💸 Organizations invest millions every year into learning and development. And while awareness is growing among HR professionals and educators that training alone doesn’t lead to real development, the majority of L&D budgets still go in that direction. Many companies implement coaching and mentoring, yet development often remains locked in traditional frameworks.

⏳ Let’s hop into a metaphorical time machine and return to the very beginning — to the “why” — the point where someone first decided to offer development opportunities to people in organizations.

🛑 For each of the seven development killers, we’ll explore:
👉 what harm it causes
👉 how it likely became so widespread
👉 and how to neutralize it — if we choose to

📊 We’ll also look at how to:
👉 replace ineffective L&D KPIs with ones that connect development to real business impact
👉 build development from the ground up with ROI in its DNA
👉 step out of the training box into development that accelerates performance and improves collaboration