A practical step-by-step guidebook, Building a Career Development Program provides executives and human resource development professionals with a clear, effective model of organization career management and the tools for starting a career development program. Knowdell's successful nine-step plan explains how to define career development within an organizational context, assess the organization’s needs, design the optimal program, and promote the program internally.

With a wealth of valuable, hands-on tools, worksheets, exercises, and guidelines, and values and skills cards for career assessment, this book will help human resource professionals initiate new services and expand their present skills.