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Turn to the Definitive Guide for All Your Consulting QuestionsATD's Handbook for Consultants unpacks what it takes to run a successful consulting practice that delivers world-class solutions for clients all with the benefits of a self-directed work life. As companies and organizations become increasingly strategic with how they use employee resources, more are engaging external consultants as highly skilled temporary labor when they lack the specialized expertise to handle their growing needs. Without the staffing flexibility to complete special projects that require more employee hours and specialized skills, companies recognize the benefits of fresh perspectives, new ideas, outside opinions, and the speed and efficiency of an expert consultant who in many cases has already tackled similar challenges with other companies.Consulting is at the top of the list of career moves for talent development professionals and others who have unique skill sets and expertise. Whether you're considering branching out on your own, you've just launched and are struggling to keep yourself afloat, or you're looking to take your business to the next level, this book will help you clarify your "why" and make your transition a soft landing. Learn to set a business strategy, write winning business proposals, and market your products and services. Gain perspectives on multiple consulting career paths-from forming an independent consultancy to joining a boutique consulting practice to consulting with a large company.Edited by consulting powerhouse Elaine Biech, this book is broken into five parts:Exploring consulting: So you want to be a consultant Getting started: Plan your consulting futureDelivering results: The work of a consultantDeveloping business: Find and keep clientsFocusing on your future: Define success your wayTap into the sage wisdom, actionable takeaways, and practical tools in this book, and set yourself apart from the competition on your journey to becoming a successful consultant.

Start, Build, and Navigate Your Training and TD CareerATD¿s Handbook for Training and Talent Development is the premier resource and compendium of everything a training and talent development (TD) professional needs to know to start, build, and navigate a thriving career. Now in its third edition and grounded by the Talent Development Capability Model, this is more than a revised volume. This edition offers an up-to-date view of the growing roles of talent development professionals, our changing world of work, and the critical need for business alignment. Edited by Elaine Biech, the third edition is divided into eight sections comprising 57 chapters authored by 100 expert practitioners¿the brightest thinkers in the field¿who share foundational and advanced perspectives and information. The Handbook dives deeply into growing professional expertise and personal skills, virtual learning and remote work, trends affecting TD, managing organizational and career change, growing roles in TD, and understanding organizational impact and business alignment. Fifty online tools are available to download, and there is also a glossary and references.TD professionals, keep this practical, companionable volume close by; it¿s the reference you will always turn to.

Your Talent Development AtlasIf yoüve been directing your organization¿s talent development effort during the last few years, you might think yoüre on a journey without a map. There are few published resources to guide you in a challenge that many experts promise will only become more urgent, and necessary, in the coming years. Elaine Biech, a legendary leader in training and development, understands the road ahead and has partnered with ATD to present a new book that will point the way¿ATD¿s Foundations of Talent Development: Launching, Leveraging, and Leading Your Organization's TD Effort.Biech imbues this comprehensive volume with the energy and passion she has manifested in a career spanning more than three decades. In her hands, you have a trusted adviser who provides guidance, leadership, and direction to your organization. Biech painstakingly guides you over 36 chapters¿taking you from developing your talent development strategy, creating an operating plan, and reinforcing your organization¿s talent development mindset, through design and delivery, measurement and evaluation, and preparing for the future. No matter where you are in your development, you will be able to pick up this book and select chapters that describe how you can help your organization. What¿s more, Biech has included a new customized model to assist you. Plus, she¿s invited dozens of her friends and colleagues to contribute¿well-known authors, ATD subject matter experts, and icons in the field¿to present a cross-section of voices and approaches in the field. In 2018, ATD celebrates its 75th anniversary by delivering ATD¿s Foundations of Talent Development, its first published reference to the profession it leads and supports. Think of this book as your professional atlas.Table of Contents:I. Identify and Clarify the Organization¿s Learning Foundation1. Your Organization¿s Learning Culture2. Leaders Champion Learning3. Employees Value Learning4. Everyone has a Learning Mindset5. Clarifying Your Organization¿s ReadinessII. Develop a Talent Development Strategy 6. Build A Business Case for Learning7. Enhance Your Organizational and Industry Savvy8. Expand Talent Development¿s Purpose9. Partner with Business to Become Trusted Advisors III. Create an Operating Plan: 10. Align TD to the Organization¿s Needs11. Manage the TD Function12. Balance Services and Budget13. Leveraging Technology for LearningIV. Reinforce an Organizational Talent Development Mindset 14. Maturing Your Organization¿s Learning Culture15. How Your Organization Learns to Perform16. Managers Develop their Employees17. Employees are Accountable for Their Development18. Talent Development Professionals are ConsultantsV. Design and Deliver Learning 19. Formal Learning20. Learning from Others21. On-the-Job Learning22. Contemporary Content23. Services Provided by TD ProfessionalsVI. Fortifying the Learning 24. Enable Social Learning25. Empower Employees26. Coach Managers27. Foster Continual Self-Learning28. Develop TD StaffVII. Define and Measure the Impact 29. Determine and Demonstrate Organizational Impact30. Evaluation Methods31. Getting Started with Evaluation32. The Future of EvaluationVIII. Prepare for the Future 33. The Workplace of the Future34. The Workforce of the Future35. Talent Development Future Trends36. Guiding Your Organization¿s Future

Industry expert and bestselling author Elaine Biech lays out an eight-step framework to position your organization for the future. This is the companion volume to ATD's Foundations of Talent Development: Launching, Leveraging, and Leading Your Organization's TD Effort, and it offers practical questions, organizational assessments, and tips for each step you must guide your organization through. Biech also presents the newest thinking from industry practitioners and luminaries in leadership and development.

Focusing on the training function, this work is process-oriented, combining prescriptiveness with discussion of why each step is necessary and how it fits into the wider picture. It should help employees to see how to implement TQM in their own department and thus translate it to other departments.

Successful organisations are proactive about change and can turn obstacles into opportunities. In Change Management Training, master trainer and innovator Elaine Biech presents a complete lineup of workshop resources and tools needed to conduct effective change management training.

Discover how top facilitators always put learners first, even when faced with exceptions to the rule-the unwilling learner, the uninformed supervisor, the inappropriate delivery medium, or the unmanageable performance challenge. And learn why you must understand people, not content, to ensure consistently exceptional learning experiences.

Presents innovative two-day, one-day, and half-day training workshops that help supervisors embrace their new roles and develop supervisory skills in five key areas: promoting communication, guiding the work, leading the workforce, coaching employee performance, and developing themselves.

From creating a safe learning environment to learning how to align your training to meet various learning styles, this title offers readers what they need to deliver results.

The ASTD Leadership Handbook is a compilation of insights, ideas, and tools that will enable individuals, teams, and organizations to develop their leadership capabilities. Topic areas covered in the book are leadership competencies, leadership development, attributes of successful leaders, contemporary leadership challenges, and broadening the leadership discussion.

Avoid costly litgation! You'll want to keep this user--friendly overview of legal issues on your desk at all times! This is the only complete "how--to" guide and overview of legal issues you face as a consultant.