Laura Overton

Member Since: 6th Jul 2004
Laura Overton is an award winning learning analyst. Dedicated to uncovering and sharing effective practices in learning innovation that deliver business value, she was the original CEO and founder of Towards Maturity and is the author of over 40 reports and hundreds of articles. Her work is based on 30 years of practical experience and a commitment to supporting evidence-based learning decisions.
In the UK, Laura is an Academic Fellow of the CIPD and a fellow of the Learning and Performance Institute. In February 2010, she was the first woman to be awarded the Learning and Performance Institute’s prestigious Colin Corder Award for services to training and was the recipient of the inaugural eLearning age Special Achievement award at the 2012 eLearning awards. In 2018 she was voted the most influential person in corporate eLearning in the globe and the top UK listed person (a position held since 2014).
Get in touch with Laura via LinkedIn.
Learning analyst
3rd May 2022
The unexpected advantages of awards – and how to make your entry stand a chance
Is your L&D work making a difference to your organisation and its people? Have you helped solve problems, seize opportunities and make...
CPD
25th Jan 2022
Playing to win: Working on our L&D inner game
A clear sense of self and purpose, working hard and willingness to continue to learn, regardless of outcome, are just some of the mental...
Strategy
5th Dec 2019
Deliver more for less in 2020: learning technology trends to watch out for
‘What will be trending in learning technology in the year ahead?’ This is the question that I am frequently asked at this time of year –...
Strategy
26th Jan 2018
Let us take L&D on a transformation journey in 2018
Something has to be said that has been said many times before: L&D needs to transform itself. We are in an age of constant business...
Strategy
1st Aug 2017
Influencing culture through learning
In the second-to-last article in our series looking at how learning professionals can deliver on five key business outcomes, Laura Overton...
Culture
24th Jul 2017
How to cultivate agility through learning
In the sixth article in our series looking at how learning professionals can deliver on five key business outcomes, Laura Overton, CEO and...
Culture
24th Jul 2017
4 tactics to help learning leaders cultivate agility
In our first article looking at cultivating agility through learning we explored how our latest benchmark report, Unlocking Potential ,...
Business
22nd Jun 2017
4 tactics to help learning leaders boost performance
In our article looking at boosting performance through learning we looked at some of the ways organisations are looking to boost...
Business
22nd Jun 2017
How to boost performance through learning
In the third article in our series looking at how learning professionals can deliver on five key business outcomes, Laura Overton, CEO and...
Business
21st Jun 2017
Driving process improvement through learning
In the third article of our series looking at how learning professionals can deliver on five key business outcomes, Laura Overton, CEO and...
Business