Chapter 1

Talent Development = People Development

Lisa Spinelli

“I love working with the smartest and most passionate colleagues,” says Hillarie Hunt, director of learning and development at Northwest Evaluation Association. “Everyone at my work is very mission-driven, and so good at what they do. It is inspiring!”

Hillarie was a public high school teacher of English, music, and theater for five years. In that time, she experienced innumerable moments of frustration. She taught remedial reading and writing to 11th graders who were afraid to attempt to write their name at the top of a blank piece of paper, yet she had to prepare them for graduation the next year. She often had no classroom of her own, so she pushed a large cart of teaching materials ...

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