ATD’s Foundations of Talent Development: Launching, Leveraging, and Leading Your Organization’s TD Effort

FOREWORD

As a lifelong learner always looking to gain new insights and wisdom about the world in general and the workplace in particular, I was thrilled to see so much outstanding content about talent development in one place. It is a crash course taught by the best in the field, invaluable for even highly experienced practitioners and indispensable for the novice or midcareer TD professional.

My first experience in the learning field was as a public high school teacher. Later, as I began searching for a different pace and challenge, I became an instructional designer and facilitator, progressing through the ranks in corporate learning. Many years and hard-earned wisdom later, I’m privileged to lead a high-performance group that oversees talent ...