ATD is the world’s largest association dedicated to those who develop talent in organizations. They’ve published important content for the field for more than 80 years. ATD Press is the premier publisher specializing in best practices related to workforce education, training, and talent development. ATD Press publications are written by industry thought leaders and offer anyone who works with adult learners the best practices, academic theory, and guidance necessary to move the profession forward.
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Check out ATD's most recent catalog!

ATD's industry-leading handbooks deliver content and tools from the experts.

Whether you need an entire comprehensive guide or you want to curate and customize certain topics from these volumes, you will find solid, research-based, business-tested resources from ATD's lineup of professional talent development handbooks. Each handbook features expert thought leaders and practitioners in their field that offer up sage wisdom, actionable takeaways, and practical tools. They deliver the context and the strategies needed for success in today's complex business environment.  Publishers can choose to license the entire handbook or curate just the content they need, mix and match, and abridge and adapt it to their specific business context. Contact us to find out the innovative, flexible ways you can license these resources. 
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ATD Workshop Series
Let Our Experts Do The Heavy Lifting For You

​Each ATD Workshop Series book provides all the content and trainer’s tools needed to create and deliver compelling training guaranteed to enhance learner engagement, deepen learner understanding, and increase learning application. Each book includes interactive half-day, one-day, and two-day workshops designed by leading training experts, with flexible timing and fully customizable training and support materials. You can also license the training programs for your training company. Contact us for details.

Recent releases in virtual training.

Prepare for the next frontier in talent development and learning.

The way we connect as humans has rapidly evolved as we interact more and more in digital environments. As organizations reimagine the digital and virtual experiences they offer to their workforce, it’s important to design these around people and recognize that technology is created by humans to solve for human problems​. The experts at ATD can help talent professionals navigate this new environment.

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2020

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Instructional Story Design: Develop Stories That Train
Rance Greene
Stories are memorable, actionable, and emotional. We make sense of the world by forming them and that makes them perfect for instructional design. In Instructional Story Design, master story design Rance Greene delivers a powerful yet practical guide to writing and developing stories for training. It takes what you already know about a story’s power to connect with people and offers a clear methodology for the otherwise daunting process of creating a compelling story.
ISBN: 9781950496594 
Publication Date: April 2020
Size: 6” x 9”
# of pages: 280
Audience: Trainers, instructional designers, HR & talent development professionals
Price: $32.99
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The BS Dictionary : Uncovering the Origins and True Meanings of Business Speak
Bob Wiltfong & Tim Ito

“Business Speak” has invaded board rooms, marketing meetings, and everyday business communications. Do you yearn for a book to disambiguate the common language of your job? Do you wish the kimono would open on idioms and clichés that stretch the bandwidth of understanding? If so, then The BS Dictionary: Uncovering the Origins and True Meanings of Business Speak is for you. The authors offer researched and documented entries for a full etymology of favorite phrases. Author, correspondent, and business consultant Wiltfong is the winner of a Peabody, several Emmys, and the prestigious Edward R. Murrow Award and a veteran of The Daily Show with Jon Stewart. 
ISBN: 9781950496167
Publication Date: April 2020
Size: 5-1/4” x 7-1/2”
# of pages 340
Audience: Business leaders, managers, teams, anyone who works in the business environment
Price: $19.99
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Succession Planning Basics, 2nd Edition
Christee Atwood 
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ISBN: 9781950496570
Publication Date: March 2020
Size: 7-1/2” x 9-1/2”
# of pages: 136
Price: $22.99
Audience: Trainers, managers,  talent development professionals 
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2019

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The Unashamed Guide to Virtual Management
Ben Bisbee and Kathy Wisniewski
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What happens when a virtual manager needs actual day-to-day support around issues such as handling office romance and doing laundry on the job, as well as more traditional issues like onboarding, performance reviews, and scheduling? Using short chapters and writing in a fun, whimsical, and straightforward way, virtual management experts Ben Bisbee and Kathy Wisniewski address the unanswered and critical questions of how to manage virtual teams to achieve maximum results with advice on more than 30 topics to handle unexpected situations. 
ISBN: 9781949036558
Publication Date: October 2019
Size 5-1/4” x 8” 
# of Pages: 248
Audience: Virtual managers, HR & talent development professionals 
Price: $19.99
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Lianabel Oliver & Educardo Nin

​The budgeting process in many organizations is stressful—an item to dread on the to-do list. But it doesn't have to be that way. This new book in the 10 Steps series walks managers and organization leaders through the fundamentals—planning, organization, documentation, preparation, and follow-up. The simple, clear explanations and true-to-life examples of budgets and planning tools help teams, departments, and organizations clarify their spending needs and reexamine who they are, what they do, and how they can use their resources more effectively.

