February Lunch & Learn: From L&D Professional to Internal Consultant

(AKA, When They Want a Training Program that You Know Will Fail!)

For L&D professionals to be seen as true business partners in their organizations, they must shift from a purely educational perspective to a business perspective. They must move from an individual who facilitates learning opportunities to a partner who serves as an organization’s internal consultant. While L&D professionals focus on increasing capability by learning, internal consultants focus on business outcomes. While L&D professionals often ask, “What do employees need to learn to perform better?”, internal consultants ask, “What is causing this problem and what combination of solutions will fix it?”

As a result of this highly interactive session, you will be able to:

Attendees will receive 1 CEU toward APTD and CPTD certification/recertification.

Speaker Info

Dr. Tyrone A. Holmes, Ed.D

President and Owner, T.A.H. Performance Consultants, LLC

Dr. Tyrone A. Holmes is a professional speaker and consultant who has spent more than two decades teaching thousands of people to build powerful relationships in diverse settings. He received his bachelor’s degree in Rehabilitation Education and master’s degree in Counselor Education from Penn State University. Dr. Holmes received a second master’s degree in Business Management from the State University of New York, before earning a perfect 4.0 GPA in his Counselor Education doctoral program at Penn State.

As the owner of T.A.H. Performance Consultants, he has facilitated more than 1,500 keynotes, training seminars and virtual workshops that have taught participants to connect with others despite their differences, to effectively articulate their messages, to connect with diverse audiences and groups, and to reduce the negative impact of unconscious bias. Dr. Holmes served as a full-time faculty member at Eastern Michigan University in the Department of Leadership and Counseling, and at Wayne State University in the Department of Theoretical and Behavioral Foundations.