It’s finally here! After months of careful content planning and rigorous writing and editing, the ATD Talent Management Handbook is officially published today, November 12, 2015.

I’m especially excited about the release of ATD’s latest handbook because it’s unlike any other of its kind. This book blends best practices with progressive ideas—a merging of how-to with what’s next. The 30-plus contributors speak to both today and tomorrow, with the intent to give you practical talent management strategies to use now, while inspiring you to anticipate the talent management landscape of the future.                      

Additionally, we structured this book to show how talent management practices are increasingly integrated within the learning function today. The lines are blurring. It’s difficult to separate talent attraction from acquisition, for example, and leadership development from succession planning. We organized the book’s content into four major sections, illustrating how the various talent management activities collectively affect the employee life cycle at each stage.

ATD President and CEO Tony Bingham opens the book with his foreword, which highlights the foundational components of talent development and its role within talent management.

“Decades ago, talent management and talent development (then workplace learning and performance) were distinct functions,” says Bingham. “Today, senior leaders are increasingly seeing the value of uniting the two to achieve the greatest impact on employee performance and the bottom line.”

The ATD Talent Management Handbook does just that—depicts talent development as an integral player in all aspects of talent management. Full of wisdom from some of the leading experts in the field, the 350-page practical guide informs you how to find talent, engage talent, optimize talent, and grow talent. Download a free chapter and learn more about getting your copy today.