
Leading Learning Podcast
The market for continuing education, professional development, and lifelong learning is large and evolving rapidly. Competition is growing and learners have more options than ever. The Leading Learning Podcast is for learning business professionals who want to thrive in this new landscape. In each episode, co-hosts Jeff Cobb and Celisa Steele provide actionable insights based on their own deep experience and expertise or invite in experts and practitioners to share their perspectives.
Latest episodes

Sep 21, 2015 • 24min
3 Low-Cost, High-Impact Investment Areas for Your Learning Business
In this episode, Jeff Cobb and Celisa Steele briefly highlight what has been covered in the previous four episodes and what listeners can expect in upcoming episodes.
They then discuss three areas that, based on their experience working with a wide range of organizations, can produce significant improvement for your education business with little to no direct costs.
Get the show notes at http://leadinglearning.tagoras.com/eading-learning-podcast-episode-6-steele-cobb

Sep 11, 2015 • 26min
Getting Innovation - and Learning - Right with Seth Kahan
In this episode, Jeff talks with Seth Kahan. Seth is author of the best selling Getting Innovation Right and founder of Association Transformation. He is also a member of the faculty for the Leading Learning Symposium.

Sep 8, 2015 • 31min
Talking Learning and Leadership with Rick Grimm
In this episode of the Leading Learning podcast, Jeff talks with Rick Grimm, CEO of NIGP: The Institute for Public Procurement.
Rick has always been a big believer in the power of learning and he's worked hard to make leadership in education a core part of NIGP's strategy. Recently, the organization overhauled its entire governance structure, and as part of that effort, create a voting position for an educational thought leader on its board. NIGP has also collaborated actively with academic institutions to ensure that procurement professionals are properly prepared for the challenges of a rapidly evolving work environment. Rick talks about these efforts and range of other topics.

Aug 30, 2015 • 21min
Putting Your Data to Work with Wes Trochlil
In this episode of the Leading Learning Podcast, Celisa Steele talks with Wes Trochlil, president of Effective Data Management and a member of the faculty at the Leading Learning Symposium. Show notes at http://www.leadinglearning.com/leading-learning-podcast-episode-3-wes-trochlil/

Aug 30, 2015 • 28min
Member-Driven Learning with Cheryl Ronk of MSAE
In this episode, Jeff Cobb interviews Cheryl Ronk, CEO of the Michigan Society of Association Executives. Show notes at http://www.leadinglearning.com/leading-learning-podcast-episode-2-cheryl-ronk/

Aug 30, 2015 • 30min
Launch of the Leading Learning Podcast
In this first episode of the Leading Learning podcast, hosts Jeff Cobb and Celisa Steele discuss some of the motivation for starting the podcast as well as what listeners can expect. Most of the episode is devoted to discussing three major themes that will drive the podcast content - reach, revenue, and impact, as they apply to organizations in the lifelong learning business - and the major threads that will run throughout ongoing episodes: strategy, learning, marketing, and technology. Show notes at: http://leadinglearning.com/leading-learning-podcast-episode-1/