The date for this session has changed. Please note the new date - Friday, November 14, 2025.

Whether you've been in the talent development field for 10 months or 10 years, planning your next career move can feel daunting. Some people feel stuck, unsure of options. Others have a career goal in mind but are not clear how to achieve it.

Introducing Talent Development Career Pathways, your tool for career inspiration and planning. Developed with L&D career coaches and ATD research, this tool can help you explore the diverse types of work that make up talent development and then take a deeper dive into specific roles. Learn what skills are required and how your current skill profile matches up.

In this session, you will:

• Identify the different job families in talent development
• Compare the skill requirements for various roles in talent development
• Use TD Career Pathways to compare how your current skill profile matches that necessary for specific roles

About our Speaker

As Director of Credentialing for the Association for Talent Development, Morgean Hirt is responsible for the overall management and leadership of the Certification Institute and facilitated the development of the Talent Development Capability Model, TD Career Pathways, and a variety of related interactive tools. She has over 30 years of nonprofit experience in professional certification, standard setting and career development across a variety of professionals. As an Institute for Credentialing Excellence Certified Credentialing Professional (ICE-CCP), Morgean has devoted her career to advancing professionals through the establishment of competency frameworks and industry standards, including clinical research, charitable fundraisers, K-12 ed tech leaders, and healthcare information systems. Morgean provides strategic leadership and technical expertise in developing and implementing competency models and credentialing programs, focusing on policy, research and test development. 

In an increasingly pressure-filled environment characterized by expanding skills gaps and shrinking resources, even on-the-job learning is feeling like a big ask. What if you could help people grow without adding additional stretch assignments, special projects or other additive activities? You can. Learn how to leverage "in-the-job" learning.

Learning Objectives

• Coach those in your organization to leverage intentional "in-the-job" learning strategies for meaningful development
• Generate tangible and cost-effective strategies for squeezing greater development from any activity
• Incorporate and leverage AI as an "in-the-job" development partner to build accountability, awareness and results

About our Speakers

Debbie Cotton is the Principal of Cotton & Company, an organizational development firm dedicated to creating a healthy world where individuals, leaders, and their organizations thrive, grow, and live their best lives. 

As a Catalyst with the Stanford Center on Longevity, Debbie is a member of a global team innovating how we can reimagine talent in education, work and retirement so that all people can live healthy, integrated lives. 

She is married to her sweetheart, Neil, and is the proud Mom of two delightful adults, who keep her on the cutting edge of learning every day.

Julie Winkle Giulioni is a champion for workplace growth and development and helps executives and leaders optimize talent and potential within their organizations. One of Inc. Magazine's Top 100 speakers, she's the co-author of the international best seller, Help them Grow or Watch them Go, translated into seven languages and in its third edition. She's also the author of Promotions are SO Yesterday: Redefine Career Development. Help Employees Thrive, which has been recognized with Nautilus and Axiom Business Book Awards.

Julie is a regular columnist for Training Industry and SmartBrief and contributes articles on leadership, career development, and workplace trends to numerous publications including Fast Company and The Economist. Additionally, she partners with organizations worldwide offering her expertise in leadership and career development and designing award-winning bespoke development opportunities.