L&D professionals too often find themselves trapped in organizational silos—isolated, misunderstood, and under-leveraged. These silos not only muffle your impact but stifle innovation, slow growth, and hinder your professional potential. But there’s good news: collaboration can be the cure.
In this engaging, interactive 60-minute session, leadership strategist Dan Pontefract introduces powerful frameworks and actionable strategies to break down walls and build bridges. You’ll explore the Collaborative Leader Action Model (CLAM), discovering how intentional collaboration elevates your influence, enhances creativity, and expands your professional network.
Furthermore, by leveraging Dan’s “Dare to Share” methodology—collaborating up, down, and across your organization—you’ll leave this session ready to proactively dismantle silos and foster a culture of openness, sharing, and genuine partnership. Because when silos fall, your L&D net worth rises.
Learning Objectives
- Recognize the symptoms and costs of working in silos within Learning & Development.
- Explore and apply the Collaborative Leader Action Model (CLAM) to enhance your professional influence and effectiveness.
- Master the “Dare to Share” approach, effectively collaborating upwards, downwards, and across the organization.
- Develop practical strategies to proactively build and nurture a collaborative network, maximizing your professional impact.
Dan Pontefract is a renowned leadership strategist, author, and keynote speaker with over two decades of experience in senior executive roles at companies such as SAP, TELUS, and Business Objects. Since then, he has worked with organizations worldwide, including Salesforce, Amgen, the State of Tennessee, Nestlé, Canada Post, Autodesk, BMO, the Government of Canada, Manulife, Nutrien, and the City of Toronto, among others.
As an award-winning and best-selling author, Dan has written five books: WORK-LIFE BLOOM, LEAD. CARE. WIN., OPEN TO THINK, THE PURPOSE EFFECT, and FLAT ARMY. His most recent, Work-Life Bloom, is the 2024 Thinkers50 Best New Management Book and the Gold Medal Winner of the Axiom Business Book Awards. He also writes for Forbes and Harvard Business Review.Dan also writes for Forbes, Harvard Business Review, and other outlets.
Dan is a renowned keynote speaker who has presented at four TED events and has delivered over 600 keynotes . He is an adjunct professor at the University of Victoria’s Gustavson School of Business and has received over 25 industry, individual, and book awards.
Dan’s career is interwoven with corporate and academic experience, coupled with an MBA, B.Ed, and multiple industry certifications and awards. Notably, Dan is listed on the Thinkers50 Radar, HR Weekly’s 100 Most Influential People in HR, PeopleHum’s Top 200 Thought Leaders to Follow, and Inc. Magazine’s Top 100 Leadership Speakers.