Shayla Combs is a Senior Principal Researcher with the Learning & Development Research Team in Gartner's HR Practice. Shayla works with functional leaders and their teams to conduct in-depth research of their pressing challenges, surfacing evidenced best practices and practical tools practitioners can put to their own use. Her research strengths center on skills needs identification, L&D strategy design and delivery, learning culture, cost-optimization, strategic measurement, AI literacy, technology-enabled workforce implications, internal mobility and future-ready workforce planning.
Prior to joining Gartner full-time, Shayla interned on the Chief Human Resources Officer Research Team supporting research deliverables related to Environmental, Social and Governance strategy.
Bachelor of Science in Industrial Labor Relations from Cornell University