Leighanne Lankford

Leighanne Lankford lives life outside of the lines. From walking on fire to rappelling down buildings, she lives by the mantra, “playing it safe isn’t good enough.” In her 30 years as a Learning and Development practitioner, thought-leader, and now business owner, Leighanne has always pushed boundaries and done things her way.

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I’ve been in the L&D world since 1992 serving in various roles and continuing my education. I’ve also been serving the Greater Atlanta ATD Chapter as a volunteer off and on since 2003. Here is a quick summary of my background:

32 years of experience in instructional design, project management, performance consulting, eLearning, and facilitation
Specialist in Blended Learning solutions design
Held roles as a National Trainer, Instructional Writer, Training Project Manager, Performance Technologist and Performance Development Manager
Worked in the following industry sectors: Healthcare, Software Development, Homeland Security, Government, Finance and various Service Industries
Founded an eLearning tool company in 2007
17 years in L&D staffing at TrainingPros

Areas of Specialty

- Client consulting and solution design
- Designing and developing learning in multiple media formats
- Designing non-learning solutions for performance improvement initiatives
- Developing solutions through technology
- Design of cohort-based leadership journeys

Education and Professional Affiliations

Bachelor’s Degree in Business Management
Master’s Degree in Human Resource Development
13 years of volunteer work for ATD

Awards

Three-time Bronze Telly Award winner – for work in training video design and development
Georgia State University award for Distinguished Contribution to the Application of HRD in the workplace
Led TrainingPros in winning 10 Brandon Hall Group awards, 6 Training Industry awards, 4 Training Magazine Choice awards, 1 CLO LIP award, and 2 Stevie awards
Secured WBENC and CPUC certifications for TrainingPros

Publications and Other

Learning Elite Awards Judge
ISPI Performance Express
Brandon Hall Learning Awards Judge
Instructional Design Blogger

Leigh Anne is absolutely amazing. Not only does she find us great talent, but she is so responsive and supportive of our needs that we have built almost our entire team from the contractors she’s found for us. That, to me, is a success story that I would share with anyone who asks me if I “know of a good staffing company for IDs.

– Lisa Edmondson – Infor

I have been working with TrainingPros for 4 years. Leigh Anne provides exceptional, phenomenal, out of this world customer service. She is a miracle worker! The service and responsiveness provided by TrainingPros greatly surpasses anything I receive from other vendors.

– Mitch Weiss – Salesforce

Once again, TrainingPros was able to provide a quality consultant with hard-to-find skills on short notice. I’m very pleased with the results produced under significant time constraints and within budget, and I will continue to consult with TrainingPros for future initiatives.

– Glen Hasling – Equifax

I work with TrainingPros and Leigh Anne on several different jobs. I’ve always found her so wonderful to work with and the professionals that she sends over to work with us are just wonderful.

– Jodi McClellon – Suntrust