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Corporate Training is Not a Cost Center | Steve Nolan

What if the moment your company announces layoffs is exactly the moment to spend more on training, not less?

In this episode of the Balancing Act podcast, Andy speaks with Steve Nolan, CEO of The Ariel Group — the leadership and communication development firm founded by performing artists — and a certified MBTI practitioner with more than thirty years of executive leadership.

Steve has spent his career in and around corporate training, and he is blunt about its biggest problem: in 2026, too many companies still treat it as a cost center and cut it first when AI spending squeezes the budget…

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