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Daily Study Notes:
​8-Week Journey to the CPTD Certification

The PLan
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​Building Personal Capability
20% of the exam; From 6/22 to 7/3

Developing Professional Capability
45% of the exam; from 7/4 to 7/28

Impacting Organizational Capability
35% of the exam, 7/28 to 8/14
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Day 47/48: Data Analytics

8/12/2020

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  • ​3.7.A Skill in selecting and/or using data visualization techniques, for example flow charts, graphs, plots, word clouds, and heat maps.
  • 3.7.B Skill in identifying stakeholders' needs, goals, requirements, questions, and objectives to develop a framework and/or plan for data analysis.
  • 3.7.C Skill in analyzing and interpreting results of data analyses to identify patterns, trends, and relationships among variables.
  • 3.7.D Skill in gathering and organizing data from internal and/or external sources in logical and/or practical ways to support retrieval and manipulation.

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Day 42: Talent Management Strategy - 3

8/6/2020

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Topics:
  • 3.4.G Skill in communicating how talent development  strategies and solutions support the achievement of targeted business/organizational results.
  • 3.4.H Skill in communicating the value of lifelong learning and professional development.

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Day 41: Talent Management Strategy - 2

8/5/2020

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Covered in this post:
  • 3.4.D Skill in identifying anticipated constraints or problems affecting talent development initiatives, for example resource deficiencies or lack of support.
  • 3.4.E Skill in establishing and executing a marketing strategy to promote talent development. 
  • ​3.4.F Skill in designing and implementing communication strategy in order to drive talent management objectives.

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Day 40: Talent Strategy & Management

8/4/2020

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Topics Covered:
3.4.A Skill in designing and implementing performance management strategy.
3.4.B Skill in developing a talent strategy that aligns to  organizational strategy to influence organizational outcomes in a positive direction.
3.4.C Skill in designing and implementing strategic plans for talent development projects, programs, and/or functions.

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Day 39: Organizational Development & Culture - 3

8/3/2020

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This post is on employee engagement:
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3.3.E Skill in assessing and evaluating employee engagement.
3.3.F Skill in designing and implementing employee engagement strategy.

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Day 37: Organizational Development & Culture - 1

8/1/2020

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Picture reads Organizational Development and Culture
  • ​3.3.A Skill in designing and implementing organizational development strategy.
  • 3.3.B Knowledge of theories and frameworks related to the design, interaction, and operation of social, organizational, and informational systems, for example, systems thinking, open systems theory, chaos and complexity theory, network theory, and action research.

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Day 36: Consulting & Business Partnering, Cont'd

7/31/2020

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Consulting & Business Partnering
Covering Two Skills
  • ​3.2.C Skill in partnering with other organizational units to provide guidance on departmental or organizational talent requirements. 
  • 3.2.D Skill in identifying, minimizing, and overcoming organizational barriers to implementing talent development solutions and/or strategies

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Day 35: Consulting & Business Partnering

7/30/2020

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Consulting & Business Partnering
Two areas covered:
  • 3.2.A Skill in synthesizing information to formulate recommendations or a course of action to gain agreement, support, and/or buy‐in from stakeholders.
  • 3.2.B Skill in establishing and managing organizational and/or business partnerships and relationships.

​These are notes, expect typos.

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Day 34: Managing Budgets and Resources

7/29/2020

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Managing budgets & resources
​3.1.B Skill in managing budgets and resources.

This section is very short in the TDBoK. There is not much guidance other than 
  1. Focus on future goals (TD Vision)
  2. Connect strategic plan to mission statement
  3. Create value statements
  4. Identify strategic goals
  5. Establish objectives
  6. Have action plans
​Of course, track and manage the budget is important

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Day 33: First Day on Impacting Organizational Capability

7/28/2020

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Impacting Organizational Capability
Today I am studying:

3.1.A Skill in creating business cases for talent development initiatives using economic, financial, and organizational data.

The key takeaway from the TDBoK is a communication strategy that effectively creates buy-in.

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    Hi. I am Craig Engstrom, I am posting some daily study notes as I cover each of the capabilities covered in the new Association for Talent Development's CPTD certification exam.

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    • Courses Archive >
      • COM 213: Public Speaking
      • COM 220: Intro to Org Comm
      • CMST 380 Intro to Leadership and Org Comm
      • CMST 411 - Rhetorical Criticism
      • CMST 480: Biz & Org Comm Cases
      • CMST 493-19: International Films
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      • CMST 484: Social Media >
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        • Graduate Readings
      • COM 315: Intercultural Comm
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