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title: The Missing Ingredient in Successful Employee Development Programs
description: In our traditional approach to design career development programs, we often leave out a critical missing ingredient.
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The Missing Ingredient in Employee Development

In our traditional approach to design the most exciting career development programs, we often unintentionally leave out a critical missing ingredient. Download this eBook for tips on putting your people at the center of your program’s success.

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### Meet the author, Ben Brooks:

1. Founder & CEO of PILOT, an award-winning virtual employee development program
2. One of HR Tech’s top 100 HR Tech Influencers
3. HR Executive Magazine Columnist “Coach’s Corner”
4. Private CEO & executive coach for nearly a decade
5. On the board of directors for OutServe - SLDN and helped repeal Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell
6. Former HR Leader at Lockheed Martin, Oliver Wyman, Marsh Inc. and Marsh & McLennan Companies
7. Co-founded the LGBT employee resource group at his management consulting firm

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