If your career development strategy starts and ends with promotions, it’s time for a rethink. In this session, we’ll explore how defining performance through accomplishments, not just competencies or titles, can transform career pathing and internal mobility.
You’ll learn how to assess organizational needs, define clear roles and job levels, and map career paths that drive engagement and business results. We’ll also explore how job crafting empowers employees to reshape their roles in ways that support growth, impact, and retention, creating micro pathways for development even without a role change.
To complement these strategies, we’ll highlight Julie Winkle Giulioni’s multidimensional career framework to help leaders offer diverse growth options beyond traditional advancement.
Leave with practical steps to design or refine your career path program, including setting evaluation criteria, implementing development strategies, and supporting leaders in meaningful, accomplishment-focused growth conversations.
Talent Development Capability Alignment
ATD's Talent Development Capability Model serves as a comprehensive framework guiding professionals in the TD field on essential knowledge and practices for personal, team, and organizational development. This event aligns with the following capability(ies):
Collaboration and Leadership, Lifelong Learning, Training Delivery and Facilitation, Career and Leadership Development, Organizational Development and Culture, Talent Strategy and Management, Performance Improvement, Future Readiness
Presenters
Therese Longo is a seasoned learning and development professional and Solution Architect at SweetRush, where she helps organizations craft high-impact learning solutions that drive measurable businesConss results. With over 20 years of experience in instructional design, talent development, and performance improvement, Therese specializes in aligning learning strategy with organizational goals to unlock human potential and fuel operational success. A Certified Performance Thinking® Practitioner, she brings deep expertise in diagnosing performance gaps, designing behavior-based solutions, and partnering with business leaders to deliver meaningful outcomes. Therese holds a Master of Education in Instructional Technology from Kent State University and is known for her practical approach, strategic mindset, and unwavering commitment to elevating both employee experience and enterprise performance.
What is a SIG?
A Special Interest Group (SIG) is a smaller group of members within the Cuyahoga Valley ATD Chapter who share a similar interest in a specific topic.
SIGs offer programming and networking opportunities centered around a particular topic.
