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Jess Almlie is a learning and performance strategist with more than 25 years of experience across multiple industries. After serving as the vice president of learning experience for WEX benefits, Jess started Learning Business Advisor Consulting, a company dedicated to helping L&D leaders and teams to work more strategically, intentionally, and with measurable impact. Whether consulting on strategy for an L&D program or function, coaching L&D leaders through their unique challenges, or sharing thought leadership through writing and speaking, Jess is continuously challenging learning and development professionals to shift their thinking and actions and serve as strategic business partners. Jess hosts a podcast, “L&D Must Change,” that highlights the voices of L&D leaders working to change the people development industry for the better. She also shares her own thoughts through a bi-weekly LinkedIn newsletter of the same name. She is active in the local and national talent development community and recently wrapped up a three-year term serving as a national advisor for chapters for ATD. She can be found on LinkedIn at linkedin.com/in/jessalmlie or on her website lbacllc.com.

Jess Almlie

The talent leader role has evolved from a reactive role to a proactive, strategic partnership with business leaders.

Are We There Yet?

L&D teams have an increasingly important role to play when it comes to supporting DE&I goals. We hope these four expert tips help you build a more-inclusive L&D culture at your workplace.

Diversity in Learning: 4 Tips for Building an Inclusive L&D Culture

Transform Your L&D Team Into Your Organization’s Trusted Business PartnersMost L&D pros dream of the day when stakeholders will stop viewing them as mere order takers and consider them critical, strategic partners in shaping the future of the organization. But how do you get there? In this book, veteran talent development leader Jess Almlie introduces her formula for becoming the valued strategic business partner (SBP) stakeholders need and want.Partnering effectively with stakeholders requires a new mindset and behavior, a keen understanding of the business, and targeted tools. Jess provides detailed guidance on how to succeed in each of these areas and invites you to start by taking an in-depth assessment of your strengths and gaps in working as an SBP. She shares her own wins and failures along with wisdom from three dozen other L&D pros who work in small, medium, and large organizations.This step-by-step guide will help current and aspiring L&D leaders understand business basics, create a playbook for their teams, work productively with stakeholders, and teach others to work in harmony with L&D. The final chapter offers practical advice for those who need to take small steps toward becoming SBPs because their organizations resist big changes.This book includes questionnaires, worksheets, and other tools that will help L&D leaders understand business terminology and needs, their stakeholders’ points of view, strategies for creating effective partnerships and measuring impact, and a plan for developing a support team.

 L&D Order Taker No More!

By tapping into these four categories, learning leaders can shift from transactional order-takers to strategic business partners. 

Elevating Your Approach as a Strategic Business Partner

September 2023

Instead, become a trusted business advisor.

Order Taker No More

Leadership Essentials: What Every Chapter Leader Needs to Know to be a RockStar Leader

The collaborative L&OD Bridge Framework becomes clear when we consider the five steps as a dynamic plan for working together.

The L&OD Bridge Framework: The Ball and the Chasm

The Bridge Between L&D and OD: The Handrails

Learning and development (L&D) and organization development (OD) can work together to make a bigger impact. Here's how to lay the foundation and create the floor for an L&OD Bridge Framework.

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