Today’s learning & development professionals, corporate trainers, or talent development leaders are standing at a crossroads. The role of L&D is shifting—those who fail to evolve risk becoming irrelevant.

AI, automation, and executive demands for measurable business impact are changing the game. Being a “nice to have” won’t cut it anymore. You must move from merely delivering training to proving strategic value—or risk being sidelined.

In this engaging and interactive session, you’ll discover:

• Why L&D professionals are increasingly being seen by business leaders as expendable—and how to change that perception
• The critical shift from training creator and deliverer to business impact driver
• How to deliver leadership development programs that drive measurable ROI and business results
• How to embrace AI instead of fearing it

 

Russ Hill solves the $400B leadership training problem by transforming underperforming leaders into executives who deliver measurable business results. His journey began after being ranked the lowest-performing leader in his company—a setback that pushed him into intensive development at Gallup and Wharton and eventually into leading national media operations. That experience revealed a core truth: most leadership training focuses on soft skills instead of outcomes.

Russ refined his methodology through a decade of executive consulting across 14 countries, driving culture and performance transformations. His work helped scale Spectrum Association Management to 900+ communities and turn around major media brands at Bonneville International. He has coached leaders at Amazon, Cigna, Chick-fil-A, Lockheed Martin, Johnson & Johnson, and other global organizations.

As Co-Founder of Lone Rock Leadership, Russ created the Lead In 30 methodology and LeaderOS framework, helping leaders master clarity, alignment, and movement. He is the author of Deliver: Why Some Managers Get Results and Most Don’t and host of The Lead In 30 Podcast.