QUARTERLY TALENT DEVELOPMENT ROUNDTABLE

Leading
Your Own Development

How talent leaders are rethinking their own career strategy.

Wednesday, November 18 · 10 AM - 1PM ET · Virtual

Peer group coaching session preview showing Neil Khaund, Tréasa Fitzgibbon, and talent leaders
Who should attend: Leaders from HR & Talent Development

Free ∙ Invitation only ∙ 2 SHRM PDCs

Up to 100 leaders · Peer groups are confidential · Nothing is sold

Peer group · Group 3 ● Live
Neil Khaund Neil Khaund
Tréasa Fitzgibbon Tréasa Fitzgibbon
Director, L&D
Head of Talent
VP, Learning
Talent Director
Peer group coaching session preview showing Neil Khaund, Tréasa Fitzgibbon, and talent leaders
Peer group coaching · Group 3 ● Live
Neil Khaund Neil Khaund
Tréasa Fitzgibbon Tréasa Fitzgibbon
Director, L&D
Head of Talent
VP, Learning
Talent Director
Your catch question
“Is this moving me toward my goal, or just keeping me busy?”

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THE THREE HOURS

Exactly how the morning runs.

Three hours is a real commitment, so here is every minute. Most of it is you talking, not you listening.

115 min
in conversation with peers and a coach
0
sales pitches. Minimal slides.
10:00 AM ET1:00 PM ET
10:00
10 min
Welcome

How the morning works, plus one ground rule about confidentiality in your group.

10:10
20 min
Meet your peer group

You meet your group and coach, and answer one question: what have you done outside your day-to-day job that changed your career?

10:30
45 min
A candid panel

Talent leaders share what built their careers, a moment that tested them, what they got wrong, and what they’re doing next.

11:15
5 min
Break

Stretch and refill, camera off.

11:20
20 min
Speed networking

Short, structured rounds with peers from other groups, built around your goals. Leave with five or more real connections.

11:40
75 min
Peer group coaching

Back with your group: connect what built your career to where you want it to go, name your trigger, hear the pattern peers see, and leave with a catch question and a first step.

12:55
5 min
Close

Next steps, when your Leadership Identity Map arrives, and how to claim SHRM credit.

INSIDE THE PEER GROUP

You work on a real moment from your own career.

The breakout uses the Leadership Identity Map, the same tool TNS uses with executives. You use it to look at your own career: what has built it, where you want it to go, and what could pull you off course. It is not a case study or a slide framework. Three steps.
1
Before
Write three or four sentences: what has shaped your career so far, where you want it to go, and one recent moment that tested you. Only your coach sees them.
2
In your group
Name your goal, then the trigger, default move and story that can pull you off course. Peers reflect back the pattern they see.
3
You leave with
One catch question, a first step toward your goal, and the start of your Leadership Identity Map.
A pressure momentSample
1 · My goal
Where do I want my career to go?
Lead the whole function within 18 months.
2 · The trigger
What was happening?
My budget was cut by a third, two weeks before planning.
3 · My default move
Push in · Pull back · Give in
Pushed in. Rebuilt the whole plan overnight, alone.
4 · The story
What was I telling myself?
“If I don't fix this now, they'll decide we're optional.”
5 · My catch question
The question that stops the default move
Am I doing this for them, or for me?
6 · Why it matters for the goal
What this pattern costs me
Doing it alone keeps me the person who fixes things, not the person who leads.
The Leadership Identity Map
Myleadershipstatement 1 2 3
Values & BeliefsBehavioral AnchorsWatch OutsPressure Test

What you'll walk away with

Something you made, not just a conversation.

Three hours that are entirely about your next move, not your next program launch.

Myleadershipstatement 1 2 3

Your Leadership Identity Map

The full map, a reading guide, and a Pressure Log, sent the next day, with your career goal and first step built in.

My catch question
“Is this moving me toward my goal, or just keeping me busy?”

One question for the moments that test you

The question that stops your default move, written in your own words.

Peers who get it

Real connections with talent development leaders facing the same pressures, outside your own company.

2
SHRM PDCs
SHRM Recertification Provider

2 SHRM PDCs

Credit goes to attendees who join the panel and the full peer group coaching session. Your SHRM Activity ID is sent after the program.

Who's in the room

A room full of people who do what you do.

Directors and heads of talent development, L&D and learning, invited personally by people who know their work.

