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ATD's Handbook for Consultants

Turn to the Definitive Guide for All Your Consulting Questions. ATD’s Handbook for Consultants unpacks what it takes to run a successful consulting practice that delivers world-class solutions for...

Quality Management in Learning and Development

Develop a Quality Management System to Support Learner and Organizational GoalsQuality management is collectively all the activities and processes that ensure your learning products meet the standard...

The Executive Coaching Playbook

The Turnkey Guide for Your Executive Coaching PracticeThe Executive Coaching Playbook offers to newly minted executive coaches and entrepreneurs who are launching executive coaching practices a...

TDBoK™ Guide, second edition

The Definitive Resource for the Talent Development ProfessionThe TDBoK™ Guide: Talent Development Body of Knowledge, second edition, is a comprehensive collection of TD concepts, definitions,...

Creating Training Videos

LIKE FILM SCHOOL FOR TRAINERS! Film and edit effective training videos—using your smartphone.Whether you’re a facilitator, instructional designer, or L&D department of one, you don’t need a fancy...

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The Modern Learning Ecosystem

Reimagine the Role of L&D in the Modern Workplace How can we possibly keep up? This question is front and center in today’s workplace thanks to the downright ridiculous pace of change. There’s a...

Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion for Trainers

Make DEI Training Foundational in Your Organization. When done well, diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) training creates space for courageous conversations that acknowledge hard truths around...

Conscious Accountability

Elevate Your Work and Relationships Through Conscious Accountability Results and relationships—managers and leaders no longer have to prioritize one over the other to build a culture of exceptional...

Facilitation in Action

Improve the Impact of Your Facilitation Facilitation is about mastering how to deliver an engaging learning experience, all in the effort of improving workplace performance. It’s also about...

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Needs Assessment on a Shoestring

Determine Organizational Needs Despite Limited Resources Needs Assessment on a Shoestring offers talent development professionals a process for addressing organizational needs and determining...

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Instructional Design on a Shoestring

Design Effective Training Programs Despite Limited Resources Instructional Design on a Shoestring offers talent development professionals a process for developing effective training programs, even...

The Accidental Instructional Designer, 2nd edition

Go From Accidental to Intentional. Filled with insights and tips, this updated edition of The Accidental Instructional Designer, by e-learning veteran Cammy Bean, covers nearly every aspect of the...

Agile for Instructional Designers

Discover Agile for Better Instructional Design. To serve business needs amid greater volatility and uncertainty in the workplace, learning and development professionals need project management...

Data & Analytics for Instructional Designers

Add Data and Analytics to Your TD Toolkit. With the advance of new learning technologies and data specifications, instructional designers have access to richer data sources than ever before. But with...

Aligning Instructional Design With Business Goals

Evaluation-Oriented Instructional Design That Delivers Business Results. In Aligning Instructional Design with Business Goals, talent development (TD) and human resources executive Kristopher...

The Fundamentals of Talent Development

ATD's Handbook for Training and Talent Development

Start, Build, and Navigate Your Training and TD CareerNow in its third edition and grounded by the Talent Development Capability Model, ATD’s Handbook for Training and Talent Development offers an...

ATD's Organization Development Handbook

The L&D Guide to Organization Development ATD’s Organization Development Handbook is a tactical, hands-on book for those in learning and development looking to make that first step into organization...

ATD’s Foundations of Talent Development

Your Talent Development Atlas. If you’ve been directing your organization’s talent development effort during the last few years, you might think you’re on a journey without a map. There are few...

ATD's Action Guide to Talent Development

Get Started Now. Take Action. Staying ahead of change in the world, your organization, and your profession requires action. You learned a lot to launch your organization’s talent development effort....

The Art and Science of Training

The topic is vast, the science precise, and the art so innovative. There are more similarities than differences between how artists and scientists work. Both ask countless questions. Both search in...

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Design Thinking for Training and Development

Better Learning Solutions Through Better Learning Experiences. When training and development initiatives treat learning as something that occurs as a one-time event, the learner and the business...

Adaptability in Talent Development

Boost Your Adaptability. Adaptability is a critical skill for leadership capability, career potential, and working relationships. Therefore, it is vital for talent development (TD) professionals who...

Interact and Engage, 2nd Edition

Ignite Online Events and Virtual Training with the Use of Well-Designed and Facilitated Activities Creating outstanding virtual meetings, webinars, and training programs has always been challenging...

L&D’s Playbook for the Digital Age

Build a Modern L&D TeamOrganizations are facing an era of rapid acceleration. As new technology and digital strategies are integrated, workers at all levels will be required to build capability much...

Kirkpatrick's Four Levels of Training Evaluation

A timely update to a timeless model. Don Kirkpatrick's groundbreaking Four Levels of Training Evaluation is the most widely used training evaluation model in the world. Ask any group of trainers...

Digital You

What’s your story? The most successful brands aren’t created, they are unearthed. Successful branding is based on authenticity. So how do you reveal your own brand? First, by searching yourself for...

Emotional Intelligence in Talent Development

Enhance Your Emotional Intelligence. Emotional intelligence is about people. And so is talent development (TD). For TD professionals to succeed, they must be comfortable with all aspects of working...

StoryTraining

Change Your Training Narrative. As a trainer, you try to facilitate connections for learners, knowing you must first make connections for yourself. One way to do that is to be a storyteller. But how...

The Hard and Soft Sides of Change Management

Change isn’t going anywhere. Learn how to manage it. We live in a wild world of volatility, unpredictability, chaos, and ambiguity, with change seemingly as the only constant. Change can be difficult...

Mentoring Programs That Work

Amazing Benefits, Unique Risks A stellar mentor can change the trajectory of a career. And an enduring mentoring program can become an organization’s most powerful talent development tool. But fixing...

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Recent Books in the What Works in Talent Development Series

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