ATD’s Managing Learning Programs Certificate follows the key knowledge and actions that talent development professionals must have when managing learning, as defined by research. Acquire the critical leadership skills necessary to manage learning programs and the people who develop them. Discover how to run the learning function like a business and execute organizational strategy from an ATD facilitator who has experience running a learning function and get feedback on the specific challenges you face as a learning manager. WHAT YOU WILL LEARN: After this program, you will be able to:· Understand the current and evolving role of the learning manager in challenging environments. · Establish a vision by creating a compelling picture of how the learning function improves business performance and enables execution of organizational strategy, and partner with business leaders to advocate improving performance through learning. · Establish strategies develop long-range learning development and human performance initiatives to implement the vision; and understand what drives business and how the learning function can best add value. · Understand the best practices in needs assessment methodologies and learning needs identification, adult learning theory, learning design theory, learning technologies, learning information systems, and marketplace resources. · Run the learning function like a business by converting strategies into action plans reconciled with real-life constraints, develop and monitor budgets, and understand staffing and resource deployment. | 
