TDBoK™ Guide
The TDBoK Guide: Talent Development Body of Knowledge is the gold standard for the talent development field, providing accurate and current content for practitioners informed by a diverse array of global expert practitioners. It is:
Grounded in the Talent Development Capability Model
Informed by research and expert practitioners from the field
Updated regularly to align to changes in our profession, our workplaces, and society
Written for professionals like you
Learn more about the second edition of the TDBoK Guide in the ATD blog, "The Definitive Resource for Talent Development: Do You Have It?"
Elaine Biech, CPTD fellow, believes excellence isn’t optional. Her passion is helping others achieve their passion. She specializes in maximizing individual, team, and organizational effectiveness using her expertise in OD, training, and consulting. Elaine has designed and delivered thousands of training courses and apps. Highlights of her career include designing and implementing the first process improvement programs for the Newport News Shipbuilding Company and McDonalds; designing and facilitating the first creativity program for Hershey Chocolate; and facilitating one of the world’s first virtual training sessions in 1985 for NASA. Read more.
As founder of Up to Something, LLC, Rita specializes in unconventional methods that disrupt and challenge leaders to think differently, be open to new possibilities, and question the status quo. She served in several leadership roles for more than 25 years at Southwest Airlines, including Operations, Sales, Marketing, HR, and L&D. She currently works with organizations in several sectors engaging leaders in courageous conversations, strategy sessions, and immersive experiences that foster team collaboration, change, and cultural inclusiveness. Read more.
Holly Burkett, PhD, SPHR, CRP, is an accomplished talent builder, change leader, and performance consultant with more than 20 years of experience as a business advisor to organizations like Apple, SEVA Foundation, Chevron, and the National Security Agency. She is passionate about developing resilient leadership capabilities that enable high engagement, employee wellbeing, and operational excellence. A certified change practitioner, ROI Institute Associate, Stakeholder Centered Coach®, and research fellow with the Conference Board, Holly is a sought-after coach, speaker, and facilitator. Read more.
John Coné is principal of the Eleventh Hour Group. He consults on issues of organizational learning, with emphasis on strategy, planning, and design. He works with business, government and not-for-profits to create great learning functions and learning organizations. He was a founder of Motorola University, vice president of HR and CLO for Sequent, and creator and VP of Dell Learning. Coné has served on the boards of public and private training companies, and as chairman of the ATD Board. Read more.
Jonathan Halls is an award-winning author & was recently named by GFEL in the top 100 Visionaries for Education in 2021. His books include Confessions of a Corporate Trainer: An Insider Tells All (2019), Rapid Media for Trainers (2016), Rapid Video Development for Trainers (2012), Video Script Writing (2014) & Memory & Cognition in Learning (2014). He is a contributing author to books including the ASTD Handbook: The Definitive Reference for Training & Development 2nd Edition (ASTD Press, 2014) & has written for publications like T&D, Learning Solutions and others. Read more.
Karl M. Kapp, Ed.D., is an international speaker, scholar, writer, and expert on the convergence of learning, technology and business with a focus on game-thinking, games and gamification for learning. He serves as a professor of Instructional Technology at Bloomsburg University in Bloomsburg, PA. where he teaches several graduate courses and serves as the Director of the university’s Institute for Interactive Technologies. The institute works with businesses, non-profits and other organizations to help them create interactive and meaningful instruction. Read more.
Dana Alan Koch is a learning scientist with 40 years of experience focusing on learning durability by researching, applying, and teaching the cognitive, technological, and social aspects of learning. Koch has researched the biology behind how the brain learns and uses that insight to teach others how to learn most effectively. He consistently works on grounding learning initiatives of all shapes and sizes in solid research and science. Most recently Dana led Accenture’s Institute for the Applied Learning Sciences where his team used the latest learning science research to enhance the quality and impact of learning initiatives. Read more.
Patti P. Phillips, PhD, CPTD is CEO of ROI Institute and has been a driving force in the global adoption of the ROI Methodology®. Her work as an educator, researcher, consultant, and coach supports practitioners as they help organizations and communities thrive. Patti has authored and edited more than 100 books on measurement and evaluation. Read more.
Eivind is a member of the Senior Management Team of the Hilti Group, responsible for the development of the corporate culture, and the global leadership and learning agenda.
He is an accredited coach and enjoys coaching leaders and leadership teams around the world. Eivind chairs the Executive Education Advisory Council at IMD Business School in Switzerland. He is also a founding member of ATD's CTDO Next, a group of talent thought leaders that shape what’s next in talent development. Read more.