Investing in Talent Development

Investing in Development

Global and Local Investment Insights

Did you know?

• Organizations, on average, spent $1,296 per employee in 2017 on direct learning expenditures.
• The average percentage of formal instructor-led learning hours is at its highest since 2012.
• 34 is the average annual number of learning hours used per employee in 2017.

Would you like to know?

• What is happening with technology-based learning trends?
• What learning content area has the highest demand?
• What is the average direct expenditure of training hours as a percentage of payroll?

As we learn about the State of the Industry throughout the world, we will bring in to our discussion what is happening here in Southwest Florida. Are jobs in talent development available in Southwest Florida? What is our local ATD Chapter doing to promote and advance the industry?

Our January 2019 meeting is for you if you’d like to know more about the talent development industry, including critical benchmarking information. Lorna Kibbey will lead a discussion of key findings from the Association for Talent Development (ATD) 2018 State of the Industry Report.

Lorna J. Kibbey is a content speaker and author, who focuses on helping leaders develop their most important, and most complex resources, people! Lorna designs and delivers leadership seminars and motivational keynotes to a variety of audiences. She is certified to conduct workplace assessments; workshops for teams; and workshops for all levels of employees, using Everything DiSC.

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