ATD's Action Guide to Talent Development: A Practical Approach to Building Your Organization's TD Effort

CHAPTER 29

Demonstrate the Organizational Impact of Talent Development

Demonstrating the impact that the talent development function has on the organization has always been a challenge. However, as Wendy Kirkpatrick (2018) states, “Training evaluation doesn’t have to be as complicated as you think.” And, showing the value—the return produced by the money invested—is important to your organization.

You are a trusted advisor to your leaders, who expect you to determine and demonstrate the business impact of all talent development activities, especially formal training events.

The Least You Need to Know About Determining and Demonstrating Organizational Impact

Evaluation doesn’t need to be daunting. There is little doubt that talent development ...