Future-proofing skills isn’t about adding more training on top of work; it’s about reimagining learning so that it’s an integrated part of the work experience—personalized, continuous, and directly tied to business outcomes. With widening skill gaps, talent scarcity, and accelerating digital disruption, continuous learning has never been more critical. Leadership upskilling has become especially urgent as managers grapple with new employee expectations, hybrid-work complexity, heavier workloads, rising burnout, and outdated management systems.

 HR professionals play a key role in equipping leaders and teams with the skills needed to navigate in age of disruption. How are you managing the pressure to keep skills sharp and talent pipelines flowing amid nonstop change? Join this interactive session to discover practical, scalable learning strategies for building an engaged, adaptable, and future-ready workforce.

SHRM/HRCI Learning Objective:

1. Assess your talent development strengths and gaps

2. Identify five high impact actions for improving leaders’ development 

3. Explore approaches for evaluating upskilling and reskilling success 

4. Mobilize stakeholders to embed continuous learning as a future-proofing imperative

Speaker:

Speaker Bio:

Holly Burkett, PhD, SPHR, CRP is Principal of a performance consultancy in Davis, CA. Formerly with Apple, she is an accomplished learning leader, executive coach, change agent, and measurement specialist who helps organizations build high impact learning and performance strategies. With certifications as a Marshall Goldsmith® coach, ROI professional, and Prosci® change management practitioner, Holly is a frequent conference presenter and international workshop leader. Author of the award-winning book “Learning for the Long Run”, she regularly contributes to industry resources including HRCIs HR BoK (2026), ATDs “Handbook for Measuring & Evaluating Training, 2nd Ed.”, and ATDs “Organizational Development Handbook”. She has served as a volunteer exam developer with HRCI for over twelve years and is also a select member of the esteemed Conference Board. To learn more about Holly, contact her at [email protected].

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Meeting Agenda:
11:30am - Webcast opens
11:40am - Chapter Announcements
11:50am - Sponsor Announcement
12:00pm - Presentation 
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