Mark David Jones & J. Jeff Kober

Leadership experts Jones and Kober identify the key success tools all world-class companies have in common and explain how any company can adopt them. Their customer-first approach, the World Class Excellence Model, was developed from decades of success as leaders at Walt Disney and experience working with 20+ Fortune 500 companies. They show how top companies view each person inside and outside the organization as a "customer"—internally, as they engage their employees and build their organization's culture, and externally, as they engage their customers and build their brand. This edition includes real-life examples from IKEA, Southwest Airlines, Ritz-Carlton, Walt Disney, and others.

Timothy J. Tobin

​Join leadership coach and fitness expert Timothy J. Tobin as he shares the four fitness principles at the intersection of physical and leadership fitness: You never know what you're capable of until you take that first step. You must put in the effort. You learn more about yourself when times are tough. What you consume matters. He reveals the foundations of leadership fitness, including motivation and mindset, and details his steps to being leadership-fit. From taking your pulse to seeking recovery by building endurance, he uses fitness metaphors to enlighten leadership training. Train smart; train often. Build good habits. Develop yourself and others. 

2018
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ATD’s Guide to Talent Development
How to Launch, Leverage, and Lead Your Organization’s TD Effort
By Elaine Biech 
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​Directing an organization’s talent development effort can be like a journey without a map. Legendary training and development leader Elaine Biech points the way forward, providing leadership and direction to help any organization. She covers developing a TD strategy, creating an operating plan, and reinforcing an organization’s TD mindset, through design and delivery, measurement and evaluation, and preparing for the future. Complete with perspectives from trusted experts and icons in the field, this book serves as a professional atlas for talent development excellence. 

​​ISBN: 9781562868437
Available: September 2018
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Work the Problem
How Experts Tackle Workplace Challenges
By Kathryn Stafford
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Everyone has experienced a situation at work where challenges pile so high that the only solution seems to be to cut and run. This set of unique yet familiar stories creates a conversation about universal workplace problems that can arise in any career and how we can solve them for ourselves in fresh ways. Whether you’re thinking of quitting your job, you feel stalled out at your workplace, or you’re advising someone who has hit a wall, Work the Problem is the book to reach for. 

ISBN: 9781947308572
Available: June 2018
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StoryTraining
Selecting and Shaping Stories That Connect
By Hadiya Nuriddin

Trainers try to facilitate connections for learners, knowing that they must first make connections for themselves. One way to do that is to be a storyteller. But do you select, structure, shape, and tell effective stories? This practical, innovative book by Hadiya Nuriddin, instructional designer and storyteller extraordinaire, explores how to find and deliver stories, engage learners, and make training more relevant.

ISBN: 9781562866891
Available: March 2018
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Blended Learning
What Works in Talent Development Series
By Jennifer Hofmann

Modern learning audiences want flexibility and personalization—development on their terms. They need a blended approach to learning that lets them grow their skills and knowledge where they actually perform their work. When designed and implemented effectively, blended learning will help training professionals breathe life back into their talent development offerings. 

ISBN: 9781562860981
Available: February 2018
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Learning While Working
Structuring Your On-the-Job Training
By Paul Smith

People become experts at their jobs by learning while doing. But how can organizations ensure that everyone receives the same learning experience? After all, most on-the-job training programs leave learners to sink or swim depending on who oversees their work. In Learning While Working, talent development manager Paul Smith shows how to structure training on the job to provide the focus and direction needed to track progress and build a pipeline of better-skilled workers. 

