According to a recent study from Ipsos, and commissioned by Amazon, 86% of respondents said that career development is essential, very or fairly important to them. But, in our experience, it tends to become a lot less important when the day-to-day demands of work crop up.

So, in this week's episode of The Mind Tools L&D Podcast, return guest Neil John Cunningham from Align Learn Do joins Ross G to ask why this is, and what to do about it.

We discuss:

• How to build the credibility of your L&D function

• The extent to which marketing L&D works

• What to do about a 'disjointed' L&D offering.

You can read Amazon's study online.

In 'What I Learned This Week', Ross discussed the Lokiceratops Rangiformis.

For more from Neil, including his book Narratives and Numbers, see alignlearndo.com.

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Connect with our speakers

If you'd like to share your thoughts on this episode, connect with us on LinkedIn:

• Ross Garner

• Neil John Cunningham