Deliver your message to the early talent development community

LDP Connect is where 900+ early talent development professionals come for answers, ideas, and access to each other. They work hard to make thier programs better, and regularly partner with product and service providers. Can you help them?  Let us help connet you!

Welcome to LDP Connect!

LDP Connect is the professional association for people who lead, manage or recruit for talent development programs for early-career hires (sometimes called “rotational programs”). We build the community, and serve it through networking events, small group discussions, content creation (and curation) and original research.

Are you a service provider hoping to introduce or expand your offerings with this community?  Let’s us help.  Click the button below to explore some of the ways we can get you connected to this niche (and tight) community!

LDP SUMMIT®

The annual best-practices event for hundreds of early career development program managers and recruiters.

LDP SURVEY

Original research on how organizations manage and evaluate their talent development programs for early career hires.

LDP MEETINGS

Facilitated small group meetings that dive deep into a critical issue facing talent development program management.

Enterprise Council

A working group of early talent development leaders from marquis employers that tackle strategic questions on early talent.

LDP REPORT

A monthly digest of quick ideas on development program management and news from within the LDP Community.

Some Participating Organizations

LDP Connect includes professionals from many of the world’s marquis employers, including 40% of the Fortune 100.

The 2026 Reports are here!
Early Talent Program Data

Rention rates, NPS scores, Diversity metrics

Curiculum elements, Program structure & more!

From 177 early talent development programs

Across 94 organizations and 9 functional areas

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LDP Connect | The Community of Early Talent Development Professionals | For Sponsors

Graduate Development Program Leaders' Summit

London, November 12, 2025

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PROMOTION through OCT. 3: Buy one registration, get one free

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