1. Explore the Model: Taking action is easy when you have the right framework. Discover the knowledge and skills that will empower the growth and development of talent development professional.

2. Take Your Self-Assessment: Take the self-assessment to measure your knowledge and skill in personal, organizational, and professional capabilities. Use the guide to learn more about how to assess yourself. Completing the entire assessment will give you the most robust view of your current abilities.

3. Choose Your Learning Path: Once you finish your self-assessment, you will be asked to choose a learning path. Choosing a path creates a gap analysis of your current skill profile against the ideal profile for your goal, creating a clear set of development areas.

4. Create Your Learning Plan By Adding Resources: Build a personalized learning plan of ATD resources that will close knowledge and skill gaps to prepare you for the next step in your career: a new role, a certification, or long-term development. Track your progress over time.

This tool allows you to explore roles in the TD field, understand how your work in other professions may “cross-over” to talent development, and align your skills with what’s needed for success in TD. Use this site and the TD Capability Model to benchmark the knowledge and skills you can develop for a fulfilling career in the profession!

• Use Talent Development Career Pathways to explore the roles best suited to your skills and abilities.

• Understand what skills and capabilities you may need to build to advance your career.

• See how well aligned your current self-assessment profile is to the one required for your next great opportunity.

• Connect to resources to build a personalized plan for your development in the TD Capability Model.