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Today, we’ll unpack how to build useful solutions and sell those solutions or ideas to your stakeholders.

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We've got lots to discuss!

THE BIG THOUGHT
How to Build Solutions That Win Over Stakeholders

Most of my time as a Head of L&D was spent convincing senior leaders that more e-learning or another PowerPoint presentation was not the answer to their challenge.

It felt like a continued presidential campaign.

One where I had to laser focus on one message to drive home in every conversation. These campaigns (as we’ll call them) taught me that two things were essential in crafting successful L&D projects and products people will value:

• Good problem-solving skills

• Selling your ideas through world-class storytelling

That’s what we’ll explore today.

I’ll break this into two sections.

In the first, we’ll explore a useful problem-solving framework I call “The Builder's Mindset.” In the second, we’ll unpack a method that’s helped me get multi-million dollar L&D projects signed off.

You can use these solo but they're more powerful together.

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