7 Steps to Better Learning Engagement: Driving Business Results - Softcover

Willis, Becky

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1960231774 ISBN 13: 9781960231772

Publisher: ASTD Press, 2026

Synopsis

Motivate and Engage Learners to Drive Your Business Forward

Organizations that prioritize employee learning are best positioned to thrive in our rapidly evolving business landscape. Veteran learning strategist Becky Willis demonstrates how an organization can achieve stellar learning engagement in seven simple steps and then turn that engagement into business value and a powerful competitive advantage.

Willis writes this book for those who have strategic responsibility for integrating learning into broader organizational initiatives―whether they are learning leaders, HR professionals, or L&D practitioners. After demonstrating why engagement is important, she walks you through the step-by-step process of aligning with leaders, devising a clear learning strategy, selecting and implementing the right technology, recruiting and deploying champions, mastering the art of marketing learning experiences, and creating the right learning designs for career development. You will learn to work with leaders and managers to sponsor, support, and collaborate on learning initiatives.

Discover how to make changes today that will help your organization value and deploy learning content successfully tomorrow. Each chapter includes stories, tools, and templates that help you translate ideas into practical actions. With this book in hand, you will have what you need to become an effective business partner who enhances employees’ knowledge, skills, and commitment to the organization and drives positive bottom-line results.

About this title

About the Author

Becky Willis is a modern learning strategist, speaker, and author who focuses on learning strategy, technology, and engagement. As a founder and chief learning officer at Tractus Learning, she helps businesses design, develop, and improve learning solutions. She is a thought leader in the field of learning platforms and ecosystems and cares about leveraging technology to create personalized, adaptive, and continuous learning experiences to drive better outcomes for businesses.

Edition details

• Publisher: ASTD Press
• Publication date: 2026
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1960231774
• ISBN 13: 9781960231772
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 280