CAREER DEVELOPMENT SIG
The mission of the ATD NYC Chapter's Career Development SIG is to facilitate active career exploration and preparation for all those interested in a career in professional training, talent development or a related field. The group strives to encourage career development through experiential learning and participant engagement that will lead to sustainable professional and personal development and growth. Through collaboration and partnership with the chapter's executive leadership, its members, and its stakeholders, the group is committed to serving our diverse community with sound knowledge and supportive enthusiasm for professional and personal development.
2021 Mentorship Program
The Career Development SIG is excited to announce the launch of the 2021 Mentorship Program for ATD NYC members. After a successful pilot in 2020, this program offers a unique learning opportunity for our members to learn from each other, build stronger relationships within ATD NYC and to capitalize on the wealth of knowledge that resides in our chapter. This is a particularly relevant offering for members who are new to the Talent Development field or are considering moving into the field. Members can learn more by visiting our ATD NYC Mentorship Program page.
Career Development Forum
Use this new discussion feature to have conversations with fellow members around career development topics.
About the Career Development SIG Co-Chairs:
Robert Hellmann is President of Hellmann Career Consulting, where he provides career and executive coaching services as well as workshops and consulting on Presentations, Pitches and LinkedIn. He’s a certified Five O'Clock Club Senior Career and Executive Coach as well as an adjunct Instructor at New York University. Rob delivers over 50 seminars annually to diverse organizations including Fortune 500 companies, Institutions of Higher Education and associations. He also runs weekly career strategy groups for c-level executives. In his private coaching practice, Rob has helped hundreds of individuals to achieve career and presentation success. Rob's background includes 20 years of experience in Organizational Development and Marketing at employers including American Express, JP Morgan Chase, and the Federal Reserve Bank of New York. He has developed career workshops for higher-education including Columbia University, Harvard Business School, New York University, Fordham University, and more. Rob’s insights and commentary have appeared in The New York Times, Forbes, The Washington Post, The Wall Street Journal, Money Magazine, The Chicago Tribune, NBC News and ABC News. He also authored the books Peak Presentations: Engage Your Audience, Get RESULTS! and Advanced LinkedIn: for your Job Search Business & Career. Rob served on the ATD NYC Board as VP of Professional Development in 2015, and chaired the Chapter Webinars Series in 2014. Rob enjoys singing, songwriting, and playing guitar, and is an avid cyclist. He lives in New York City. His LinkedIn profile is www.linkedin.com/in/roberthellmann . |
Barbara is a multi-faceted talent management consultant, transition and executive coach, trainer and facilitator with 20 years of Human Resources and Organization Development experience in world class, global organizations. As a professional certified coach, Barbara focuses on career transitions (what’s next, job search strategy, branding, networking, interviewing, etc.) She also coaches recently outplaced executives in mid-life and/or on the cusp of retirement to help them plan for their “Third Act” (Encore Career and retirement transition). Her clients span Fortune 500 companies, non-profits and private clients. At American Express and Pfizer, she specialized in company-wide talent management, talent reviews, leadership development, competency frameworks and executive succession planning. She designed and implemented strategies for identifying and developing high potential leaders to build bench strength for critical organization roles. Barbara also designed and launched executive mentoring programs, candidate slating and career/development roundtables. Barbara delivered end-to-end HR and OD services to multiple businesses in client-facing roles to develop individual and organization capability: performance management, change management, team effectiveness, talent and leadership development, career and succession planning, feedback and coaching, mentoring, organization effectiveness, diversity & inclusion, employee engagement and compensation. She earned a B.A. in Biology from Williams College, and an M.A. in Organizational Psychology from Columbia University. She is certified as a Professional Coach through the Institute for Professional Excellence in Coaching (iPEC) and the International Coach Federation (ICF). Personal interests include: acting and improvisation, public speaking, photography, “off-the-beaten track” travel, bicycling, yoga, and personal growth. |
Robert Hellmann
Barbara Phillips