Curious questions guide for L&D teams

Curiosity can be our most powerful tool. It's a great way to level up our strategic communication in L&D when partnering with stakeholders and SMEs across the business. I think it's one of the most crucial skills in L&D teams. Like how we can learn to write better copy or design learning content with a new tool, we can learn and practice our strategic communication skills. ✨ It's a skill that I'm always working on because if I don't, well, it leads to not so great learning experiences. From misalignments to missing context and not meeting the true needs of the target audience.

Asking curious questions help you:
🍩 Seek clarity.
🍩 Align on your organisations' values, mission, goals and key priorities.
🍩 Bridge the gap to the skills, mindsets and behaviours needed to enhance performance and capabilities.
🍩 Become a strategic ally to your stakeholders and SMEs to foster collaboration - Seriously, team work makes the dream work.
🍩 Reverse Uno I mean, re-evaluate the L&D request to ensure that it's not reactive but actually meets the needs of the intended audience and organisational goals.

Use this guide to help you become a better strategic partner and communicator.