ATD's Leadership Handbook

Your all-in-one guide to leading organizations effectively in an age of disruption.

Whether you’re steering a Fortune 500 company, running a small nonprofit, or building an innovative startup, investing in leadership development will produce significant business results. But where to start? The fully revised ATD’s Leadership Handbook delivers leadership strategies from more than 60 experts to help organizational leaders drive better employee engagement and retention, more effective performance, and higher revenue. The handbook includes downloadable prompts and conversation starters, checklists, system audits, assessments, templates, and action plans.

Through insights and real-world stories from trusted talent development veterans—from Seth Godin, Marshall Goldsmith, Ken Blanchard, Beverly Kaye, and Elliott Masie—as well as bold new voices in the field, you’ll learn to make smarter investments in developing your organization’s current and future leaders. Spanning 43 all-new chapters, the handbook covers both foundational topics and urgent, contemporary issues such as:

• Leading in times of change
• Creating a psychologically safe work culture
• Developing effective leaders through coaching, mentoring, 360-feedback, and experiential learning
• Navigating the intersection of AI and leadership
• Addressing workplace disconnection and disruption
• Supporting women in transforming traditional leadership models

Leaders have never faced more complex demands than they do today, and great leadership has never been more critical for your organization’s success. This new edition of ATD’s Leadership Handbook is the guide you need to embrace every opportunity to learn more, think differently, and level up your organization and your career.

Elaine Biech, CPTD fellow, believes that excellence isn’t optional. Her passion is helping others achieve their passion. She specializes in maximizing individual, team, and organizational effectiveness using her expertise in organization development, training, and consulting. Highlights of her career include designing and implementing the first process improvement programs for the Newport News Shipbuilding Company and McDonalds; designing and facilitating the first creativity program for Hershey Chocolate; and facilitating one of the world’s first virtual training sessions for NASA. Biech has authored or co-authored 90 books, including ATD’s TDBoK™ Guide and The Art & Science of Training, which was a Washington Post number 1 bestseller. She has been featured in dozens of publications, including the Wall Street Journal, The Washington Post, and Fortune. She serves on the board of directors for the Association of Learning Providers and the board of governors for the Center for Creative Leadership. She lives in Algoma, Wisconsin.