In this fascinating interview, Adam speaks with Ash Wedderburn, the Learning & Development Manager at GB Railfreight.
Ash leads on all things training, learning and development. Previously at Showsec and before that at G4S, Ash has a background in identifying learning needs and developing, launching and managing complex learning initiatives in a variety of organisational environments.
In this episode, Adam and Ash discuss:
- The benefits of a centralised L&D function for GB Railfreight
- Commercialising L&D for ROI
- Delving into understanding the link between what employees want to learn and how this matches with the organisations strategic objectives.
- How the importance of speaking to those who will be doing the training cannot be underestimated.
- The fact that L&D practitioners will need to do multiple iterations of their plans before getting to something that will benefit the organisation and the employee.
- The important questions you need to ask when designing a piece of L&D.
What is The L&D Challenges Podcast?
Welcome to the L&D Challenges podcast series.
If you are in Learning and Development, HR, Talent, or Organisation Development, this is the podcast for you.
The L&D Challenges podcast is a candid look at L&D today. It focuses on real-life practitioners solving real issues in learning and staff development.
In Series 1, we interview ten L&D movers and shakers who shared with us how they think about engagement and impact with their learning interventions.
The guests in this first series range from senior L&D professionals at global corporates like Ricoh, Continental, and EDF to solo L&D practitioners in fast-growing organisations. Each tackles the problem of how we best train and retain talent and maximise the business impact of L&D.
We thought we’d get a few friendly tips and tricks from these interviews about increasing engagement in learning and measuring impact. In reality, we learned so much more and think you will too.