2025 Q1 L&D Insights
Equip yourself with the latest industry trends and best practices. Our quarterly L&D newsletter delivers thought leadership articles, explores hot topics, and includes curated resources from Hemsley and the L&D Industry. We've extracted some key stats from our 2025 L&D Impact Survey (full report coming soon) as well as other industry research.
88% of organisations are concerned about employee retention. Learning is their number one retention strategy.
Linkedin Learning
41% would quit if no L&D opportunities were offered, up from 29%. Randstad
83% of HR teams predict a surge in the need for new leadership capabilities within the next five years. DDI Leadership
What have been the main challenges facing learning & employee performance at your organisation over the past 12 months?
There is remarkable consistency across 2024 and 2025 regarding the top L&D challenges within organisations. Here, budget and resources, time and capacity, as well as engaging employees, are all major challenges.
(Hemsley L&D Impact Survey, 2025)
The Top 3 drivers for your L&D strategies.
How should leaders navigate uncertainty?
In an increasingly uncertain world, we need to embrace uncertainty, rather than shy away. But how?
The smartest leaders learn to tolerate the uncertainty, provide a healthy blend of stability and agility for their teams, and adopt productive strategies to move forward. In other words, they embrace rather than resist.
What learning and development innovations would you like to see in 2025 that could enhance organisational performance?
(Hemsley L&D Impact Survey, 2025)
Is Gen AI part of your learning and development strategy for 2025?
At least 75% of respondents were open to using AI in their L&D strategy across 2025. Notably, only 14% were using it to a large extent, with 36% of respondents just getting to grips with effectively implementing the technology.
(Hemsley L&D Impact Survey, 2025)
🤖 AI is reshaping workplace learning — but are we forgetting the human element?
News from Hemsley
We're thrilled to be named a Top 20 Leadership Training Company by Training Industry, Inc. for the 16th consecutive year!
We're super excited to share that we've been named a Potential Leader for Digital Learning on Fosway's 2025 grid!
Our Leadership Capability Pack
This document includes the essential building blocks, pre-curated modules, and example architectures to help you get started. While this can serve as inspiration, we are also available to collaborate and create a customised solution tailored to your needs.