Kristopher J. Newbauer, EdM, MHRM, SPHR, SHRM-SCP, CPTD, CPT is the chief people officer and head of global people and talent for Rotary International and the Rotary Foundation, the world’s oldest and largest humanitarian service-club organization. Newbauer holds a bachelor of science in group social studies (secondary education) from Grand Valley State University, in Allendale, Michigan; a master of education in global human resource development from the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign; and a master of human resource management from North Park University, in Chicago.

Newbauer has completed multiple certificates in human resources from Cornell University and DePaul University. He served on the faculty of the Department of Education Policy, Organization, and Leadership in the College of Education at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, as well as the Department of Literacy, Leadership, and Development in the Daniel L. Goodwin College of Education at Northeastern Illinois University, in Chicago, where he taught graduate courses in measurement and evaluation and organization development for several years.

Newbauer has served on the board of directors of the International Accreditors for Continuing Education and Training (IACET), a global accrediting body for training providers, since 2009. He served as president of the IACET Board for 2013–14 and was elected chair of the IACET Board for 2022–23.

Nominated by a former Rotary employee for his contributions to leading the way to extraordinary employee experience, Newbauer was recognized by Crain’s Chicago Business as a Notable Leader in HR in 2020.

Foreword

Introduction

Part 1: Foundations for Making Your Case

Ch 1: Talent Development as Business Development

Ch 2: Connect to Your Stakeholders

Ch 3: Position Your TD Function to Produce Results

Ch 4: Develop Your Business Acumen

Part 2: The Eight-Step Evaluation-Focused Instructional Design Framework

Ch 5: Proactively Identify Business Needs

Ch 6: Define Success

Ch 7: Design Curriculum with Evaluation in Mind

Conclusion

Appendix A. The Three Learning Domains

Appendix B. Applying the Five Levels of Evaluation

Appendix C. General Guidelines for Evaluation

References

Index

About the Author

About ATD