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I SLIPPED & FELL INTO L&D: NOW WHAT?

Presenter speaking at a conference in Orlando.

You landed in learning and development. Nobody gave you the map.

Maybe you came from teaching, HR, operations, facilitation, or another field entirely. Now you're expected to support learning, work with stakeholders, and make decisions about a profession you may still be figuring out yourself.


6 MODULES | SELF-PACED | $199

YOU DON'T HAVE TO FIGURE IT OUT ON THE FLY

There are a lot of ways into L&D. But once you're here, knowing how to facilitate or build a course is only part of the job.


I Slipped & Fell Into L&D: Now What? helps you understand the work, recognize what you already bring, and build a stronger foundation for growing in L&D. Built on the H.E.L.P. model, the course isn't about turning you into an expert overnight. It's about giving you a stronger foundation for becoming one.

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SOMETIMES YOU JUST NEED A LITTLE H.E.L.P.

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HONOR WHAT YOU ALREADY BRING


Recognize the strengths you already bring to L&D and where you still need to grow.

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EXPAND YOUR DEFINITION OF THE JOB


Look beyond courses and understand L&D's broader role in improving performance.


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LEARN THE BUSINESS BEFORE THE TOOLS


Connect your work to what the organization and the people you support actually need.

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PARTNER, DON'T JUST PRODUCE

Ask better questions and begin building stronger stakeholder partnerships.

THIS ISN'T JUST A WATCH-AND-CLICK COURSE

You'll apply what you're learning to your actual work.

Throughout the course, you'll complete four action-learning assignments and work with a manager, mentor, or experienced colleague who can provide feedback.

Then use a short checklist:

  • 4 workplace application assignments 
  • Development Partner feedback 
  • Before-and-after HELP assessment 
  • Personalized HELP Roadmap 
  • 90-Day L&D Development Plan

WHAT YOU'LL LEARN

Curriculum

01 | YOU SLIPPED. NOW WHERE ARE YOU?

Assess where you are now and identify your development goals.

2 | Honor What You Already Bring

Turn your previous experience into strengths you can intentionally use in L&D.

3 | Expand Your Definition of the Job

See beyond training and understand the broader work of building capability and improving performance.

4 | Learn the Business Before the Tools

Get closer to the business so you can better understand the problems your learning work is meant to solve.

5 | Partner, Don't Just Produce

Practice asking better questions and approaching stakeholder requests with a more consultative mindset.

6 | Where Do You Go From Here?

Measure your progress, review what you've learned, and build your 90-day development plan.

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MEET YOUR INSTRUCTOR

Dr. Tekeisha Zimmerman

I slipped and fell into L&D too.


What started as an unexpected career move became more than two decades of learning and development experience across organizations including Amazon, UnitedHealthcare, Citigroup, and Expedia. Today, I also teach Human Resource Development at Texas A&M University.


I built this course to give new practitioners something I didn't have when I started: a clearer understanding of the work and a practical way to start getting better at it.

Ready to take the next step?


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