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ISBN: 9781947308541
Available: July 2018
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2017
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Minds at Work
Managing for Success in the Knowledge Economy
By David Grebow & Stephen J. Gill

The only sustainable advantage in today's competitive marketplace is the ability to learn and adapt faster than everyone else. This book shows how on-demand learning inspires employees to achieve higher levels of performance and helps managers move from traditional “command and control” to being advocates of communication and collaboration. Find out what happens when managers help their direct reports grow as people and use technology to pull the learning they need when they need it.

​ISBN: 9781562866839
Available: December 2017
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How Did I Not See This Coming?
A New Manager's Guide to Avoiding Total Disaster
By Katy Tynan
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First-time managers are under tremendous pressure but are often totally unprepared for the rocky journey ahead of them. This book tells the fictional story of Julie, a onetime star producer, to illustrate how a new manager can success-fully make the transition to a leadership role. It offers five basic truths about management—starting with recognizing team values and strengths—that can be learned by anyone.

​ISBN: 9781562867867
Available: December 2017
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Learning in the Age of Immediacy
5 Factors for How We Connect, Communicate, and Get Work Done
By Brandon Carson
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Automation, the cloud, mobile, big data, and the internet of everything—we live in an on-demand world, and these are the five factors that cause the biggest transformational changes to how we connect, communicate, and get things done. But how do they affect our learning strategy and execution? This book is a primer on what every learning leader needs to know as they enable their organizations to move at the speed of business.

ISBN: 9781562867690
Available: May 2017
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Own Any Occasion
Mastering the Art of Speaking and Presenting
By Erik Palmer

Top speaker Erik Palmer taps into his vast experience to simplify the process of extraordinary speaking, whether giving a wedding toast, preparing for a sales call, or delivering a keynote. His 11 steps show how to craft the perfect mes-sage and captivate audiences with exceptional delivery. Whether the audience is large or small, the message personal or professional, Palmer’s easy system will help everyone become the best speakers they can be in any situation.

ISBN: 9781562866853
Available: October 2017
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Partner for Performance
Strategically Aligning Learning and Development
By Ingrid Guerra-López & Karen Hicks

Evolving expectations. Increased calls to add value. Shifting training roles. Training professionals are no longer simply deliverers of learning services and products; they are now allies with managers to support business priorities. This book delivers a framework to strategically align trainers' roles to drive the performance that matters most.
ISBN: 9781562865818
Available: July 2017
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Play to Learn
Everything You Need to Know About Designing Effective Learning Games
By Sharon Boller & Karl Kapp

When trainers use games, learners win big. Games are more effective than lectures at holding learners’ interest and helping them explore new skills and experience different points of view. This book bridges the gap between instruc-tional design and game design to grow designers' game literacy and strengthen crucial game design skills. Includes real examples of in-person and online games for readers to try as they read.
ISBN: 9781562865771
Available: March 2017
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Go With It
Embrace the Unexpected to Drive Change
By Karen Hough
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Improv expert Karen Hough shows how anyone can learn to be more creative and innovative—using improv's flexibility, humor, focus, and "yes, and" principles. In this book, she brings her discoveries from the success of improv troupes to the front lines of innovation in business. Learn how executives and organizations can use improv techniques to get their teams working and innovating together. Hough shares many stories of how companies can break through old patterns and learn to create through listening, agreeing, and discussing ideas.
ISBN: 9781562865719
Available: October 2017
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Connection Culture
The Competitive Advantage of Shared Identity, Empathy, and Understanding at Work
By Michael Lee Stallard
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Organizations thrive when employees feel valued, the environment is energized, and high productivity and innovation are the norm. This requires a new kind of leader who fosters a culture of connection within the organization. Connection Culture provides a fresh way of thinking about leadership and offers recommendations for how to tap into the power of human connection.
ISBN: 9781947308398
Available: June 2017
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Essential Account Planning
Five Keys for Helping Your Sales Team Drive Revenue
By Mark Donnolo

