CLO Michael Dorsey ensures that every Department of Human Services employee has the training they need to serve Maryland residents.

Chief People Officer Marissa Andrada is leading cultural transformation at Chipotle

This is a crucial characteristic for anyone in the C-suite.

Chief Learning Officer Michael Molinaro is ensuring New York Life employees have easy access to intuitive learning options.

On March 20, 2019, CTDO Next members discussed ATDs Competency Model update. The conversation considered the major forces and trends impacting the profession that need to be reflected in the model, what the model should do for the field and for ATD, and how to ensure the model represents the profession as it is today and will be in three to five years.

During the January 2019 virtual meeting, CTDO Next members discussed blockchain and its implications on the future of work and the talent development profession.

During the December 2018 virtual meeting, CTDO Next members discussed artificial intelligence and its implications on organizations and the talent development profession.

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Liz Janssen is focused on ensuring ICF employees have the skills and mentoring to support the company’s innovation and growth.

This video profile from ATDs Take It From the Top series features CTDO Next member Brian Miller, vice president of talent, development, and inclusion at Gilead Sciences. Miller describes one of his leadership-defining epiphanies as the moment he understood that the experts were in front of him and his job was to guide their path.

This video profile from ATDs Take It From the Top series features CTDO Next member Tamar Elkeles, chief human resources officer for XCOM. Elkeles encourages talent development professionals to take a greater role in leading their organizations by shaping the business, engaging the workforce, and embracing new technologies.

This video profile from ATDs Take It From the Top series features CTDO Next member Suzanne Frawley, director of talent management at Plains All American. Suzanne recalls how one of the most influential leaders in her career taught her to listen well, ask questions, and provide a safe space for her team to take risks.

Based on a survey of 1,911 talent development professionals, the report identifies the median base salary of individuals working in talent development, as well as non-base pay such as bonuses and incentive pay. 2019 Talent Development Salary and Benefits Report provides a picture of the talent development profession, offering information on professionals experience in the field, educational background, role responsibilities, and more.

Mary McNevin helps U.S. Venture prepare future leaders while broadening its talent acquisition scope.

Paul DePodesta talks to a room of talent development executives during the CTDO Next program at ATD 2018. He poses the question about the audiences talent development strategy: If you werent already doing it this way, is this the way you would start?

How do you, as a learning professional, prepare for what you dont know is coming? How do you judge what is important and what is just a fad?In Shock of the New: The Challenge and Promise of Emerging Technology, Chad Udell and Gary Woodill create a new framework for anticipating emerging learning technologies, outlining six key perspectives you should consider with any new technology.

CLO Samantha Hammock is helping American Express anticipate and develop the skills employees will need to innovate and compete in a new age of technology.

Get leadership-fit and see results in yourself and others. And for both, results come only with effort.

First Lessons, Lasting Insights Nearly all of us have stories of advice given by the mom or mother figure in our lives. In Leadership Lessons for Any Occasion: Stories of Our Mothers, executive coaches and authors Ed and Nila Betof have collected stories from a wide range of leaders, teachers, coaches, and talent development professionals about how their mothers guided their paths to helping others lead resourceful, meaningful lives.

Chief Talent Officer Michael Arena is helping build adaptability into General Motors’ workforce.