A hacker was successful in accessing a financial services company ' s database of customer information after an employee clicked on a phishing email link. The company ' s chief executive officer (CEO) created a project team to address the security breach. As a member of the project team, a talent development (TD) professional is asked to evaluate the current security training for effectiveness. Since this is an urgent issue, the project team has been given 30 days to present recommendations.
The data obtained indicates that the current training focuses on defining phishing and does not provide examples or information on how to recognize it and what actions to take.
What should the TD professional do?
An organization has just finalized its strategic planning process and established four business goals for the next period. The talent development (TD) professional is meeting with the chief executive officer to discuss how the learning function can best support the achievement of these goals. Which meeting objective will best allow the TD professional to align the learning goals with these business goals?
A talent development (TD) professional has been contracted to design a training program on cross-cultural communications. The organization ' s goal is to foster a more inclusive workplace environment. Which action would best help the TD professional assess the organizational environment to identify specific performance objectives?
Which is the most effective way to communicate the value of a leadership program to a stakeholder who has a driver listening style?
Which question is most critical for a talent development professional to answer before implementing an employee engagement survey?
A senior manager consults a talent development (TD) professional about the excessive time a team member spends to research background information before presenting options. Before the TD professional makes a recommendation, what is the first question to ask?
Which metric would show the most alignment with senior management and organizational goals?
Which is a direct result of providing good navigation for participants in an e-learning environment?
Which action by a talent development professional would be most useful in helping a company support employee development when there is a wide range in ages in the workplace?
A talent development (TD) professional has been tasked with training a group of managers on how to be better coaches. The managers have been in their roles for one to three years, have some prior knowledge, are self-motivated to learn, and lack guidance. What is the most effective approach for the TD professional to take?
A talent development (TD) professional has recently joined an organization and needs to develop the organization ' s learning strategy. The TD professional has scheduled one-on-one interviews with the various senior leaders. Which question would be most important for the TD professional to include in the interview protocol?
Which is the best quality improvement tool for a team that is ready to design a flowchart for a new product release?
A leader who recognizes that they are a member of a diverse group and not apart from the group is practicing which collaboration operating principle?
A talent development (TD) professional facilitates a three-week training course for all of a company ' s new hires. Company onboarding guidelines state that new hires must pass the course final exam with a score of 80% or higher in order to continue in the job, but the guidelines also provide for some discretion on the part of the hiring manager. Participant A fails the final exam with a score of 78%. Participant A was frequently late to training, did not readily participate, and fell asleep twice during the course.
What should the TD professional do?
A talent development professional has been asked to take a six-hour in-person meeting and transform it into an online course. Which is the best way to create engaging training that will not be a burden for learners to complete?
A talent development (TD) professional has been asked to present new call center techniques to a customer service group. During a break, a participant says the information is being presented too quickly for the group to understand. Which technique should the TD professional use to monitor the situation and modify the training?
An engineering company utilizes two learning management systems (LMSs): one manages technical training, and the other manages professional development (or non-technical training) for all of the company ' s engineers. Over time, changes in reporting requirements have caused the use of two different systems to be difficult and time-consuming. It has been decided that a new LMS is to be selected, with a goal of improving the time constraints of using training information from both systems. A talent development (TD) professional is put in charge of facilitating the selection and implementation of the new LMS.
What should the TD professional do to facilitate the selection process?
Which organizational capability must be included when assessing a training program using a systems approach?
A project manager just learned of a significant delay in meeting a project milestone. Which option would be best for communicating information about the delay to external stakeholders dispersed across multiple time zones?
In the development of a knowledge management system (KMS), which is the best action for a talent development professional to take in order to avoid the pitfall of employees hoarding knowledge or being unwilling to share it?
Which factor is a significant challenge to aligning organizational and talent development objectives?
A new manager has been assigned to meet with a talent development (TD) coach. At the first meeting, the manager states " I am who I am, and no amount of coaching will change me. " Which should be the TD coach ' s top priority?
In project management, which is a best practice prior to creating a communication plan?
A small company has just established its first talent development (TD) department and hired its first TD manager. Which action should the TD manager take early on to create a strong learning culture?
A talent development (TD) professional works at a small Internet-based company. The TD professional is tasked with training a group of customer service representatives to process refunds in a new software application.
