Hiring is slow right now. Trust is scarce on both sides of the table. And the safest hire in your organization might already be on the payroll. This ebook makes the case for looking inward before looking outward. AI has made resumes harder to believe and interviews harder to trust. The job market has frozen to the point where almost nobody is moving. And the skills your teams need are shifting faster than any job title can keep up with. Inside, you’ll find: Why AI has turned hiring into an exercise in mutual suspicion, and what the data actually shows What "low-hire, low-fire" means for your hiring strategy right now, not five years from now A practical framework for deciding when to build a skill internally versus hire for it externally The real reasons internal mobility programs stall, even when leadership says they support them What the highest-performing organizations do differently, backed by data from LinkedIn, Gallup, and more A starting point for building skill-building and internal mobility into how your organization already works If your next hire is already inside your organization, this ebook shows you how to find them.

In this guide, you'll find a stakeholder map template to help you see who influences what early on, as well as 10 key questions for project kickoff to clarify goals before you start building.

Do you know what your organization is really spending on learning? Your primary learning platform may only tell part of the story. Additional vendors, one-off purchases, reimbursements, technology, and administrative costs can quickly add up. Understanding Your Total Learning Investment helps L&D leaders uncover fragmented spend, assess return on learning investment (ROLI), and identify opportunities to consolidate, improve access, and get more value from the learning investments they already have.  Download OpenSesame’s guide to get a clearer picture of where your learning investment is going and how to make it work harder for your organization.

AI is changing the way we work, but for many employees, embracing it isn’t simply a matter of learning new technology. It can mean letting go of familiar routines, hard-won expertise, and a sense of certainty about the future. How can leaders help their people navigate that transition? In this article, FranklinCovey Senior Consultant and AI Advisor Kwesi Johnson explores the often-overlooked grief behind resistance to AI—and why leaders need to meet it with both empathy and action. Discover how understanding what employees fear losing can help leaders build trust, turn resistance into forward momentum, and bring their teams along into the AI future.

Organizations invest heavily in leadership development, yet turning learning into lasting behavioral change remains a major challenge. Training programs often deliver valuable insights, but without continuous reinforcement, those insights rarely translate into measurable business results. What if AI could bridge the gap between knowing and doing? This white paper explores how AI-powered nudging transforms traditional leadership development into continuous, personalized performance improvement. By delivering timely, context-aware recommendations directly within everyday workflows, AI helps leaders turn knowledge into meaningful action. Discover how Blended Leading® enables organizations to maximize existing HR and learning investments, provide individualized leadership support through Microsoft Teams®, and reinforce positive leadership behaviors at scale. The white paper highlights the science behind behavioral change, the benefits of AI-supported nudging, and practical steps for implementing a scalable solution that connects leadership development with measurable business outcomes. Ready to turn leadership insights into lasting impact?

L&D leaders know that leadership development can’t end when the course does. Once leaders return to packed calendars, urgent demands, and constant pressure, even valuable learning can be hard to recall and apply. This guide explores how organizations can close the leadership capacity gap by bringing proven leadership practices closer to the work, using AI as a support tool without handing over leaders’ judgment. It also includes a short assessment to help you see whether leaders are struggling with knowing what to do or with doing it in the middle of a busy, high-pressure workday.

The expectations around how companies deliver mandatory training keep rising: build courses faster, update easier, and cut production costs.  This guide focuses on exactly that challenge. We’ll show how we approach this at iSpring and walk through the build step by step, using real examples and AI where it genuinely speeds up the work.

If you're managing training operations across the country, or globe, this guidebook will help you understand how to start standardizing data and processes to make your life easier.

Coaching may not seem the obvious response during moments of critical change. When organizations face mergers, restructures, rapid growth, or leadership transitions, attention typically turns to strategy and execution. This guide shows why that instinct is incomplete. Drawing on behavioral science insight and new CoachHub client data, this guide demonstrates how coaching directly mitigates the risks that derail change and how it delivers measurable impact when uncertainty is at its highest.

Traditional L&D often measures success by the amount of training delivered. But for frontline employees, more content doesn’t always mean better performance. Deskless workers learn between tasks, not during scheduled training sessions, so learning has to fit the pace of work. See how organizations like Jack in the Box are redesigning training around that reality and deploying digital learning platforms such as Echo360 to create learning experiences that are accessible, engaging, and importantly measurable.