Up to 100
talent leaders, by invitation
5
panelists sharing real pressure moments
Small groups
each led by an ICF-certified executive coach
Director of Talent Development Head of L&D VP, Learning Head of Talent Director, Leadership Development Chief Learning Officer

On the panel

Neil Khaund
Neil Khaund
CEO, The New Standard
Two decades closing the gap between leadership training and real behavior change.
Dr. Sabrina Franconeri
Dr. Sabrina Franconeri
Director of Training and Development, Proskauer Rose LLP
Two decades turning professional development into practical, people-centered growth.
Brooke Halacy
Brooke Halacy
SVP, Employee Experience and Development, The Family Security Plan
Connecting how people are hired, developed, and retained, one leader at a time.
Neil Khaund
Neil Khaund
CEO, The New Standard
Two decades closing the gap between leadership training and real behavior change.
Dr. Sabrina Franconeri
Dr. Sabrina Franconeri
Director of Training and Development, Proskauer Rose LLP
Two decades turning professional development into practical, people-centered growth.
Brooke Halacy
Brooke Halacy
SVP, Employee Experience and Development, The Family Security Plan
Connecting how people are hired, developed, and retained, one leader at a time.
+3 Announced soon
Three more panelists
Senior talent leaders
Leaders who've built and run the talent function from the inside.

Your peer group coaches

ICF-certified executive coaches who lead your peer group.
Tréasa Fitzgibbon
Tréasa Fitzgibbon
Executive coach
Linda Schnabel
Linda Schnabel
Executive coach
Toni Cortese
Toni Cortese
Executive coach
Nathan Shultz
Nathan Shultz
Executive coach
Francesca Danzi
Francesca Danzi
Executive coach
Greg Gale
Greg Gale
Executive coach
Shirin Eskandani
Shirin Eskandani
Executive coach

Why leaders trust TNS

Behavior change that holds under pressure.

90%
of TNS participants stay with their organization three years after their program
9×
promotion rate vs. industry peers
82%
report sustained behavior change under pressure
90%
of TNS participants stay with their organization three years after their program
9×
promotion rate vs. industry peers
82%
report sustained behavior change under pressure
TNS is a valued, trusted partner for developing leaders at Almirall. I see it in their leadership presence and the behaviours they demonstrate.
Dom DiCindio
Head of People & Culture, Almirall
I was able to identify and address my own roadblocks and build new standards for development to the next level.
Viviana Qing Abbate
Executive Director, Global Financial Institution
The coaches provided a safe but challenging learning environment, pushing each leader to stretch out of their comfort zones. The learnings encompass relevant leadership learnings that can immediately be put in to practice.
Laura M.
Boehringer Ingelheim

Reserve your seat

Your seat is held for you.

You develop everyone else’s career. Yours deserves the same investment. Attendance is capped at up to 100 leaders so every conversation stays personal.
Right away
You receive a confirmation email with your access details and calendar invite.
About two weeks before
Your ICF-certified coach reaches out personally and asks for one short reflection.
The week of Nov 9
Meet your peer group by name and LinkedIn.
The day after
Your full Leadership Identity Map, and what you need to claim your 2 SHRM PDCs.
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Good questions

You’ll join a small group of peers and an ICF-certified executive coach to work from a real moment in your own career. You decide what you share. The groups are confidential: nothing is recorded or transcribed, and nothing said is repeated outside the room, by name or by company.

No to both. The roundtable is free and by invitation only, and nothing is sold at the event.

This program is valid for 2 PDCs for the SHRM-CP® or SHRM-SCP®. After the session, we’ll send attendees what they need to claim their credits. The New Standard is recognized by SHRM to offer Professional Development Credits (PDCs) for SHRM-CP® or SHRM-SCP® recertification activities. Credit goes to attendees who join the panel and the full peer group coaching session.

Three or four sentences, requested about two weeks before: what has shaped your career so far, where you want it to go, and one recent moment that tested you. Only your coach sees them.

Your name and LinkedIn profile are shared with your peer group so you can meet ahead of time. Your reflection goes only to your coach.

If you can, yes. Peer coaching works best face to face. Plan to join from a quiet place where you can talk openly.

If you lead or support talent development, L&D or HR, yes. The invitation reached you because someone thinks you belong in the room.

Let the person who invited you know, or reply to your confirmation email, so we can offer your seat to someone else.

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