ATD Master Performance Consultant™ Program

Get to know your peers and become familiar with the course structure. You will discuss the role of a performance consultant, review key concepts related to HPI, and receive an introduction to ATD's Performance Consulting Model and Performance Consulting Framework. You’ll review the case study and select a topic for your final project.

During this week, you’ll spend approximately two and a half flexible hours online, on the days and times of your choosing. You’ll also attend a 90-minute facilitator-led live online session.

Get started with the first phase of the ATD Performance Consulting Model: Assess the Need. Key topics for the week include assessing business needs, gaining client alignment and commitment, building client relationships, and starting up a project. You’ll submit your first deliverable for your final project by the end of the week.

During this week, you’ll spend approximately two and a half flexible hours online, on the days and times of your choosing.

Work through the second phase of ATD’s Performance Consulting Model: Understand the Issue, which will help you identify and interview key performers and define outcomes. You’ll apply the first two steps of the Performance Consulting Framework when analyzing the case study and preparing for your final project.

During this week, you’ll spend approximately two and a half flexible hours online on the days and times of your choosing. You will also attend a 90-minute facilitator-led live online session.

Continue working in the second phase of the Model, Understand the Issue. Important topics include reviewing performance gaps, analyzing key work processes, defining tasks, interviewing for key work processes, and conducting structured observations.

By the end of the week, you’ll submit the second deliverable of your final project.

During this week, you’ll spend approximately two and a half flexible hours online, on the days and times of your choosing.

Focus on the third phase of the model: Present Findings and Interpretation. Discuss how to review data and formulate a hypothesis based on your findings, test your hypothesis, consolidate and refine your data set, select and prioritize solutions, and confirm an influence hypothesis.

During this week, you’ll spend approximately two flexible hours online, on the days and times of your choosing. You’ll also attend a 90-minute facilitator-led live online session.

Focus on the fourth phase of the model: Develop and Implement a Solution. Topics this week include presenting findings and interpretations, delivering the final report, developing and implementing results-based solutions, dealing with resistance, and improving impact through change management.

You’ll submit the third deliverable of your final project by the end of Week 6.

During this week, you’ll spend approximately two and a half flexible hours online, on the days and times of your choosing.

The final step of the model is to complete and present your project and evaluate the results. Key topics for the week include improving impact through evaluation and influencing change.

During this week, you’ll spend approximately two flexible hours online, on the days and times of your choosing. You’ll also attend a 90-minute facilitator-led live online session.

During the final week of the course, reflect on your learning and demonstrate your expertise in all aspects of performance consulting by submitting the final two deliverables of your performance consulting project.

During this week, you’ll spend approximately two and a half flexible hours online, on the days and times of your choosing.

To support ongoing professional development, ATD master program registration includes a complimentary course elective. Take the ATD certificate program of your choice following successful completion of your ATD master program. Exclusions apply.

Learners cannot enroll in the following as their complimentary elective:

• Other ATD master programs

• Talent Development Executive Certificate

• Training Design & Delivery Certificate

• APTD or CPTD preparation courses and preparation bootcamps

• ATD on-demand courses, including ATDYou and Micro courses

ATD Master® Programs are blended learning experiences that take place over multiple weeks. Participation in all originally scheduled days of the program, including both face-to-face and online program components (if applicable), and completion of all coursework and a program evaluation are mandatory to earn the ATD Master designation and continuing education credits.

Face-to-Face Program Components (if applicable):

• No more than two hours of the entire face-to-face program can be missed.

• Make-up policy: There is no make-up policy for face-to-face components.

Live Online Program Components (if applicable):

• ATD requires active participation throughout the program to receive credit. Active participation in live online sessions includes but is not limited to participating in virtual classroom activities, discussions, breakout sessions, and intersession work.

• Make-up policy: You can miss and make up one session* by listening to a session recording. Instructions for reporting make-up sessions are posted on ATD’s learning platform.

*For full-day live online sessions, you can miss a maximum of three and a half hours and must make up the time by listening to the recording.

Asynchronous Program Components:

• New content will be made available on ATD’s learning platform each week. All activities, assessments, and project work must be completed the week they are assigned.

Please note: You must use a laptop to fully and actively participate in these programs. In addition to your full participation, you must complete your post-course evaluation to receive your certificate.

A laptop computer with Wi-Fi capability is required to participate in ATD Master® Programs. 

Face-to-Face Program Components (if applicable): Please do not bring mobile devices (for example, phones or tablets) instead of a laptop. There will be no computers available on-site for participants. Note: You might not have an optimal experience using Internet Explorer or Microsoft Edge to access your courses. Chrome is the recommended browser.  

Live Online Program Components (if applicable): You must log in to the learning platform to access course content and to join all live online sessions. Special software is not required. You only need a standard web browser and Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP) capability to participate. Please join your session from a location with a strong internet connection and plan to use VoIP for your audio during the entire session.   

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