As AI continues to transform the workplace and the pace of change accelerates, are organizations developing their leaders and teams fast enough to keep up?

In this episode of LeaderChat, Leah Clark, VP of Strategic Content and Thought Leadership at Blanchard, and Jeff Fissel, Senior Vice President of Technology Innovation and Growth at Blanchard, join us to discuss findings from Blanchard's latest Trends research and what they reveal about the evolving relationship between leadership, learning, and technology.

You'll hear about:

• Why leadership readiness remains a critical challenge as technology continues to advance

• What Blanchard's latest research reveals about the changing expectations for leaders and learning teams

• How AI is reshaping work and creating new opportunities for leadership development

• Why learning needs to become more responsive to the pace of business without sacrificing meaningful development

• How individual productivity and team effectiveness are connected—and where organizations may be falling short

• What technology can support and where human judgment, connection, and critical thinking remain essential

• How organizations can better align leadership, learning, and technology to prepare for what's next

Whether you're an HR or L&D professional, a business leader, or someone navigating rapid workplace change, this conversation offers practical insights into building the capabilities organizations need to adapt, grow, and succeed.

What separates a high-performing team from a group of talented people who happen to work together?

In this episode of LeaderChat, Alexander and Janice Caillet, Co-Heads of Team Effectiveness at Blanchard, join us to explore why team effectiveness is critical to organizational performance and why developing strong individual leaders isn't always enough to create strong teams.

You'll hear about:

• What organizations may be getting wrong about teamwork today

• How individual team cultures influence the broader organizational culture

• The early warning signs that a team has stopped functioning as a true team

• What high-performing teams do differently when they don't have clear answers

• Why investing in the team itself can create impact beyond individual leadership development

• How organizations can establish a shared definition of great teamwork while allowing teams to develop their own unique cultures

• How AI is creating both new opportunities and new challenges for teamwork

• Practical ways leaders can begin strengthening team effectiveness right away

If you want to build a stronger culture, navigate complexity more effectively, or help talented people do better work together, this conversation offers a practical look at why the team, not just the individual leader, deserves greater attention.

What if the goal of great leadership isn't to eliminate friction, but to learn from it?

In this episode of LeaderChat, Maggie Sass, PhD, and Ross Blankenship, PhD, authors of Friction: How Tension, Emotion, and Change Reveal Better Leaders, join us to discuss what tension can reveal about leaders, teams, and the systems in which they work.

You'll hear about:

• The three places friction shows up: within ourselves, between people, and within systems
• How leaders can help teams navigate tension without simply smoothing it over
• Why emotions can provide useful information during uncertainty
• The difference between unhealthy conflict and productive tension
• What can happen when a team becomes too frictionless
• How to recognize when the system, not the individual, is creating the problem
• Practical ways to respond more intentionally the next time friction shows up

If you're navigating change, uncertainty, or tension on your team, this episode offers a different way to look at those difficult moments—and what they might be trying to tell you.