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. As you position it for the
future, what you need to know grows exponentially.
As futurist Ray Kurzweil once said, "If I take 30 steps linearly, I get
to 30. If I take 30 steps exponentially, I get to a billion." How do you
prepare for exponential growth?
In ATD's Action Guide to Talent Development: A Practical Approach to
Building Organizational Success, industry expert and bestselling author
Elaine Biech lays out the steps you can take. The companion volume to
ATD's Foundations of Talent Development: Launching, Leveraging, and
Leading Your Organization's TD Effort, this book follows an eight-step
framework for defining your organization's learning foundation through
preparing for the future. You are your organization's trusted advisor,
and Biech offers practical questions, organizational assessments, and
tips for each step you must guide your organization through. She also
presents the newest thinking from university educators and researchers
that organizational experts have relied on for years, as well as from
industry practitioners and luminaries in leadership and development.
Open this book to any page. Jump in where you think it will be most
beneficial to you or your organization. Whether you work inside a
company or as an external consultant, whether you work for a large
organization or a small one, whether you are launching your first talent
development effort or fine-tuning a function that's been in action for
decades--you are sure to find valuable concepts, designs, and ideas. Get
started now. Take action.
