Foreword

When the Association for Talent Development (ATD) embarked on its rebranding journey in May 2014, we knew that it would be important to help lead the profession in defining talent development. We wanted to create the space for companies to interpret how talent development works and how it is evolving within their specific sectors and unique organizational structures. We understood that talent development is different from one workplace to the next depending on size, resource availability, and industry.

At the outset of its journey, ATD described talent development as:

Talent development encompasses the breadth and depth of the profession ...

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