Sales teams don't want to take time away from selling. Even though they know that account planning spurs sales performance, account planning just won't stick once sales start to boom. No more. Essential Account Planning offers practical advice, stories, and templates for sales managers and trainers to frame an account planning approach and deliver account planning training that lasts.
ISBN: 9781562867768
Available: May 2017
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Unstoppable You
Adopt the New Learning 4.0 Mindset and Change Your Life
By Patricia A. McLagan
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Unstoppable You is the ticket to creating a fulfilling and successful life for individuals and to promoting a culture of learning for organizations. Targeted to professionals in any job or industry, this book is an invitation to upgrade to Learning 4.0—where one becomes more fully able to respond to new insights and pro-found changes in the world—by adopting seven basic practices. Includes a toolkit of templates, guides, and tips.
ISBN: 9781562861094
Available: May 2017
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The Complete Guide to Building and Growing a Talent Development Firm
By Stephen L. Cohen

Whether readers are looking to start their own talent development firms or just need some tips to at-tract new business, Stephen L. Cohen knows how to help. Drawing on 40 years of founding, expanding, selling, merging, and leading talent development firms, he delivers a one-stop shop for thriving in a competitive business environment.

ISBN: 9781562867737
Publication Date: March 2017
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Play to Learn
Everything You Need to Know About Designing Effective Learning Games
By Sharon Boller and Karl Kapp

When trainers use games, learners win big. Games are more effective than lectures at holding learners’ interest and helping them explore new skills and experience different points of view. This book bridges the gap between instructional design and game design to grow designers' game literacy and strengthen crucial game design skills. Includes real examples of in-person and online games for readers to try as they read.
ISBN: 9781562865771
Publication Date: March 2017
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The Complete Guide to Building and Growing a Talent Development Firm
By Stephen L. Cohen
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Whether readers are looking to start their own talent development firms or just need some tips to attract new business, Stephen L. Cohen knows how to help. Drawing on 40 years of founding, expanding, selling, merging, and leading talent development firms, he delivers a one-stop shop for thriving in a competitive business environment, overcoming barriers to success, winning over customers, and building repeat business.
ISBN: 9781562867737
Available: March 2017
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Mentoring Programs That Work
By Jenn Labin

A stellar mentor can change the trajectory of a career. And an enduring mentoring program can become an organization’s most powerful talent development tool. But fixing a “broken” mentoring program or developing a new one from scratch requires a unique process, not a standard training methodology. In this book, seasoned program development specialist Jenn Labin provides a model to build connections between people. Her step-by-step approach will help HR and talent development professionals navigate a mentoring program from start to finish.
ISBN: 9781562864583
Publication Date: February 2017
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Virtual Training Tools and Templates
An Action Guide to Live Online Learning
By Cindy Huggett
How can you reach remote audiences without boarding a single plane? Live online learning. Virtual training expert Cindy Huggett offers her best tips, tools, and templates for delivering effective online training that is short, highly relevant, and extremely engaging. Her worksheets, checklists, and proven tools will make any virtual program successful.



ISBN: 9781562867737
Available: March 2017
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2016

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Let Them Choose
Cafeteria Learning Style for Adults
By Jilian Douglas & Shannon McKenzie

This innovative book walks readers through designing, facilitating, and measuring a learning experience that’s proven to delight learners by using the Cafeteria Learning Model, which combines the best of brain science and learning the-ory with the power of choice. This approach encourages learners to explore and absorb content at their own speed and direction and puts them in the best position to succeed.
ISBN: 9781562866402
Publication Date: October 2016
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Measuring the Success of Employee Engagement
A Step-by-Step Guide for Measuring Impact and Calculating ROI
By Patricia Pulliam Phillips, Jack J. Phillips, & Rebecca Ray​

More companies are turning to engagement programs to recoup lost revenue and productivity, but these programs can lose funding when designed without business impact in mind. In this book, the authors make the business case for employee engagement initiatives, reveal what it takes to build a program with the end in mind, and ensure that employees drive innovation and increase sales with an engagement program that earns its keep.
ISBN: 9781562869182
Publication Date: April 2016
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​Rapid Media Development for Trainers
Creating Video, Podcasts, and Presentations on a Budget
By Jonathan Halls

Shaky camerawork and scratchy audio just won’t cut it with today's learners. Even the most time- and budget-constrained training team can produce polished media following this guide by Jonathan Halls, who draws on his experience running the BBC’s prestigious production training department to help learning teams dazzle. Whether building a training program, blending offerings, or flipping a class-room, this book will help learning professionals make learning dynamic with rapid media techniques.
ISBN: 9781562865856
Publication Date: December 2016
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The Art and Science of Training
By Elaine Biech

