A claims employee at an insurance company is transferred to the talent development (TD) department. This new TD team member has previously delivered departmental on-the-job training on an informal basis, but does not have any formal TD training. A TD manager has been assigned to help the new TD team member develop TD skills.
What should the TD manager do?
Two manufacturing companies in different cities—Company A and Company B—have recently undergone a merger but will continue operating separately for the immediate future. Company B did not have a talent development (TD) department, so the TD professional who reported to the chief executive officer (CEO) of Company A before the merger will now report to the CEOs of both companies. The TD professional is asked by the CEO of Company A to put together a team-building program to get the employees from both companies to work well together.
The TD professional has a meeting with the CEO of Company B, who believes the training should be postponed for at least six months so the two groups of employees can operate autonomously as if the merger had not happened.
What should the TD professional do?
TESTED 17 Dec 2025
