Become a Trusted Partner to Drive Performance

In this issue of TD at Work, Danielle Wallace shares how talent development professionals can connect learning to performance and build meaningful partnerships across the organization to support the business and help shape the organization’s future. Wallace offers guidance on how to:

• Know your business.

• Understand what matters most to business leaders and align your work to their goals.

• Develop an advisor mindset.

• Ask meaningful questions and speak stakeholders’ language.

• Collaborate early and often.

• Demonstrate business impact using metrics.

• Rebuild trust when relationships stall.

• Sustain alignment over time.

The Tools & Resources in this issue include a Conversation Guide: Align TD With Department Priorities, and a Worksheet: Business Context and External Factors. A Bonus Tools & Resources is a Checklist: Business Needs.