What should the TD professional do?
A talent development (TD) professional is working as an independent consultant for a company. The TD professional signs a nondisclosure agreement and gains access to protected company data and information. Which type of law would the TD professional most likely be breaking if the information is misused?
A talent development (TD) professional facilitates a three-week training course for all of a company ' s new hires. Company onboarding guidelines state that new hires must pass the course final exam with a score of 80% or higher in order to continue in the job, but the guidelines also provide for some discretion on the part of the hiring manager.
Participant A fails the final exam with a score of 78%. Participant A was frequently late to training, did not readily participate, and fell asleep twice during the course.
Participant B fails the final exam with a score of 60%. Participant B arrived early every day during training to request additional help, actively participated in group activities, took copious notes, and got along with everyone in the course.
What should the TD professional do?
Which process steps should be included in a chart displaying the results of an after-action review?
A talent development (TD) professional is approached by a department manager for advice on how to improve an employee ' s performance on assigned monthly reports. How should the TD professional approach this situation?
Which statement by a talent development professional best demonstrates concise, explicit, and clear information?
An engineering company utilizes two learning management systems (LMSs): one manages technical training, and the other manages professional development (or non-technical training) for all of the company ' s engineers. Over time, changes in reporting requirements have caused the use of two different systems to be difficult and time-consuming. It has been decided that a new LMS is to be selected, with a goal of improving the time constraints of using training information from both systems. A talent development (TD) professional is put in charge of facilitating the selection and implementation of the new LMS.
After completing the research process, the TD professional develops a strong business case to recommend LMS Provider A. A few days before the recommendation is presented to the executive leadership team, the TD professional ' s supervisor hears about LMS Provider Z at a networking meeting and suggests that the TD professional consider Provider Z, which was not included in the TD professional ' s analysis.
What should the TD professional do?
As part of an evaluation, a training manager observes role-plays among participants. Which is the highest level of evaluation that can be achieved through this method?
A talent development (TD) professional has been hired as a consultant for a 20-person manufacturing company. The TD professional has not worked in this industry before. Several employees have complained to the human resources (HR) department that some supervisors have been disrespectful toward them when giving feedback. The HR manager decides that company-wide training on appropriate feedback is needed. The TD professional is assigned to conduct a needs analysis and to report the results to the HR manager in two days.
Which data collection method(s) would be most appropriate for the TD professional to use to complete the needs analysis?
Which is the best example of an effective learning or behavioral outcome statement?
An organization is using Kotter ' s eight-step process during a change management initiative. Which action best supports creating a vision for change?
A talent development (TD) professional has been hired as a consultant for a 20-person manufacturing company. The TD professional has not worked in this industry before. Several employees have complained to the human resources (HR) department that some supervisors have been disrespectful toward them when giving feedback. The HR manager decides that company-wide training on appropriate feedback is needed. The TD professional is assigned to conduct a needs analysis and to report the results to the HR manager in two days.
As a result of the needs analysis, the TD professional finds that some supervisors do not know how to give appropriate feedback and some employees do not respond well to feedback. The HR manager authorizes the TD professional to conduct a one-time, three-hour, instructor-led training program for all employees on giving and receiving effective feedback.
The TD professional decides to incorporate role-play in the training and plans to use the HR manager as the subject matter expert (SME) to create the necessary role-play scenarios. The training program is due in one month. The HR manager is not available in that time frame but notes that a newly hired HR intern is available and suggests that this intern act as an SME in creating the scenarios. Management has decided that the training cannot be postponed.
What should the TD professional do?
A talent development (TD) professional is one of several people from different departments that are assigned to a project. The purpose is to design a solution to an issue that occurs often among new hires. What kind of project will the TD professional be participating in?
Which action should a talent development professional take when using the accelerated learning process?
A talent development professional has been hired to assess the motivation of a client ' s workforce and provide a performance improvement solution. Which three questions would be most important to ask the client?
A company has forecasted that it will need 44 maintenance technicians in the next calendar year and an additional 20 in the year after next. The talent development (TD) team has been charged with comparing future needs with current realities to understand if any gaps in staffing are caused by skill deficiencies. Where should the TD team focus its efforts?