Delegation Mastery & Advisor Certification at ATD 2026
You are heading to ATD 2026 in Los Angeles to find the latest in leadership development. Your learning tracks are set, but your leaders are still buried in the day-to-day. Your training keeps surfacing work that has nowhere to go. You need a solution for the work that does not belong on their plates anymore.
Visit Verve at ATD Booth #2304
Verve provides delegation training and certification for organizations looking to embed delegation as a core leadership competency. We provide the Let It Go Advisor Certification and the Organizational Efficiency Index to help leaders and L&D teams move out of the operational weeds. Founded by Emily Morgan and led by Chief Learning Officer Eileen Coombes, we understand that strategic goals slip when leaders lack a structured delegation framework. Our approach provides a permanent methodology that plugs into your existing leadership tracks to solve the delegation problems your training identifies
Emily Morgan, Founder and CEO: Launching the Second Edition of Let It Go
Why L&D Leaders Need More Than a Theory of Delegation
Traditional leadership programs give you the theory, the models, and the mindset shifts. They give you a way to identify the work your leaders should not be doing. What they often do not give you is the permanent solution—the structured system and training to ensure that work actually moves. Most organizations try to fill that gap with one-off productivity tips or generalist support. Without a proven system, the leader is still managing the mental load of delegation on top of everything else.
Verve works differently. Compared to standard training, our certification offers a scalable internal system to build delegation capacity through our Certification and Index tools. Our methodology helps your leaders learn how to prioritize and offload work without losing accountability. We provide the execution layer for the behavioral change your leadership training tells your leaders to achieve.
What to Expect from Verve at ATD 2026
Launch of Let It Go (Second Edition). We are celebrating the launch of Let It Go! How to (Finally) Master Delegation for You and Your Organization by our founder, Emily Morgan. Published by ATD, it is available in the bookstore for pre-orders, featuring contributions from our Chief Learning Officer, Eileen Coombes, and leading researchers.
Official ATD AMA Session. Join Emily on Monday, May 18 at 5:00 PM PST for an official Ask Me Anything session: "Let It Go to Grow: Delegation as a Leadership Skill." Bring your candid questions on embedding these behaviors into your leadership development programs.
Author Meet and Greet. Meet Emily Morgan at the ATD bookstore on Tuesday, May 19 at 12:15 PM PST for an official author Meet and Greet session.
The Organizational Efficiency Index & Certification. Stop by Booth #2304 to meet the Verve team to learn about our Advisor Certification, designed for internal coaches and L&D leaders who want to scale our delegation frameworks internally.
Questions L&D Leaders Bring to Us
"We’ve taught our leaders to delegate, but there is no internal system to ensure the work stays off their plates."
Our Counsel: This is the most common friction point in L&D. Awareness isn't enough; you must provide a "landing strip" for delegated work so it doesn't bounce back to the leader.
"Our senior leaders are still doing admin work because we haven't trained them on a structured delegation model."
Our Counsel: When leaders lack a model, they default to "doing" rather than "leading". We help you define a structured support model that fits your organization's specific complexity.
"Our development pipeline is stalling because our high-potentials are drowning in operational overwhelm."
Our Counsel: Burnout in your talent pipeline is often a delegation problem in disguise. By using the Organizational Efficiency Index, we can identify where execution is slowing down and deploy targeted training to fix it.
"We tried productivity training before, but it fell apart because there was no framework to make delegation stick."
Our Counsel: Productivity tips are tactical, but delegation is cultural. Our Advisor Certification ensures your internal team has the framework to maintain these behaviors over the long term.
"How can I help my leaders get real free time back for strategic thinking using a repeatable system?"
Our Counsel: Strategy requires "white space" on the calendar. We provide the system that shrinks the task list permanently so leaders can focus on the big-picture goals that drive growth.
Who This Is Best For
Verve provides the training and certification to make the delegation your leadership programs recommend a reality.
Chief Learning Officers who need a data-driven way (the Efficiency Index) to see why their leaders are failing to elevate.
Internal Coaches and HRBPs who want to be certified in a proven delegation methodology to support their teams.
Organizations that need a structured, scalable system for delegation training rather than one-off workshops.
L&D Teams who want to build delegation mastery into their internal leadership curriculum from the start. Beyond the conference, Verve offers specialized workshop and coaching services designed to meet these exact needs.
About Emily Morgan, Eileen Coombes, and the Verve Connection
Emily Morgan is the founder of Verve and author of Let It Go, a framework for rethinking delegation as an Energy Management System. AlongsideChief Learning Officer Eileen Coombes, the Verve team offers the training and certification programs that L&D leaders use to solve the delegation gap. Their methodology is designed to identify bottlenecks and help L&D leaders deploy targeted delegation training that complements existing leadership standards
Visit Us at Booth #2304 Stop by for fifteen minutes at ATD to discuss your organization’s development goals with Emily and Eileen. Bring your recent leadership competency models or organizational charts to the booth—we’d love to help you find your delegation solution. See you in Los Angeles!
