TD Magazine

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TD is ATD's award-winning monthly magazine that covers industry best practices, emerging technologies, and trends. It is available to ATD members as part of their dues, and by subscription as well as single-copy sales.

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In this issue

Cover Story

All Systems Go

By: Diane Elkins and Nick Elkins

Six decisions to make when designing software training.

Theme Feature

Where to Start When Developing a Learning Technology Strategy

By: Sarah Gilbert

The process can be broken down into four steps.

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Articles

Editor's Note

Technology and Planning Go Hand in Hand

By: Paula Ketter

The world is changing quickly. If you look at the technology that was around just five years ago, it pales in comparison to what is available today. And that technology is driving many of your organization's strategies.

Feature

An Agile Construct for Learning

By: Leanne Drennan

IBM Learning created customizable bundles of learning that have changed the way employees access content.

Feature

Out With the Old, in With …

By: Marcus Buckingham

One by one, companies are ditching their performance management approaches, but what's a better method?

Feature

Accelerate Expertise With Scenario-Based E-Learning

By: Ruth Colvin Clark

This design approach enhances critical thinking and problem-solving skills, research reveals.

Feature

Pulling Together or Paddling in Circles?

By: Maya Hu-Chan

How to achieve strategic alignment within global teams.

Web Exclusives

To Be a Great Leader, Make Sure Your Employees Feel Safe

By: Patty Gaul

Recent research identifies the most important leadership traits.

Communication 101

By: Bruce Tulgan

How managers can help their employees build one of the often-lacking soft skills.

Intelligence

Motivating Employees With Healthy Stress

By: Alex Moore

A little bit of stress won't hurt you.

Also:

Use Action Learning to Change Culture

Cool Tool: Office Mix

Changing the Status Quo

Word Wiz: Sticky Objectives

Peeking Behind the Social Curtain

Running a Career Ultramarathon

Engagement Around the World

You've Got a Degree, But Are You Prepared?

Long View

Liz Ryan

Interviewed By: Patty Gaul

Liz Ryan is a passionate advocate for the human workplace vision of reinventing work for people. She writes about reimagining HR and learning functions as cultural leadership roles, and about softening the structure of bureaucratic rules and policies that keep employees from being able to collaborate and innovate as the new working world requires.