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The CPTD is a professional certification for TD professionals with at least five years of experience. It is broad and measures a professional’s knowledge and skill application across the breadth of talent development capabilities.

CPTD Introduction

The CPTD Preparation Course is a comprehensive on demand course you can access through a 12-month subscription. Prepare for the certification exam with content review, test strategies, a practice test, and live online sessions. 

CPTD Certification Preparation Course

Chris Ross has been a performance consultant, trainer, lecturer and presenter for over 30 years. He owns The Engagement Effect, a multi-discipline training and consulting firm with over clients throughout North America.  The Engagement Effect provides solutions in performance improvement, leadership and supervisory development, employee selection and engagement, strategic planning, and risk management. He has worked with over 800 organizations. Ross has earned professional certification in Workplace Learning and Performance (CPLP) through ATD and is additionally recognized by the Board of Certified Safety Professionals as a Certified Safety Professional (CSP).  Ross has presented over a thousand training classes, workshops, seminars, keynote speeches and presentations. He facilitated hundreds of workshops for FranklinCovey, DiSC and is a Master Trainer for Development Dimensions International. Additionally he travels throughout the US and Canada as an Implementation Specialist for SafeStart, a division of Electrolab Training Systems.  A frequent contributor and columnist for “Alaska Contractor,” “Council Prospector,” and numerous other publications; he also authored a piece for the recently published book, “Consultant Business Development Guide: Starting and Succeeding with a SH&E Consulting Practice.”

Chris Ross, CPTD

HPI helps link goals to human performance, diagnose current state of performance, find root causes for deficiencies, implement solutions, and evaluate results.

What Is Human Performance Improvement?

Because Appreciative Inquiry pays attention to organizational strengths and focuses on creating a positive future, it can be a very enriching tool in the HPI practitioner’s toolset.

Appreciative Inquiry: Another HPI Tool

Paula Kennedy, CPTD, CHRS, MHP, ACB, is a senior advisor in leadership development at Cigna. For nearly 35 years, she has executed highly complex talent management solutions and lead physician and sales learning experiences in the healthcare industry.She is the program director and master facilitator for Cigna's Physician Leadership Development Program, a 20-month robust learning journey for Cigna’s medical directors. She also is an advisory board member for Cigna's Market President Leadership Development Program.Kennedy’s work experience includes talent management roles at Kaiser Permanente, Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Carolina, and Healthsource Inc. She began as a sales executive for Matthew Thornton Health Plan in Nashua, New Hampshire.Kennedy has an MA in training and development from the University of Maryland and a BS in speech communication from Ithaca College.

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