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Lisa Cairns on How to Facilitate Culture

Lisa Ann Cairns is vice president of L&D at Smith University where she oversees content creation and enhances talent development for all of Smith’s global offices, operations, and distribution hubs. Prior to that position, Cairns served in many roles for Smith and Smith-affiliated entities, including as chief strategy officer for ZettaWorks and vice president of EcoStrategy for ONTILITY. Before her tenure at Smith, Cairns was a professor of linguistic anthropology and taught at several higher education institutions, including Texas A&M University; the University of Michigan; Northwestern University; and her alma mater, the University of Chicago. Cairns earned her doctorate and master of arts degree in linguistics from the University of Chicago, during which time she received the prestigious National Science Foundation Doctoral Dissertation Research Improvement Grant. She holds a bachelor’s degree from Hofstra University, where she was the institution’s first woman undergraduate to receive a Fulbright-Hayes Grant for independent research prior to attending graduate school.

Lisa Cairns

Continuous Innovation Isn’t a One-Person Job

Over 50 percent of CEOs say skills shortages and technology disruption will impact profitability over the next decade, and roughly 75 percent of companies are focused on investing in automation, upskilling, and deploying advanced technology, according to PwC. To meet these organizational demands, many talent development leaders are investing, on some level, in a skills-based talent development strategy. Yet many others are left wondering where they stack up and how far along they should be in the development process.
To address this need, ATD's senior leader executive consortium CTDO Next created the Skills-Based Talent Development Maturity Model to provide a structured approach to assessing, planning, and improving an organization’s skills-based TD efforts. Attend this webinar and learn how to align your skills-based initiatives with the business’s strategic goals, foster continuous improvement, enhance accountability, and ultimately drive long-term success. During the webinar, ATD staff will describe the model and review research that drove its design, and a senior leader practitioner will explain use cases for the model within an organization.
Primary Capability Covered: Talent Strategy & Management
Participation in this event, either live or recorded, can be reported for one (1) professional development point toward initial certification or recertification requirements for the APTD or CPTD credential.
 
 

How Mature Is Your Skills-Based Talent Development Strategy?

The last two years have wrought incredible changes on the world of work. Companies have changed their business models, jobs have been reimagined, systems and processes have been re-engineered or replaced, and employee expectations have shifted dramatically. From leaving the office and the changes it required to how the workforce connects and communicates, we discovered that we can no longer take for granted what we experienced as the natural, almost accidental benefits of being physically together to work. Now, we must be more thoughtful and deliberate about everything we do. Intentionality is critical for managers and leaders to be effective. And from the TD function comes the responsibility of preparing them to be great at it.
During this webinar, you will:

Understand why intentionality is critical in a world of work that has changed and for employee expectations that are shifting.
Learn what intentional leadership includes, such as transparency, empathy, compassion, belonging, and psychological safety, and how to foster such capabilities within teams and the organization.
Hear from a panel of leading talent development executives about how they are preparing leaders to be intentional.
 


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