Jacque Burandt discusses the most important trends in talent development: the skills gap and accountability performance.

Jacque Burandt shares her three-step process for getting to the C-Suite.

A leader's ability to conquer common business challenges is a critical measure of leadership readiness. But a new research study reports that it's not only the personal characteristics of the leader that ultimately determine success. Context matters. Unfortunately, context can change quickly. "It won't take long for most leaders to find themselves in an environment that they are ill-prepared to...

Organizations face increasingly volatile and complex markets. To compete, they need a business strategy that counteracts negative forces and guides individual lines of business toward positive outcomes. The strategy needs to present leaders with guidelines on how to make decisions and allocate resources to accomplish key objectives, as well as define the actions people in the business should take (or not take) and...

Popular topics get a renewed analysis.

In this Q&A, Vice Chair for Talent Nancy Altobello provides an inside look at the talent development function at EY (formerly Ernst & Young). How does EY define talent development? EY's talent development framework is known as EYU, which stands for EY & You and reflects the mutual commitment of...

Fast-moving global markets, digital disruption, and a multigenerational workforce are just a few factors forcing companies to innovate. To help executives understand the challenges facing their organizations, a recent trends survey reveals that core talent functions such as culture, leadership, engagement, and learning round out the top 10 trends. Let's take a closer look at the top 10 trends.

The argument: SMEs, not trainers, are the better choice for leading training courses. It's constantly being discussed: Do subject matter experts make better teachers or should we leave the job to trainers?

Working to improve San Antonio's critical shortage of nurses, physicians, and other healthcare professionals by filling the pipeline with area young people, University Health System has a robust Next Generation of Healthcare Professionals program. This program gives back to the community, fulfills an important part of the University Health System mission, and provides a source for future talent recruitment.

You can't tackle innovation and creativity like you would finance management and expect to come up with the "next big idea." Innovate. Create. Transform. Invent. These are verbs; they require personal action. In other words, you have to do something to innovate. Here are a few ways C-level execs can make innovation a habit in their day-to-day workflow.

The Talent Development Executive Confidence Index (TDXCI), formerly the Learning Executive Confidence Index (LXCI), is a quarterly assessment of talent development executives' short-term expectations for the health of the talent development function in organizations. The questions in the Q1 2016 survey asked about the status of talent development. Talent development executives are less optimistic about...

We are in the midst of a revolution, occasioned by the disappearance of a massive number of jobs as we know them. We are experiencing the end of work as we know it. Some clear trends currently under way will present challenges for senior leaders of organizations. But first, what does the expression "the end of work" mean?

Evidence suggests that organizations are more competitive, agile, and engaged when employees freely and consistently share knowledge. In other words, these high-performing companies have an established culture of learning. Despite the obvious benefits, only 31 percent of organizations have well-developed learning cultures, according to Building a Culture of Learning: The Foundation of a Successful Organization, a new report from ATD Research and the Institute for Corporate Productivity (i4cp).

Quick! Without hesitation, jot down your company's innovation process. What's done at corporate headquarters to consistently identify high-potential ideas and translate them into market-share gains and increased profits? A mere glance at the business headlines speaks to the struggles major companies have with innovation. Institutionalizing the ability to adjust course is a...

Nancy Altobello and the talent function at EY not only have a seat at the leadership table, but also a valued role throughout the organization.

Decision making doesn’t always require an immediate reply.

Without highly skilled leaders, organizations cannot build and execute sound business strategies, create and maintain competitive advantages, attract and retain qualified talent, or achieve and sustain peak market performance. Providing those leaders with relevant content and data they can readily apply in their daily work is driving talent developments exploration and deployment of learning through direct, hands-on experiences that are likely to produce immediate, high-performance results.Experiential learning is an umbrella term encompassing learning that...

The Talent Development Executive Confidence Index (TDXCI), formerly the Learning Executive Confidence Index (LXCI), is a quarterly assessment of talent development executives short-term expectations for the health of the talent development function in organizations. The TDXCI is a composite score that takes into account four key indicators for how talent development executives believe the talent development function will change during the next six months:The TDXCI is modeled after the Conference Board Measure of CEO Confidence, which rates CEOs expectations for...

Tamar Elkeles presented her session Secrets to Building an Award-Winning Learning Organization, on May 22, 2016, at ATD 2016. In this segment, she discusses linking measurement to business goals and company culture.

Tamar Elkeles presented her session Secrets to Building an Award-Winning Learning Organization, on May 22, 2016, at ATD 2016. In this segment, she discusses the five secrets to building an award-winning learning organization and has a QA period.