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For learning and development professionals, the task of not only maintaining personal progress but also the challenge of enabling others to evolve, can feel like a perpetual high-wire act.

Staying informed about the most relevant practices, research, tools, and HR trends can be a full-time job in itself. That's why we've scoured the web for the most useful newsletters for L&D pros, so you can focus on what matters most: fostering growth in yourself and others.

Whether you're an experienced human resources generalist, a fresh-faced learning specialist, or a leader with a passion for people development, we've sought out the daily, weekly and monthly newsletters that will inspire you, challenge your thinking, and provide you with a wealth of practical tools and tips to bring into your own practice.

1) Offbeat

The weekly Offbeat newsletter goes out each Sunday, packed with articles, e-books, podcasts, videos, and thoughts on the latest happenings in learning and development. Recent issues have focused on generative AI, self-leadership and deliberate practice.

With almost 150 issues published, co-founders Ioana Göz and Lavinia Mehedințu are by now veteran curators of content, drawing on their own experiences and that of their large L&D practitioner community.

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2) The Bite

Not ones to pass up self-promotion, our own fortnightly newsletter shares the models, frameworks and resources that inspire our training course design here at BiteSize Learning, as well as handcrafted guides and tools designed especially for learning and development leaders.

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3) The Learning Brief

A bi-weekly missive curated by Sejaal Bonny Tilwany, this newsletter rounds-up useful events, blog posts, and news from the L&D Shakers community.

The most recent Learning Brief issue contained a Creative Genius Guide to problem solving, a major learning at work survey report, and skill card templates to structure feedback processes. Useful!

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4) Redefining Work

A twice-weekly newsletter on the future of work from Lars Schmidt: one email offering the latest podcast episode featuring an interview with industry leaders, while the other provides a briefing on the top news, stories, and trends impacting the modern workplace.

Recent Redefining Work interviews have featured a NASA Astronaut Selection Manager, the Head of Editorial at project management Saas Asana, and the Global Head of People at Canva.

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5) The Memo from Quartz at Work

A weekly Wednesday newsletter from digital publisher Quartz, The Memo serves as a ‘dispatch from the world of modern work’ for anyone seeking to create a ‘productive, creative, and compassionate work culture. ‘

A recent issue turned the spotlight on reductions in DEI leadership roles, the controversial benefits of emailing on Sundays, and the happy-you’re-happy concept of freudenfreude.

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6) Worklife 101

Screenshot of BBC Worklife, a publication about work and professional challenges

The BBC publish an excellent series of long-read articles on today’s workplace trends called Worklife. Recent pieces have explored the end of the ‘Great Resignation’, the CV gap taboo and the rise of the four-day week.

The site seems to lack a newsletter, but fret not – head over to LinkedIn and you’ll be able to subscribe to ‘Worklife 101’ using their built-in newsletter feature.

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7) I Hate It Here

Feeling frazzled? I Hate It Here is ‘a safe space for jaded, overworked and emotionally burned out HR professionals who need a little inspiration to tackle the newest dumpster fire of the week.’

Name aside, it’s not all doom-and-gloom! This newsletter from People Leader veteran Hebba Youssef tackles such juicy people-ops topics as developing company culture, the challenges of discussing compensation and best practices in hybrid working.

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8) Granted

A manageably-monthly mail-out from organisational psychologist and popular author Adam Grant, the Granted newsletter brings you fresh thinking from the intersection of work and psychology.

The dubious rise of imposter syndrome, the intricacies of email etiquette and international cultural differences are some of the themes Adam has featured of late.

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9) HR Dive’s Learning Weekly

The industry publication HR Dive offers several newsletters to keep you up to speed: each Tuesday, their Learning Weekly edition offers an L&D focus, a diversity & inclusion focused mailer is posted on Wednesdays, and there’s also a daily newsletter that takes in the full spectrum of human resources matters.

Recent Learning Weekly issues have explored setting up fulfilling internship programmes, reducing sick days with mental health training, and engaging Gen Z staff with learning and development initiatives.

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10) Charter

Launched by Kevin Delaney during the remote-work revolution of COVID-19 lockdowns, Charter continues to explore how work can be courageously reimagined in 2023, with both a general ‘Briefings’ newsletter and a ‘Work Tech’ newsletter.

Previous issues have featured a coach’s framework for finding meaningful work, inclusive language tools, and how power influences creativity.

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11) Harvard Business Review

Few organisations post more relevant content than HBR, and they have a whole suite of informative newsletters to match, rounding up their content.

Weekly e-mails include Ascend, aimed at early career professionals, and the Weekly Hotlist, a summary of HBR’s most popular content of the week.

Their emails mostly take the form of link-filled digests pointing to their site’s articles – and if you want to read more than a handful, you’ll have to pay. (Or expense it!)

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12) The People Ops Weekly

A useful and informative email from the people behind the people-data platform ChartHop, People Ops Weekly offers an article-length exploration of a HR topic along with some interesting links. It also comes with a curated list of open roles in the people operations space, in case you’re job hunting!

In the last two issues, POW has discussed how to be a transparent company without oversharing, the art of using Slack wisely and crafting the perfect job ad for human resources roles.

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And that’s about all for this article! Know any other great newsletters that learning and development professionals will love? Let me know and I’ll add them to the list.