ATD 2026

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How do you ensure development keeps pace with strategy while preparing leaders for critical roles and closing capability gaps? As business priorities shift, leadership programs can't stay static. But many organizations struggle to connect leadership development to the capabilities their organization needs. 

In this dialogue-style session, hear how Entergy aligned talent development with the business-identifying critical roles, using assessments to understand gaps, and targeting development to build the talent needed for growth and succession. The result: a leadership strategy built for sustained readiness.

In this session, attendees will learn how to:

• Align leadership development with business strategy using assessment data to identify gaps and prioritize internal talent
• Strengthen leadership readiness by connecting development across levels—including high-potential talent
• Scale development through digital tools and blended learning to build capabilities for a changing business environment

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The case: Your leadership pipeline is leaking talent at every level.
The evidence: High-potentials vanishing, emerging leaders rejecting promotions, and 80 percent of organizations lacking bench confidence.
The suspects: Failed succession strategies that no longer deliver results. 

Join us as we crack this cold case wide open. Through real organizational case files, we'll uncover: Why top performers mysteriously fail in leadership roles; how Gen Z became the flight risk no one saw coming; and the hard evidence that data beats gut decisions. You'll leave with the solutions to build a leadership bench that's both willing and ready to lead-case closed.

In this session, attendees will learn how to:

• Diagnose failure points in current succession practices based on data-driven insights and research.
• Design targeted development experiences that accelerate high-potential readiness for future roles.
• Build succession strategies that engage Gen Z and strengthen your leadership pipeline.

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Your leadership assessments generate impressive data. So why aren't they driving real change? Assessments fail for countless reasons-and many organizations don't even bother trying. Whether you're struggling with existing assessments or relying entirely on gut decisions, you're missing critical talent intelligence. 

This session reveals the hidden failures that derail even sophisticated assessment programs and the proven framework that transforms skepticism into strategic advantage. Leave ready to fix what's broken or build from scratch.

In this session, attendees will learn how to:

• Diagnose the root causes of assessment failures.
• Understand the different types and uses of assessments that distinguish performance, potential, and readiness for future roles. 
• Transform assessments into predictive intelligence that leaders can use to make confident talent decisions.

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Your leaders lack the necessary skills. 80 percent of organizations lack confidence in their bench. Your programs get great reviews. So why isn't leadership quality improving? The answer lies in your development approach. Most organizations are stuck-structured but static. They can't personalize at scale, prove ROI, or adapt when priorities shift. Join this session to discover where you fall in the 4-Stage Intelligent Development Framework. Stop playing catch-up. Start leading.

In this session, attendees will learn how to:

• Apply the 4-stage framework to evolve leadership development from static to dynamically aligned with business priorities.
• Utilize data-driven insights to create personalized development paths that accelerate growth. 
• Design differentiated programs for distinct populations within each leadership level to maximize development ROI.

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