Join us on October 1, 2024 at 2pm EST for an IPAC webinar, Data Driven Training Design
Session Description: Aligning talent development strategy and selection strategy is an effort undertaken by many talent management departments. Often learning and selection data are siloed in their respective departments. In this interactive virtual session participants will review a case study focused on how to link selection data and learning data.
Participants will:
- Learn the basics of collecting selection and learning data.
- Identify what sources of learning and selection data are available in organizations.
- Develop strategic alignment between selection and learning functions.
Presenters: Sayeed Islam, Ph.D. and Mike Chetta, Ph.D.
Dr. Sy Islam is a co-founder and Vice President of Consulting with Talent Metrics, Head of Research for Kaizen Human Capital and an Associate Professor of I-O psychology at Farmingdale State College. Dr. Islam has over 15 years of experience providing data analytic, training, and organizational development support to organizations in a variety of workplace settings. He received his PhD from Hofstra University in Applied Organizational psychology. Dr. Islam’s consulting work was recognized by the Society for Industrial-Organizational Psychology, when he won the Scientist-Practitioner Presidential Recognition Award for his focus on science driven practices in training and talent development. Through Talent Metrics he has consulted with Fortune 100 companies like IBM and teams like the Florida Panthers. Dr Islam has also received a student mentorship award from the Center for Teaching, Learning, and Technology at Farmingdale State College for his research with undergraduate students. His research interests include qualitative evaluation of customer service feedback, leaders’ use of social media, memes in educational settings, and discrimination in hiring through social media information. His book is entitled “Leaders Assemble! Leadership Lessons from the Marvel Cinematic Universe” was published by Emerald Publishing and his upcoming book “The Elements of Leadership: Leadership Lessons from Avatar the Last Air Bender” will be released in November 2024.
Dr. Mike Chetta is a co-founder and one of the principal consultants at Talent Metrics. He completed his Ph.D. in Applied Organizational Psychology from Hofstra University and a Master’s in Business Administration and Management from Dowling College. He is also the Director of the MS in Industrial-Organizational Psychology program at the University of Central Florida (in addition to holding a lecturer position). Along with Dr. Islam, he has most recently been published in the prestigious ATD Handbook for Consultants that was released in May 2024. Talent Metrics is currently the evaluation partner for SIOP and also partners with SHRM on assessment development.
In his career, Mike has worked for large Fortune 500 organizations managing client relationships, designing workplace studies, providing actionable analytics, and impacting the construction of global surveys. His efforts in corporate centers of excellence directly partnered with senior level executives has ensured alignment of metrics across organizations and geared towards the company’s overall strategy. Mike’s areas of expertise and current research include artificial intelligence in selection/assessment, biosecurity in the swine industry, survey design and implementation, employee engagement, customer loyalty, linkage research, and statistical analyses.