The Business of Learning The Business of Learning, Bonus Episode: How to Advance Your L&D Career
Dec 16, 2025
In this insightful discussion, Amy DuVernet, Ph.D., CPTM, a vice president at Training Industry, shares her expertise on advancing in Learning and Development. She highlights essential executive competencies like business alignment and change leadership. Amy explains how certifications and peer networks can enhance career growth while addressing common roadblocks that L&D professionals encounter. She advocates for starting conversations with leaders outside L&D to understand their challenges, offering practical strategies for navigating the path to senior roles.
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Titles Don’t Define The Role
- Job titles vary widely; focus on role scope, decision authority, and organizational placement instead of the title itself.
- Executive L&D roles may be corporate-wide or specialized and are defined by their influence on business strategy.
Develop Executive Competencies
- Develop business alignment, forecasting, data-driven decision making, and an explicit learning vision to operate at the executive level.
- Build executive presence, influence, financial literacy, and change leadership to lead organization-wide initiatives.
Gain Business Experience Now
- Seek cross-functional projects with finance and operations, speak in business outcomes, and practice change leadership through real initiatives.
- Use volunteer roles and targeted coursework to broaden perspective and gain executive-ready experiences.