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Thursday, 10 September 2026 / Published in Featured, LERN News

Biggest Issues of the Year

Here’s the top three issues of the year, as decided by your LERN leaders and best practitioners in the field of class programming.

#1 Saving Time
  Instead of trying to catch up, focus on the 20% of activities that truly require your skills and judgment, says Richard L. Hardon, a leadership and AI expert. Then simplify, delegate, delete or use AI for the other 80% of your time. “The next level of your leadership may not come from doing more. It may come from doing less – – with greater intention,”  he says. **

#2 Preventing Burnout
  Moving up this year as pressures increase on limited staff. We need tips on establishing healthy boundaries to reclaim energy and foster a sustainable work-life balance. So say Jessica Johnson of Overland Park, KS; Janelle Sexton, Twin Falls, ID; Anthony Mangiafico, Wallingford, CT; and Douglass Adams, Hilo, Hawaii.

#3 New Uses of AI for Programs
  AI is an issue, and a new opportunity for programs. Top practitioners are exploring AI for more than just course descriptions, reports Leslie Brock of Carbondale, IL.

  From the opening motivational keynote by Richard L. Hardon, to panels on Preventing Burnout and New Uses of AI, you will get new advanced and practical how-to strategies at the big LERN Annual Conference, Nov. 16-19, Online. Click here and Register Now.

** For a FREE pdf copy of our recent newsletter featuring Richard L. Hardon’s new leadership approach in the age of AI, email info@lern.org Subject line: Free newsletter

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