There are more similarities than differences between how artists and scientists work. Both ask countless questions. Both search in earnest for answers. Both are dedicated to reaching the best results. Not so different from today’s trainers, are they? In this book, expert Elaine Biech, one of the most highly re-garded names in talent development, sets out to identify the perfect blend of content mastery and au-dience insight that top facilitators rely on to deliver outstanding training experiences.
ISBN: 9781607280941
Publication Date: December 2016
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​Kirkpatrick's Four Levels of Training Evaluation
By James D. Kirkpatrick & Wendy Kayser Kirkpatrick

Don Kirkpatrick's groundbreaking Four Levels of Training Evaluation is the global standard for training evaluation, but over the last 60 years a number of misassumptions and faulty practices have crept in. Here, James and Wendy Kirk-patrick set the record straight with the New World Kirkpatrick Model, a powerful training evaluation methodology that melds people with metrics. Training leaders and practitioners alike will discover a blueprint to maximize business results by training people more effectively, improving the way they work, and helping their organizations meet goals.
ISBN: 9781607280088
Publication Date: October 2016
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​Learning for the Long Run
7 Practices for Sustaining a Resilient Learning Organization
By Holly Burkett

Innovative change leader and seasoned performance consultant Holly Burkett explores how to make the learning organization indispensable while tackling sustainability concerns head on by promoting seven simple practices real businesses use to ensure continuity in learning and development. These practices demystify how to earn credibility and grow a learning function into a mature enterprise able to weather today’s frequent business disruptions.
ISBN: 9781562869946
Publication Date: November 2016
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ASTD Handbook, 2nd Edition: The Definitive Reference for Training & Development.
Elaine Biech, Editor

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In today’s parlance, smartboard is the new chalkboard, and for the profession of workplace training and development, the completely revised 2nd edition of the ASTD Handbook, will drive thousands to the single best resource for every practitioner and occasional trainer. The ASTD Handbook: The Definitive Reference for Training & Development, 2nd edition, more than a year in the making, maintains the authority and credibility of ASTD’s first Handbook (2008), incorporates the new competencies of the profession, and now includes more than 90 percent innovative and never-before published content that will drive buyers of the 1st edition to the check-out line. Covering vital content on technology and application changes of the last few years authored by world-class training and development authorities, this 2nd edition goes beyond anything ASTD has published to date. Like the first edition, supplemental tools are included to support immediate application of the book’s valuable concepts. Spearheaded by expert trainer and world-renowned author, editor, and speaker Elaine Biech, this new volume from ASTD Press will lead the training profession from front of the room teacher to key facilitator and organizational learning leader.

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The Virtual Training Guidebook: How to Design, Deliver and Implement Live Online Learning.
by Cindy Huggett

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The Virtual Training Guidebook is packed with checklists, advice, and how-to features. This title instructs trainers how to design, deliver, and implement live online learning and will help learning professionals transition to the online classroom by taking a holistic look at successful implementation, including gaining organizational support, selecting a platform, designing classes, selecting facilitators, preparing participants, global considerations, and the logistics required for success.



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Becoming a Can-Do Leader: A Guide for the Busy Manager
by Frank Satterthwaite &Jamie Millard

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How can leaders learn how to manage without giving up the work they love? Executive coaches Satterthwaite and Millard help leaders discover how to work strategically with staff, grow in their areas of expertise, and take on management responsibilities while continuing their professional work. Their extensive training and coaching of man-agers at all levels has shown that successful managers both delegate and do—they are can-do leaders.

ISBN: 9781562869922
Publication Date: November 2016
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The Art of Modern Sales Management: Driving Performance in a Connected World.
by Renie McClay

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This new title from seasoned sales professional Renie McClay, The Art of Modern Sales Management, provides a blueprint for managing performance in the changing and global sales landscape. Each chapter is contributed by experienced sales professionals, many of whom have expertise in both sales and sales management. The Art of Modern Sales Management enables readers to learn from practitioners and then develop their own leadership skills as sales team leaders, whether local or across the globe.



