Talent Development Reporting Principles (TDRp) provides standards and guidance for the talent development profession in general and L&D, in particular, to use in planning, measuring, and reporting human capital initiatives. Put simply, it answers the questions of what data to collect and how to define, use, and report the recommended measures. This grassroots effort was initiated by Kent Barnett (CEO, Knowledge Advisors) and Tamar Elkeles (VP of Learning and Organization Development, Qualcomm) in the fall of 2010 and has benefited from the guidance of industry thought leaders and leading practitioners. TDRp is now complete for L&D, including principles, definitions of terms and measures, and three recommended statements and reports. The outcome statement collects the most important business goals and learning’s expected impact on them, clearly showing the value of learning to the organization’s success. The effectiveness and efficiency statements collect all the quality and cost/activity measures. Customized management reports pull the most important measures from the statements to use in actively managing the function to deliver the promised results. An L&D summary report is recommended for the CEO and senior leaders while program reports as well as an operations report are recommended for the CLO and senior L&D leaders.

Dave and Kent will provide a brief introduction to TDRp, an update on plans for 2013, and recommendations on implementation as well as answer questions from the audience. More information about TDRp is available at http://TDRprinciples.org.