Speexx Exchange Podcast – Episode 26:
Making a Case for a Real L&D Department with Malene Engelbrecht Schau & Lisbeth Andersen
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Episode 26
Learn from two highly successful experts why a real Learning and Development department is the best choice for a business. Malene Engelbrecht Schau, Head of Wind University at Siemens Gamesa and Lisbeth Andersen, Global Head of Learning Operation at Siemens Gamesa sit down with Donald Taylor to talk about the importance of Learning and Development in general, why L&D should not be outsourced and what other businesses can learn from their experience in an environment where security is a particularly important factor for the team.
Starting from inside the Sales team Malene Engelbrecht Schau and Lisbeth Andersen have created an impressive and effective L&D department that is not only appreciated by the team but also highly approved by the business’ leaders.
About Malene Engelbrecht Schau
Malene Engelbrecht Schau is Head of Wind Unversity at Siemens Gamesa. She has a wide experience in L&D, having worked in Learning Development at Siemens for over ten years. Through her work at the Wind Academy by Siemens Gamesa she strives to deliver training that ensures the best possible learning outcome by continuous improvement of our training facilities and training methods.
About Lisbeth Andersen
Lisbeth Nordmand Andersen is the Global Head of Learning Operation at SiemensGamesa Renewable Energy. She is a dot-connector with a holistic view on people, tasks and processes. She is excellent in communication and providing overviews and involving colleagues in the communication flow. Lisbeth builds her ideas on ideas of others, in team processes and by strategic analyzing problems.
Who is Donald Taylor?
Donald Taylor is a recognized commentator and organizer in the fields of workplace learning and learning technologies. He is a veteran of the learning, skills and human capital industries, with experience at every level from delivery to chairman of the board, and passionately committed to helping develop the learning and development profession.
Chairman of the Learning and Performance Institute since 2010, his background ranges from training delivery to managing director and vice-president positions in software companies. Donald took his own internet-based training business from concept to trade sale in 2001 and has been a company director during several other acquisitions. Now based in London, he has lived and traveled extensively outside the UK and now travels regularly internationally to consult and speak about workplace learning.
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