Manager development remains one of the biggest investments in L&D - and one of the hardest to get right.

Organisations face persistent challenges: unclear visibility of manager capability, time-poor learners, low engagement with generic programmes, limited opportunities to practise skills, and difficulty proving behavioural impact to the business.

In this session, we’ll explore the core challenges organisations are trying to solve in manager development, grounded in current research and real-world examples. We’ll examine what L&D leaders are telling us they need: personalised learning that maximises limited time, encourages self-direction, builds real capability, and generates meaningful data on progress and performance.

We’ll share how these challenges informed the design of a new adaptive approach to manager development - and what this means for the future of skills-based learning. 

• By the end of this session, participants will be able to:
• Identify the core structural challenges organisations face in developing managers at scale
• Explain why personalised, adaptive learning is critical for time-poor manager populations
• Recognise the role of data in demonstrating behavioural change and business impact.