LinkedIn findings | What is 'continual career growth learning' - and why is it so important for high-performer retention?

If you want to hold onto your best people, you need to invest in their future.

That’s the big takeaway from LinkedIn’s Workplace Learning Report 2025 titled The Rise of Career Champions, which makes a compelling case for why career development is no longer just a perk, but a business imperative.

And yet, only 36% of organizations have fully embraced career-driven learning. The rest? They’re playing catch-up.

The report, based on a survey of learning and development (L&D) professionals, data from LinkedIn’s billion-strong user base, and insights from HR leaders, shows that the companies leading the way in workplace learning (those so-called “career development champions”) are outpacing their peers in profitability, talent retention, and even artificial intelligence (AI) adoption.