Balancing Global, Local and Business Unit Needs: Implementing a Global Learning & Development Strategy

Responding to changes in the marketplace, Northern Trust continues to expand their operational capabilities and office footprint internationally in countries such as Ireland, India and the Philippines among many others.

The difficulties of operating internationally are abundant, including the learning and development of diverse employees. Keeping a constant balance between meeting local audience needs and the desire to deliver globally consistent programs can be challenging. Planning and executing on this global strategy with a decentralized, business unit-focused L&D organization provides even more complexity.

Join Kacie Walters, vice president, strategic learning programs at Northern Trust, as she presents the challenges and frameworks used to implement a global learning and development strategy with their ever-expanding international presence and federated L&D operating model.

Key takeaways:

• Setting priorities to stay aligned to the business in a global, decentralized environment.
• Holding the right balance between global and local solutions.
• Governing learning solutions across a decentralized structure.
• How L&D operating models are changing to address common challenges in global enterprises.