Show support to your managers

(upbeat drumming) - Okay L and D Professionals. Huddle up! We all know managers are the link to increased learner engagement. - Yeah - You got to run the plays right! The playbook is very clear. No manager intentionally comes to work to be a hashtag bad manager. Do they? - Do they? - Sometimes managers are over-worked and overloaded because they are an individual contributor plus plus plus plus plus. Being a manager is extremely challenging. Managers move the organization forward and if they are uninspired, unsupported, and disengaged, it doesn't help your learner engagement strategy. I've coached hundreds of managers throughout my career. I hear from all of them that they need more support. Now, according to Ink Magazine, 93 percent of managers say they need help coaching their employees. And, they need a coach. That coach is you, the L and D professional. If customer advocacy is about championing what's best…