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From Vision to Velocity: Your Advisory Team
AllenComm Advisory helps learning leaders move faster, think bigger, and stretch beyond the familiar to drive real impact. We specialize in three core practice areas: Learning Strategy & Governance, Learning Technology, and Performance Consulting.
Our advisors bring deep expertise in AI readiness, operational efficiency, and learning innovation to help you:
- Align learning with enterprise priorities and governance frameworks
- Streamline and future-proof your learning tech ecosystem
- Map performance gaps to business outcomes and behavior change
From elevating the LX at Delta Air Lines to decreasing development costs at PNC, we’ve helped top organizations turn insight into action. With AllenComm Advisory, you don’t just get a plan—you get a partner who challenges assumptions, expands possibilities, and delivers results.
At Pure Storage, we value inspiration and innovation as central to our culture. AllenComm has helped us to realize our vision of scaling our culture . . . the result of our partnership is receiving acclaim within the learning industry, but we’re even more excited that our Pure Leadership Academy is helping to democratize leadership in our expanding organization.
Jack Reid, Leadership Development Partner, Pure Storage
Together, we reimagined the possibilities of our training programs. Their expertise in strategy took us beyond simple communication. Our learner experiences are now designed to incrementally build skills and to support success and growth in our organization.
John Nelson, President, USA Clay Target League
Move Fast or Go Deep. We Flex to Fit Your Goals.
Award-Winning Work
Across industries—from finance and healthcare to manufacturing and tech—AllenComm Advisory helps learning leaders turn complexity into clarity. Whether you’re scaling operations, adopting AI, or aligning learning with business strategy, our advisory teams bring the insight and momentum to move you forward. Here are just a few ways we’ve helped clients stretch beyond their comfort zones and achieve measurable impact.
With a comprehensive tech ecosystem analysis, Freddie Mac streamlined their learning architecture to improve the LX and reduce costs.
Taking a data-driven approach to upgrading their learning ecosystem, Delta integrated their learning metrics with Power BI to streamline decision-making.
ADM needed a change management strategy to align learning with organizational transformation goals, supporting both ops and culture.
A scalable governance strategy enabled PNC to accelerate content development, reduce cost-per-module, and delivering measurable improvements.
HP created a roadmap to align its learning tech stack for enhanced integration, improved data visibility, and more personalization.
Advisory FAQ
What types of L&D advisory services do you offer?
AllenComm Advisory has three main areas of focus: organizational readiness, which would include change management, L&D governance, and skill and capability mapping; performance consulting, which would include needs analysis (gap analysis), curriculum evaluation, and assessment and analytics; and technical advisory, which would include technical needs analysis, tech ecosystem mapping and design, and platform and tool selection.
What is included in advisory services for L&D?
Most Advisory projects begin with an analysis plan that defines the scope of the needs analysis and the key questions to be answered. To create the analysis plan, we will typically have a planning meeting and an analysis workshop. Once the analysis plan is approved, we then conduct interviews or focus groups, send out surveys or evaluations, and do any direct observation or analysis required. Once we compile the data, we will draft our preliminary recommendations and discuss them with key stakeholders before preparing the final report, which will typically include actionable plans such as a roadmap of how to implement key recommendations.
How do L&D advisory services contribute to success?
Advisory services contribute to success in several ways. By ensuring upfront alignment, all stakeholders share a common set of expectations that will guide the development of any learning problem or new learning tech being implemented. It also helps to define an integrated strategy that crosses departmental or functional areas in learning and development, organizational development, change management, talent management, and learning technology. Advisory services can also help to support an integrated learner experience—one that ensures successful knowledge transfer and provides insightful analytics.
When do you need an external learning consultant?
Clients typically engage an external learning consultant when they want to tap into an area of specialization for which they may not have or may not have access to internal experts. These may be specialists in change management, strategic planning, learning governance, or learning technology. They may also be experts in a particular type of training—such as onboarding, compliance, leadership, sales, or skills development.
What are the deliverables of your advisory projects?
Actionable tools, project plans, roadmaps, and designs are used to help ensure that recommendations are transferrable to the real world. These will be included with the key recommendations, along with the quantitative and qualitative data that has been gathered.
What are learning and development (L&D) advisory services?
L&D advisory services offer specialized support to organizations aiming to enhance employee learning, streamline learning operations, and optimize their learning technology environments. These services encompass needs assessments, governance, technology enhancement, and performance consulting, all designed to align learning initiatives with business objectives and yield measurable results.
How do advisory services improve employee performance?
By addressing performance gaps and aligning learning approaches with organizational goals, advisory services ensure that training is both focused and efficient. This results in better job performance, higher engagement levels, and a greater return on investment through tangible behavior changes and skill enhancement.
What is performance consulting and how does it differ from traditional training?
Performance consulting begins by identifying the underlying reasons for performance gaps. Unlike traditional training, which may assume that learning is always the solution, performance consulting ensures that the recommended actions are directly tied to business goals and are only implemented when they are expected to result in significant improvements.
How can organizations measure the effectiveness of learning initiatives?
Organizations can assess the effectiveness of their learning initiatives by analyzing a combination of metrics related to learner engagement, performance data, and business impact. This involves monitoring changes in behavior, the application of skills on the job, and the alignment of training outcomes with key performance indicators (KPIs) such as productivity, compliance, or customer satisfaction.
How can advisory services enhance our learning technology ecosystem?
Advisory services in learning technology help organizations evaluate and improve their tech setups. This involves assessing tools like LMS, LXP, and HRIS for ease of use, integration, and data management. The aim is to build an efficient and future-ready system that enables personalized learning and provides valuable insights.
How can advisory services help organizations prepare for AI in learning and development?
Advisory services can assist in creating a roadmap for AI readiness by pinpointing applicable use cases, assessing existing capabilities, and setting up governance frameworks. This approach ensures that AI is integrated responsibly and effectively, thereby enhancing personalization, content generation, and learning within work processes.
When should an organization consider engaging with an advisory partner?
Organizations should seek advisory support when embarking on strategic initiatives, encountering complex challenges, or aiming to scale learning operations while cutting costs. Typical triggers include mergers, digital transformation, changes in compliance, or the need to show ROI from learning investments.
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