Based on the ATD Research report by the same name, this presentation examines organizations expectations, training, and support for managers as coaches of their direct reports.
Bridging the Skills Gap: Using Learning Opportunities to Address Current and Future Talent Needs examines the current and future skills gaps organizations are facing, as described by 356 talent development professionals. The 2024 skills gap whitepaper marks the eighth iteration the Association for Talent Development (formerly the American Society for Training & Development) has published. New this year is a section that focuses on the training needs of 522 working Americans, which provides insight into the thoughts of general employees in addition to TD...
The healthcare industry is one of the largest sectors of the US economy, and navigating the complexities of the field and the many training requirements and priorities can be a major challenge for talent development professionals. The 2024 State of Healthcare Training report examines the training activities of US healthcare organizations. Based on a survey of 275 talent development professionals working in the wider healthcare, pharmaceutical, and healthcare technology industries, the report provides data that will aid readers in benchmarking their own...
In today’s business environment, technology is vital to the growth and advancement of all organizational departments. In talent development, technology is an essential component for creating, managing, delivering, and analyzing learning. ATD Research was interested in learning more about the tools organizations were using how often they formally audited their systems, how they managed data governance, and more about the people who managed and administered an organization’s learning technology ecosystem.The report found four key findings:1. While organizations...
On March 13, 2023, Angela Cheng-Cimini, SVP Talent and CHRO at Harvard Business Publishing, led a discussion about the new employee experience, including the hyper-personalization of learning and development.
The 2023 State of the Industry report, sponsored by Allego and AllenComm, is ATD’s annual review of talent development trends, spending, and activities that can help benchmark your team’s work. Drawing upon ATD’s 2023 survey, which gathered information from 454 organizations across a diverse range of industries and company sizes, this year’s report presents results in a robust, data-driven guide to demonstrate what happened in talent development in 2022 amid the evolving COVID-19 pandemic and the changes in the global economy. Easy to read and including...
On January 28, 2021 during a CTDO Next working session, members discussed the go-forward plan for 2021. They shared ideas about the networks learning agenda, working agenda, and tactical agenda for the months to come.
What does it mean to innovate strategically and manage the ability to continuously do so?
Drawing upon a sample of 541 TD professionals, this report investigates key questions to provide benchmark data and highlight best practices. Specifically, ATD Research focused on the importance of hybrid work policies, hiring and onboarding, and training. Organizations had a variety of reasons for offering employees a hybrid work experience. The three most common were providing flexibility, improving employee satisfaction and retention, and being competitive to recruit top talent.
In this episode of ATD's Talent Development Leader podcast, former Fortune 5 executive and CHRO Amii Barnard-Bahn shares a powerful message about the nature of change. Amii thoughtfully deconstructs change and suggests a new mindset for approaching it. She offers practical tips and examples for ways TD leaders can build momentum for change initiatives and sustain them. And she explains how we all can better prepare ourselves to be more resilient and lead through ambiguity with grace.
In TD Salary and Benefits Report 2023, ATD Research provides valuable information about salary and benefits in the talent development profession. Based on a survey of 482 talent development professionals, the report identifies the base salary of individuals working in talent development, as well as non-base pay such as bonuses and incentive pay. The report provides information by job level, years of experience, certification, work schedule, US region, industry, and organization size. In addition to helping talent development professionals benchmark their salaries...
In this episode of ATD's Talent Development Leader podcast, Arun Bedi, Senior Fellow at the Human Capital Institute of the Conference Board, unpacks the critical components of a successful new hire experience. He describes some keys to effective onboarding, including best practices he uncovered when running VISA's onboarding boot camp. Listen and learn how to create a high-impact new hire experience that meets the goals of your organization and employees. *The views and opinions expressed in this program are those of the speakers and do not necessarily reflect...
DEI&B education refers to “training, courses, and other forms of learning that an organization offers its employees to promote the understanding and application of its DEI&B policies, practices, and expectations.” Drawing upon a sample of 1,048 talent development professionals, Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, and Belonging Education investigates key questions to provide benchmark data and highlights best practices about DEI&B education. The research focused on how organizations were providing education opportunities, DEI&B budgets, the challenges of offering DEI&B...
VP of TD Tonika Quick divulges her secrets to success.
In this episode of ATD's Talent Development Leader podcast, we're talking to 2023 Chief Learning Officer of the Year, Michelle Braden, who is Vice President of Global Talent Development at WEX. Michelle describes her career journey, including the moments that have shaped who she is as a leader today. She admonishes listeners to lead with empathy, keep things simple, and invest in developing their people at all costs.
Tenured employees assist newer employees with leadership skills in this win-win program at Jacobs.