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Find Your Fit
A Practical Guide to Landing the Job You'll Love
By Sue Kaiden, Editor
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How people land jobs has changed. Most need help from a pro, someone who navigates career data, the labor mar-ket, and hot jobs with ease. They need an adviser who will tell them what to pursue and what to avoid—what they need is a career coach. Better yet, several. Find Your Fit offers the shared expertise of 16 seasoned experts to help guide everyone’s journey to the right job with the right fit.
ISBN: 9781562869465
Available: October 2016
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Everyday Coaching
Using Conversation to Strengthen Your Culture
By Virginia Bianco-Mathis & Lisa Nabors
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Not everyone is a professional coach, but with this book, they can take the best of what coaching has to offer—the dialogue, tools, and mindset—and leverage it to transform themselves and their organization. It explores the power of using the language of coaching to achieve expectations, personal growth, and overall strategic success. Includes easy-to-use coaching model to practice formal or informal feedback, making agreements, and guiding behavior.
ISBN: 9781562869939
Available: August 2016
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Solving the Innovation Mystery
A Workplace Whodunit
By Steve Gladis

In the face of global competition and the explosion of technology, innovation is today’s business imperative to remaining productive and adaptive. In this entertaining tour de force, leadership authority Steve Gladis deftly solves the innovation mystery as we track private investigator Roland Epps and executive coach Dana Glass to illustrate his thesis that a safe, trusting culture is essential for creativity to thrive and for innovation to take root.
ISBN: 9781607280071
Available: October 2016
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7 Paths to Managerial Leadership
Doing Well by Doing It Right
By Fred Mackenzie
Studies show that most people leave their jobs because they dislike the way they are supervised. So what can man-agers do? Management consultant Fred Mackenzie presents seven simple paths to effective relationships between managers and staff. Each path offers wisdom that focuses on action, not position, and inspires others to do their best work. This guide helps leaders identify their leadership style and build on their strengths to inspire those they lead.

ISBN: 9781562869458
Available: February 2016
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2015

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Modern Mentoring
By Randy Emelo

Drawing on his rich business experience, Randy Emelo explains why organizations should consider all employees potential mentors. He offers a blueprint for success that benefits more than the select few and steers clear of forcing connections between people. Emelo demonstrates that a culture in which people choose what they want to learn and whom they learn from increases organizational intelligence. His model shows what it takes to grow a modern mentoring culture and which tools to use to facilitate organization-wide mentoring.

ISBN: 9781562869335
Available: May 2015
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Measuring the Success of Leadership Development
A Step-by-Step Guide for Measuring Impact and Calculating ROI
By Patricia Pulliam Phillips, Jack J. Phillips, & Rebecca Ray

More is being invested in leadership development now than at any other time in history—and that translates into ad-ditional accountability for anyone spearheading a new program. Reknown ROI experts Jack and Patti Phillips team up with knowledge organization expert Rebecca Ray to offer a proven methodology to help leaders begin the lead-ership development process with the end in mind and show return on investment to key stakeholders.
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ISBN: 9781562869427
Available: May 2015
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Leaders Open Doors, 2nd Edition
A Radically Simple Leadership Approach to Life People, Profits, and Performance
By Bill Treasurer
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True leaders open doors of opportunity for people. Drawing on two decades of experience, leadership expert Bill Treasurer shows readers how to open doors of opportunity as they master four essential skills that all leaders must hone. He combines personal stories and anecdotes to illustrate how (and how not) to inspire people. He believes that great leadership is the willingness to take initiative to reach the goals crucial to success.

ISBN: 9781562868574
Available: November 2015
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Beyond Happy
Women, Work, and Well Being
By Beth Cabrera
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Engagingly told by positive psychology authority Beth Cabrera, Beyond Happy is a collection of essential findings that offer women proven strategies for living more authentic, meaningful lives. With time-tested methods for thriving based on personal values and developed strengths, it is a guide to what matters most in all our lives—enduring family ties and relationships.​

ISBN: 9781562869793
Available: August 2015
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Project Management for Trainers, 2nd Edition
By Lou Russell

Today’s trainers are taking on truly unique projects—and often many at once—so a seat-of-the-pants approach to project management no longer works. In this refreshed second edition, seasoned learning and leadership expert Lou Russell offers a structured approach to moving projects from conception to completion. Trainers and instructional designers will discover how to maintain a clear focus on client goals no matter how many changes they request or how many people get involved.


