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Effective Communication Is a Vital Capability for TD Pros

By Paula Ketter

Wednesday, January 22, 2020

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The Association for Talent Development (ATD) is making a bold shift with the new Talent Development Capability Model. ATD is shifting from competency to capability and broadening the model’...

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When the Competency Model Breaks Down: How to Map Skills to Roles

By Kristi Broom

Wednesday, January 15, 2020

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By now, most of us have caught on to the idea that talking about skills is cool, and many companies are simply replacing the word learning with skills. While this idea is taking over the L&...

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Great Trainers Can Make Great Business Leaders

By Leah de Souza

Tuesday, December 17, 2019

TD professionals are uniquely equipped to tackle broader business roles.

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New Capability Model Is a Blueprint for Talent Development Professionals

By Courtney Vital

Monday, December 9, 2019

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Through its competency studies over the last 40 years, ATD has helped define what training, learning, and talent development professionals need to know and do to be successful. Amid a...

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Talent Development Capabilities Are Getting Personal

By Morgean Hirt

Wednesday, November 20, 2019

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As the pace of technological and societal change grows ever more rapid, organizations and industries have been investigating the meaning of the future of work. ATD too has been sifting...

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Ready for the New ATD Capability Model?

By Jennifer Homer

Wednesday, November 13, 2019

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For more than 75 years, an important part of ATD’s work has been to establish standards of excellence for our profession through our competency research. Best practices and expectations for...

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ATD Career Week 2019 Helps You Stay Current and Agile

By Lisa Spinelli

Thursday, September 19, 2019

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During ATD’s Career Week 2019, we plan to explore the new work landscape as it’s set forth today. From how to be more agile and flexible, to corporations with pay equity programs, to why we...

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An Unexpected Upside to the CPLP

By Jennifer Caruso

Friday, September 13, 2019

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In 2007, my manager carved out time for our small L&D team to begin preparing for the Certified Professional in Learning and Performance (CPLP) credential. I had not heard of the credential...

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Capabilities for Talent Development

By Pat Galagan, Morgean Hirt, Courtney Vital

Wednesday, December 18, 2019

What Talent Development Professionals Should Know and Do to Be SuccessfulThe talent development field is deep and wide, encompassing the efforts that foster learning and employee...

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APTD: The Missing Step to Making a Career Move

By Gregory Rollins

Friday, August 23, 2019

I had been looking for a job in the training industry for more than year, but I didn’t seem be getting anywhere. I like to say I am a trainer. That is, after all, the direction that my...

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Convince Leaders That a Learning Culture Solves the Skills Gap

By Cheryl Lasse

Monday, August 12, 2019

To convince leaders that a culture of learning can solve the skills gap problem, you need them to connect skills gaps to engagement and other key business metrics. Today, it would be hard...

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CPLP: Offering a Structure to Stay Current in L&D

By Celeste Stratton

Wednesday, August 7, 2019

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It was during July and August a few years ago when I studied for the Association for Talent Development’s (ATD) Certified Professional in Learning and Performance (CPLP) Knowledge Exam....

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Expanded Skills, Broadened Perspectives

By Yvonne Bogard

Friday, July 5, 2019

I set out to earn my CPLP certification as a personal and professional goal. I needed a new challenge, and I certainly had one. In 2014 I earned my CPLP; I’ve since recertified once and...

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CPLP: Personal Choice or Professional Development Goal?

By Denise Hicken

Thursday, June 27, 2019

Talent development professionals know that professional growth for employees is critical for continued personal career success and the health of the organization where they work. “Lifelong...

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Showing My Value

By Mike Laughlin

Tuesday, June 18, 2019

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As a learning and performance professional, two options were available to me that would help me show my value to the industry and an employer. The two main certifying agencies at the time...

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How the CPLP Saved the Day

By Beth Teixeira

Monday, June 10, 2019

A month after I became a certified CPLP, I found myself seated at the table of a newly assigned client. A large client. An angry client. I was the troubleshooter and this was my first...

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How I—and My Organization—Benefited From Becoming a CPLP

By Rachel Hutchinson

Thursday, June 6, 2019

Reverse the clock to the early 2000s. Song like “Hips Don’t Lie” and “London Bridge” were playing on the radio. E-learning was in its infancy. Many people had cell phones but house phones...

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Can Professional Credentials Boost Your Credibility?

By Denise Hicken

Wednesday, May 29, 2019

Credibility is a funny thing. Sometimes you earn it and sometimes you just stumble into it. For talent development professionals, the possibility of trying to teach a topic of skill without...

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CPLP Recertification Blues

By Henry Meyerding

Tuesday, May 14, 2019

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Three years ago, when I took that big test, passed it, and then spent months preparing work product submissions, the far-off prospect of recertification didn't seem difficult—or important....

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