Show the value of virtual learning to demonstrate business impact. In Designing Virtual Learning for Application and Impact, virtual learning expert Cindy Huggett teams with evaluation experts Jack and Patti Phillips and learning transfer authority Emma Weber to create a guidebook for TD practitioners to ensure that their online programs achieve measurable results beyond the virtual classroom. This practical book outlines a design process focused on how to deliver on-the-job application of learning and a positive impact on business results.

Your Groundbreaking Framework for Measurement and Reporting Most people find measurement, analytics, and reporting dauntingand LD professionals are no different. Measurement Demystified: Creating Your LD Measurement, Analytics, and Reporting Strategy is a much-needed and welcomed resource that breaks new ground with a framework to simplify the discussion of measurement, analytics, and reporting as it relates to LD and talent development practitioners.

These tips can help organizations plan for the future.

ATD and i4cp found that four in five organizations have a designated talent development leader or leaders. The bad news is that only 20 percent of organizations have formal succession plans in place for those talent leaders. Clearly, as talent leaders’ roles become greater and the organization becomes more dependent on their work, the need for a succession plan for this position becomes more pertinent, especially to avoid organizational culture deterioration and the loss of institutional knowledge. But where can talent development professionals look to fill their...

Leaders help organizations maneuver transformational changes. The authors, Kartik Hosanagar and Apoorv Saxena, have argued that most of the companies are not approaching the AI-focused initiatives in the right way.

Bestselling author, brilliant orator, and effective champion for abolition, Frederick Douglass is an inspiration to all Americans. Born a slave in 1817, Douglass escaped to freedom in 1838 while continuing to advocate for the freedom of all slaves.

Tamar Elkeles presented her session Secrets to Building an Award-Winning Learning Organization, on May 22, 2016, at ATD 2016. In this segment, she introduces the topic and discusses current realities.

The scale of change we will encounter during the next decade will surpass that of the past half-century, according to scientists and futurists. Although we have been talking about the "increasing pace of change" for more than 20 years, the pervasiveness of this disruptive change is now unprecedented. Leading well, gaining followership, and delivering results in the next 10 years—in which change, volatility, and industry disruption are the constant, and periods of stability and predictability are unusual—will be the challenge that underlies all else for executives...

ATD also conducted interviews with heads of learning from leading organizations that have been able to align their business and learning strategies. Some of the questions ATD seeks to answer include:This Study finds that between half and two-thirds of organizations can be described as having high alignment these organizations had better market performance than those with less alignment.The full title of this report is Aligning for Success: Connecting Learning to Business Performance.

Evaluate leadership development programs all the way to impact and ROI. Measuring the Success of Leadership Development offers a proven methodology that will help you step up to the challenge.

A looming leadership gap faces most organizations over the next 10 years. As Cynthia D. McCauley of the Center for Creative Leadership notes in her overview, leadership is also a tool designed to help with a particular human dilemma: how to get individuals to work together effectively to produce collective outcomes.