers or your spouse, Crucial Conversations have a profound impact on your career, your happiness, and your future. With the skills you learn in this book, you'll never have to worry about the outcome of a Crucial Conversation again.

Crucial Conversations: Tools for Talking When Stakes are High

leadership

heather.tunison

keri.kersten

emotional intelligence

decision making

yolanda.mangram

Effective Communication

jen.crabb

matthew.huston

workplace relationships

team collaboration

jim.orheim

laura.sandera

holly.r.pyatt

terresa.bubbers

catherine.hebel

Great things don't happen in a vacuum. However, creating an environment for creative thinking and innovation can be daunting. How can you make it happen at your company? The answer may surprise you: Gamestorming.

This book includes over 80 games to help you break down barriers, communicate better, and generate new ideas, insights, and strategies. The authors have identified tools and techniques from some of the world's most innovative professionals whose teams collaborate and make great things happen. This book is the result: a unique collection of games that encourage engagement and creativity while bringing more structure and clarity to the workplace. Find out why--and how--with Gamestorming.
<ul>
 	<li>Overcome conflict and increase engagement with team-oriented games</li>
 	<li>Improve collaboration and communication in cross-disciplinary teams with visual-thinking techniques</li>
 	<li>Improve understanding by role-playing customer and user experiences</li>
 	<li>Generate better ideas and more of them faster than ever before</li>
 	<li>Shorten meetings and make them more productive</li>
 	<li>Simulate and explore complex systems, interactions, and dynamics</li>
 	<li>Identify a problem's root cause and find the paths that point toward a solution</li>
</ul>

Gamestorming: A Playbook for Innovators, Rulebreakers, and Changemakers

kyle.swanson

Operations

team-building

nancy.dome

organizational development

Conflict Resolution

business strategy

Creative Thinking

Gamestorming

Workplace Engagement

Visual Thinking

Role-Playing Games

Meeting Productivity

Cross-Disciplinary Teams

Idea Generation

Book Review

Business Books

Creativity in Business

Strategy Games

gamification

How can I make learning part of the overall company strategy? How do I convince key stakeholders of the value of L&amp;D? How can I develop a proactive approach to L&amp;D rather than reactive? How can I help my stakeholder see me as a Trusted Learning Advisor instead of an order taker?

Progress requires change. It has never been clearer that those in the field of learning and development are the changemakers for organizations. L&amp;D is an integral puzzle piece for achieving growth and creating value. But for decades, L&amp;D has sat by while others called the shots, made the decisions, and dictated how, when, why, and what type of training or learning interventions would be used in organizations.

Many L&amp;D practitioners are still there—comfortably nestled in the familiarity of playing the role of an order taker for the organization's learning and development needs. Some even justify it by adopting the belief that they should stay in their lane and focus on the work they've been told to do.

But every great innovation in life begins when someone dares to ask, - "But why?"

Written by an author with over 20 years of experience in the industry, this book explains what skills are needed by L&amp;D professionals to become strategic consultative partners to the business by driving value for the organization and unlocking human potential. Full of practical tips, tools, and advice, The Trusted Learning Advisor covers everything from strategies for developing key consultative skills needed to build trust and relationships with stakeholders, which is the foundational concept of a Trusted Learning Advisor, to identifying the L&amp;D maturity level of an organization. There is also practical advice on measuring the value of learning and communicating this impact to the organization and connecting the learning strategy to the business strategy.

This essential guide also includes support on critical thinking, communication, and influencing skills, as well as advice on how to master a growth mindset. Full of examples, actionable steps, and global case studies from Fortune 500 companies, this is crucial reading for all L&amp;D practitioners looking to develop their role as strategic consultative business partners that add true value to the organization, and ultimately achieve their highest purpose in L&amp;D: changing lives through learning.

The Trusted Learning Advisor: The Tools, Techniques and Skills You Need to Make L&D a Business Priority

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