ISBN: 9781562869489
Available: October 2015
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Telling Ain’t Training, 2nd Edition
Updated, Expanded, Enhanced
By Harold D. Stolovitch & Erica J. Keeps

Telling Ain’t Training is chock-full of myth-busting research and ready-to-use tools. Since its first edition published in 2002, its practical, learner-focused approach has quickly became a favorite with learning and development professionals, as well as school teachers, parents, professors, and anyone else who trains, educates, or instructs. Delivered in a lighthearted and entertaining style, the second edition sets new standards for the training industry.


ISBN: 9781562867010
Available: June 2011
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Leading From the Edge: Global Executives Share Strategies for Success.
by Annmarie Neal with Karen Conway

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Taken from the pages of today’s business leaders, this new title from ASTD presents strategies for the global-minded and agile companies to successfully set strategy, identify and solve complex problems, and guide their organizations. Learn from seven top executives how they shifted from individual thinkers to leading and growing organizations in an ever-changing global economy.

Teach With Style: Creative Tactics for Adult Learning
by Jim Teeters and Lynn Hodges

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Harness the strengths of individual instructors and incorporate what learners need to succeed. This is the fundamental recipe for facilitation success that is simple and effective. Authors Jim Teeters and Lynn Hodges—long time facilitators—draw on more than 70 combined years of experience to share their unique and accessible approach. The Teach With Style approach is a dynamic model built around four instructor styles. The book contains more than 120 take-and-use learning tactics, plus a sample workshop.

ASTD Competency Study: The Training & Development Profession Redefined
by William J. Rothwell, Justin Anderson, and Jennifer Naughton

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Revised from its original design in 2004, the ASTD Competency Model remains the definitive framework for the training and development profession; understanding and applying the Model is essential to stay current and relevant in the practice.

Immersive Learning: Designing for Authentic Practice
by Koreen Olbrish

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Immersive Learning, or ‘throwing someone into the situation and seeing if he/she floats," is a method of training that is seeing a lot of press today. Primarily used in technology environments with simulations (think pilot-fighter training), there is set process methodology behind this concept. Using ADDIE as the foundation of the training design process (Analysis, Design, Development, Implementation and Evaluation), author Olbrish marries immersive learning principles into the ADDIE instructional system, focusing on what works and doesn’t, cautions and effective implementation. In addition, the book provides case studies depicting success stories across a wide range of immersive learning projects.

Managing Incompetence: An Innovative Approach for Dealing with People
by Gabriel Ginebra

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Managers and supervisors face a myriad of personalities in the workplace. Managing these individual characters can sometimes drive even the calmest boss into a frenzy. Here, for the first time in English, is a humorous, yet practical title on how to deal with all those seemingly ‘incompetent’ people on your staff. Step-by-step, author Ginebra guides you through the ‘Fougi Model’ to diagnose inefficiencies. Through this process, learn how to discern and improve people’s behaviors in the workplace. Business readers the world over have been impressed with this innovative approach for dealing with difficult people.

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Measuring the Success of Organization Development: A Step by Step Guide for Measuring Impact and Calculating ROI
by Patricia Pulliam Phillips, Jack J. Phillips, and Lizette Zungia

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Measuring organization development (OD) has been an ongoing challenge, but here for the first time, is a proposed framework for determining the success and/or failure of OD efforts and effectiveness. This means OD practitioners can now measure specific OD solutions and correlate these metrics with business results. The ROI of OD programs provides measurable data for CLOs and learning leaders with a seat at the table.

Rapid Retooling: Developing World-Class Organizations in a Rapidly Changing World
by Lawrence Polsky and Antoine Gerschel

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Change is constant, and it’s not a race to the finish line. Rapid Retooling describes the cyclical process of change and shows readers how to rapidly and continuously adapt—or "retool"—themselves, employees, and organizations, keeping pace with technology and economic events. Implementing the strategies and tools presented in this book allows readers to sustain a flexible, resilient workplace culture that can quickly respond to changes in the market place.

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