Cover Page -- Copyright Page -- Dedication -- Contents -- Foreword -- Introduction: Helping Good People Get Better Every Day -- A Manager Who Grows People Like Crazy -- Identifying and Closing the Talent Development Gap -- The Five Practices for Making Talent Your Business -- Chapter 1: Make Every Day a Development Day -- How to Make Every Day a Development Day -- Tuck Development into Work -- Create the Right Stretch -- Seize Developmental Moments -- Leverage Team Learning -- Chapter 2: Tap the Psychological Side of Development -- How to Tap the Psychological Side of Development -- Start with Yourself -- Cultivate Relationships Built on Trust -- Help Employees "See" Themselves During Key Interactions -- Connect the Dots Between Emotions and Learning -- Chapter 3: Connect People with Development Partners -- How to Connect People with Development Partners -- Green-Light and Motivate People to Partner Up for Development -- Give People an Accurate Compass to Find the Right Development Partners -- Teach People How to Get the Most Learning from Development Partners -- Invest in a Network of Future Development Partners -- Chapter 4: Teach Skills to Navigate Organization Politics -- How to Teach Skills to Navigate Organization Politics -- Clarify and Adjust Assumptions About Organization Politics -- Help Map the Bumpy Political Terrain -- Coach Employees to Build a Portfolio of Politically Smart Approaches -- Prepare for and Sometimes Rehearse the Handling of Complex Situations -- Chapter 5: Shape Your Environment to Drive Development -- How to Shape Your Environment to Drive Development -- Create Development Abundance -- Shine a Light on Learning-Yours and Theirs -- Manage the Interface with the Broader Organization -- Chapter 6: Put Exceptional Development Practices into Action -- How to Put Exceptional Development Practices into Action.

Take Your EDM Practices to the Next Level -- Integrate the Five EDM Practices for Optimal Benefit -- Savor the Rewards -- Acknowledgments -- Notes -- Index -- About the Research -- About the Authors.