Learning and Development (L&D)

What is learning and development?

Learning and development (L&D) is the organisational function and set of activities dedicated to building the skills, knowledge, and capabilities of employees so they can perform and grow. It spans everything from onboarding and compliance training to leadership programmes, coaching, and everyday skill-building, and it aims to align that growth with the needs of the business.

Modern L&D increasingly blends formal learning with experience and coaching, along the lines of the 70-20-10 model, and connects to talent development and workforce planning.

Why L&D matters

Organisations depend on people continually building new skills as work and technology change. Strong L&D improves performance, supports internal mobility, and is a major driver of engagement and retention, since people value employers who invest in their growth. It is also how organisations close the skills gaps their strategy depends on.

What L&D covers

Onboarding and compliance. Getting people ready and meeting requirements.
Skills and role training. Building the capabilities specific roles need, including reskilling and upskilling.
Leadership and management development. Growing current and future leaders.
Coaching and experiential learning. Personalised, on-the-job growth.

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FAQs

What is the difference between L&D and training?

Training is one part of L&D, usually formal instruction on specific skills. L&D is broader, covering all the ways an organisation develops its people, including experience and coaching.

What is the difference between L&D and talent development?

They overlap closely. L&D focuses on building skills and capability across the workforce; talent development leans toward growing and retaining key talent and future leaders.

How is modern L&D changing?

It is shifting toward personalised, continuous learning in the flow of work, with more coaching and experience and less reliance on one-off classroom training.