Despite growing recognition of career development’s value, many employers’ initiatives remain short-lived. Programs launch with enthusiasm, only to fade when priorities shift, leaders change or funding ends. The issue isn’t a lack of commitment. It’s the absence of infrastructure. Career development professionals often see this first-hand: employers may have tools and frameworks in place, but not the systems needed to sustain career development over time.
This
FREE
recorded webinar shares insights from the Internal Career Centre Playbook – a CERIC-funded project delivered with Challenge Factory – designed to help employers move beyond one-off programs toward sustainable career development systems. Using the Career Infrastructure Operating System™ (CIOS) as a lens, this webinar helps career development professionals understand what enables career development to grow and last within organizations and how to influence the systems that support it.
Examine why program-based career development efforts consistently fall short for employers
Learn how the CIOS framework helps diagnose structural barriers to sustainability within organizations
Explore how the Internal Career Centre Playbook can be used to support deeper, systems-level change with employers
Identify the role CDPs can play in helping employers foster a culture of internal career development
And much more!
This recorded webinar, originally presented in spring 2026, offers valuable insights from Career Development as Strategy – a CERIC-funded practical playbook that helps organizations transform fragmented career, learning and talent initiatives into a cohesive internal career centre that drives real results. Learn more here.
• 1 hour-long recorded webinar to learn at your own pace
• A downloadable certificate upon completion
Lisa Taylor helps leaders redesign workforce systems for a world shaped by AI, longer working lives and accelerating change. As Founder and CEO of Challenge Factory, she works at the intersection of research, policy and practice to help governments, organizations and executives build talent systems that are fit for today's workforce realities. Known for her work on Broken Talent Escalators® and the Five Drivers of Workforce Change™, Lisa translates complex trends–including longevity, technology and evolving employment relationships–into practical strategies leaders can act on. Her insights have been featured by The Globe and Mail, Forbes and the OECD, and she is a sought-after keynote speaker on the future of work.
Carli Fink is a Certified Career Development Practitioner (CCDP®) passionate about bringing a contemporary, evidence-based approach to career development. As a Workforce & Learning Consultant with Challenge Factory, she leverages her expertise in career and workforce development, higher education and curriculum design to help clients create workplaces where people thrive. With 10 years of experience at the intersection of education and career development, Carli drives change at the individual, group and systems levels. She has advised more than 1,800 people on their careers, designed and facilitated career learning programs, developed award-winning career tools, and helped scale initiatives that engaged hundreds of students.
CERIC is a charitable organization that is dedicated to the advancement of education, research and advocacy in career counselling and development. We fund projects and provide innovative resources and learning opportunities that build the knowledge and skills of diverse career and employment professionals.