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What Causes You Angst?

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Wed Mar 23 2016

What Causes You Angst?
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Much research has been done on the biggest workplace challenges keeping leaders up at night. The Association for Talent Development (ATD) conducted its own research prior to launching CTDO magazine in December 2015. We surveyed and interviewed our executive audience to uncover the greatest pain points present in their roles as leaders of the talent development (TD) function. TD executives identified the following as major sources of angst:

Much research has been done on the biggest workplace challenges keeping leaders up at night. The Association for Talent Development (ATD) conducted its own research prior to launching CTDO magazine in December 2015. We surveyed and interviewed our executive audience to uncover the greatest pain points present in their roles as leaders of the talent development (TD) function. TD executives identified the following as major sources of angst: 

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    measuring impact and effectiveness

    measuring impact and effectiveness 

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    leadership development

    leadership development 

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    business and strategic alignment

    business and strategic alignment 

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    adapting to globalization

    adapting to globalization 

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    employee engagement

    employee engagement 

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    resource allocation

    resource allocation 

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    leadership support

    leadership support 

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    budget

    budget 

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    time

    time 

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    succession planning.

    succession planning. 

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Do any of these sound familiar? Each free, quarterly issue of CTDO magazine deals with one of the above challenges in the column, Angst Index. Our goal is to provide you with the solutions to your greatest sources of stress by discussing these issues and unpacking proven best practices and new ideas.

Do any of these sound familiar? Each free, quarterly issue of CTDO magazine deals with one of the above challenges in the column, Angst Index. Our goal is to provide you with the solutions to your greatest sources of stress by discussing these issues and unpacking proven best practices and new ideas. 

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For example, in the Winter 2015 issue of CTDO , David Dotlich and Raj Ramachandran discuss evolving best practices for leaders seeking to drive lasting organizational change in the midst of a disruptive work environment. The Spring 2016 publication deals with the frustration many TD executives experience because of a lack of understanding of how to measure and interpret employee engagement data. What employee and workplace development issues are keeping you up at night? We’d love to hear from you. Contact me any time , and read more from CTDO here .

For example, in the Winter 2015 issue of CTDO, David Dotlich and Raj Ramachandran discuss evolving best practices for leaders seeking to drive lasting organizational change in the midst of a disruptive work environment. The Spring 2016 publication deals with the frustration many TD executives experience because of a lack of understanding of how to measure and interpret employee engagement data. What employee and workplace development issues are keeping you up at night? We’d love to hear from you. Contact me any time, and read more from CTDO here.

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