Join us for a free roundtable discussion with L&D leaders.
The Shifting Role of L&D in Light of the Great Resignation will be a forum for thoughtful conversation about how L&D Leaders and organizations can be successful within the current context.
Learning & Development is often framed as a core way to build a leadership bench or as a retention strategy for quality talent. Now, with the Great Resignation well underway, organizations need to be even more innovative in how they attract, grow, and retain their future leaders, and L&D has a spot on center stage. In this conversation with L&D leaders, we will discuss new ways of thinking about L&D as a strategic part of long-term leadership and succession planning for your organization.
This event will be hosted by Wolf & Heron, an organization that helps business leaders be inspirational to the people they impact. It will take place over Zoom on August 17 from 12 - 1pm EST | 9 - 10am PST. Time will be reserved for attendees to bring questions to the panelists and/or hosts. Register for meeting details, and/or to receive the event recording.
Our Panelists
Nick Foote
Senior Manager of Brand Strategy and Operations | Carhartt
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Nick has spent the last twenty years focused on Learning and Development, with an emphasis on developing leaders for current and future opportunities.
Since 2020 Nick has taken his L&D background and applied it to the Marketing team at Carhartt. As a life long learner, he is always looking for growth opportunities, and ways of simplifying information for an audience.
Nick lives in White Lake, Michigan, with his wife, Amy, and their three children.
Lauren Kelley
Head of Product Manager Learning & Development | Google
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Lauren has worked at Google since 2006 in various positions including digital advertising, product, partnerships, and development. Currently, she is the Head of Learning & Development for Product Managers and designs, builds, and scales internal programs, creating opportunities for career growth.
Prior to moving to the L&D world, Lauren managed the partnerships for Google's domain registrar, Google Domains, and before that worked on Google's gTLD business by by partnering with other brand applicants to innovate in the domain space. Lauren has also been a Product Expert for Google+ and an Agency Lead focused on Google's relationships with top SEM partners.
Lauren has a BA in Mass Communications from UC Berkeley, a Certificate of Distinction in Marketing through Berkeley Extension, and a Certificate of Business Excellence through Haas's Center for Executive Education.
Laura Knights
CEO and Founder | Knights Consulting
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Laura E. Knights, LCSW is an executive coach, speaker, and facilitator with 18+ years of experience creating personal and professional development programs that have touched leaders all over the world. Her expertise and background in business, human resources, adult education, and social work uniquely equip her to teach others how to deal with both the "head work" and "heart work" required to succeed at work and in life.
Laura is the creator of the Black Woman Leading® program and podcast, and the Founder and CEO of Knights Consulting LLC, a leadership development consultancy that provides customized training and coaching programs to organizations to create more confident leaders and high performing teams. Laura is a teacher and master strategist at heart. With all her endeavors, she always aims to fulfill her WHY—To educate and empower people so that they can uncover their full potential, walk boldly in it, and create their own legacy.