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At AchieveForum, Dave Brazel serves as the chief revenue officer, responsible for driving commercial success globally. A sales leader with more than 20 years’ experience in the leadership development field, Dave has worked with sales professionals at every stage of career development with an emphasis on mentoring and coaching new account executives. Many great leaders have helped to shape Dave’s understanding of leadership—particularly D. J. DePree (founder of Herman Miller). Dave earned a Master’s degree in Theology from Western Theological Seminary in Michigan and a B.A. in Humanities (with a minor in Philosophy) from Hope College (also in Michigan).

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Three key leadership practices that empower organizations to build resilient workplaces, thereby reducing employee stress and increasing organizational performance.

Fostering Resilience in the Digital Age

ATD Research and ATD International have completed their first study on talent development in Brazil. Brazil: Talent Development Snapshot, 2015 allows organizations with operations in Brazil to benchmark their talent development activities against tho

ATD Releases New Bilingual Research on Talent Development in Brazil

ATD partners with global organizations to deliver top-tier talent development programs. These strategic alliances have helped train 200,000+ learners and expand L&D businesses worldwide.

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Federal agencies face a unique paradox: the mandate to modernize rapidly, while upholding the highest standards of security, compliance, and operational continuity. With digital transformation accelerating across the public sector, traditional training approaches are struggling to keep pace.The systems have changed. The training must evolve, too.Whether it’s implementing updated HR platforms, launching new procurement tools, or transitioning to modern case management systems, today’s federal workforce needs more than access to information. They need hands-on, system-specific practice that builds real-world confidence, without the risk of live environments.The Case for Secure, Scenario-Based TrainingIn the private sector, onboarding and upskilling often happen in fast, iterative cycles. In government, the stakes are different. A single misstep in a mission-critical system can affect millions of people. This is why more agencies are investing in scenario-based training that allows employees to safely engage with realistic simulations of the tools they will use on the job.This approach offers several key benefits:Risk-free immersion: Employees can make mistakes, learn, and improve in a secure environment before ever logging into a production system.Accelerated onboarding: New hires ramp up faster when they can practice, not just follow instructions or review videos.Agility during change: When systems or policies shift, simulations can be quickly updated to reflect new processes.Audit-ready insights: Systems that track training usage and completion provide documentation to support compliance.Balancing Security With ScalabilityOne of the biggest challenges in federal training is not just content. It is deploying that content securely and at scale. Cloud-based tools can offer flexibility and speed, but they must also meet strict federal security standards, especially when dealing with sensitive data.That is why many agencies are looking for platforms that align with FedRAMP or similar frameworks. These standards ensure training solutions meet the same security expectations as any other mission-critical government technology.Training can no longer be treated as a final step. It must be part of the transformation strategy from the beginning.As agencies work to build a more agile and adaptable federal workforce, training must become more immersive, more flexible, and more secure. It is not just about sharing knowledge. It is about building operational confidence in the very tools that drive service delivery.ATD’s Government Workforce Conference is the perfect opportunity to explore what the next chapter of federal workforce development should look like. Whether your agency is focused on HR modernization, compliance, remote operations, or large-scale system rollouts, one principle applies: Secure and scalable training is essential to mission success.

Training for Complexity: Building a Future-Ready Federal Workforce in a Secure World

Doug Stone is a founder and partner of Triad Consulting Group and a lecturer on law at Harvard Law School, where he has taught negotiation for almost 30 years.Through Triad, he does consulting for a wide range of organizations, including Fidelity, Honda, HP, Merck, and Turner Broadcasting, and has lectured at Apple, Google, Microsoft, and Pixar. Stone has worked with journalists in South Africa; diplomats at the former Organization of African Unity; police and community leaders in Springfield, Massachusetts; and doctors at UN/AIDS and W.H.O. He has also done consulting for Teach for America, the Ford Foundation, the Nuclear Regulatory Commission, the US State Department, the US Department of Justice, and the White House. Stone has taught difficult conversations for the justices of the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court as well as for 80 federal district court judges.Stone is co-author of two New York Times bestsellers: Difficult Conversations: How to Discuss What Matters Most, which has been translated into more than 25 languages, and Thanks for the Feedback: The Science and Art of Receiving Feedback Well. His articles on negotiation and conflict resolution have appeared in Harvard Business Review, the New York Times, Educational Leadership, Rotman Management Journal, and IT Metrics. He has appeared on many TV and radio shows, including Oprah, and was a keynote speaker at the 2006 World Negotiation Forum in Brazil.From 1988 to 1998, Stones was an associate and then associate director of the Harvard Negotiation Project, where he worked with Roger Fisher and other colleagues on the development of negotiation theory.Stone graduated from Brown University in 1980 and Harvard Law School in 1984. Prior to returning to Harvard, he practiced transactional and regulatory banking law at firms in Boston and New York.

Douglas Stone

Surya Prakash Mohapatra is currently the India Leader- Knowledge and Capability Management at Hewlett Packard Global Business Services. Surya was recently recognized by World HRD Congress as one of the 25 MOST 25 most talented global training and development leaders. Surya has over 18+ years of experience in various leadership roles in several leading IT and ITES organizations. Prior to Hewlett Packard, he worked in Wipro, Microland, FirstRing and Computer Garage. Surya has extensive experience in setting up and running learning and development functions for organizations in India and international locations. Surya set up the Global training function for Wipro BPO CBS which spanned across 10 locations in Brazil, Mexico, Romania, Poland, China, and India. He has led leadership development, capability building and talent management efforts in various organizations. He was instrumental in setting up the Management Academy and Domain Gurukul in Wipro BPO. Surya brings with him vast experience in setting up Knowledge Centers of Excellence in various domains, defining and implementing training models for Rural BPO, Tier-III BPO etc. In his current role at HP GBS, he is engaged in evolving strategies for career development, talent management and knowledge management for the organization in India. He supports the training and development needs of over 9000 employees in India which is the largest region of GBS world-wide. In the past, he played a key role in setting up the training function in HP GBS. He was one of the key contributors to HP’s Charisma Program as the Global Lead for the training tower. Some of the best-in-class initiatives led by him, has received industry recognition as well. Surya speaks regularly in various international forums on topics related to HR, Learning and Development, Corporate Culture and Spirituality. His articles have been published in various journals and magazines published from India and abroad. He moderates a global network of L&D professionals with over 18000 members. He is also the editor of EKAKSHAARA, a quarterly e-magazine for HR professionals.

Surya Prakash Mohapatra

Ashley Munday, director of Thrive by SweetRush, is a strategic advisor, change facilitator, and executive coach with more than 20 years of professional experience. She has facilitated organizational transformation initiatives around the world, using a systems approach and the power of values. Forbes interviewed her about her work, and Deepak Chopra interviewed her on his radio program after she served as a values advisor for the Icelandic national values assessment. Additionally, Munday co-authored a paper on “Transforming Culture in Larger Organizations.”She has worked around the world—with clients ranging from the board of a multinational corporation to a population from the untouchable caste in India—and has learned that when given the opportunity to create positive change, most rise to the occasion. Munday’s clients have included Aon Hewitt, Boehringer Ingelheim, CHANEL, Ericsson, Nedbank, Optiver, Sasol, Unilever Brazil, and Wells Fargo.

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