This course is suitable to a wide range of professionals but will greatly benefit:

• Identify the building blocks of talent management.
• Set up a talent management system.
• Define the linkages between organization excellence and effective people management
• Identify, keep, develop, and promote the best people.
• Coach, train, and develop super keepers.
• Integrate compensation with talent management so that they can retain their top people.
• Realize the role of IT in supporting a talent management system.

A World of Poachers:

• The Battle for Talent
• The War for Talent
• The Triumph of the HR Department

Proactive Talent Management:

• The Six HR Conditions for Organizational Success
• What is Proactive Talent Management (PTM)?
• How Proactive Talent Management Fuels Organizational Excellence
• Creating a PTM System - Four Steps

The Foundations of a Proactive Talent Management System:

• Competencies
• Performance Management
• Performance Appraisal and Potential Forecast

The Forces Influencing Talent Management:

• High-Performance Management Practices
• Workforce Value Proposition
• Demographics
• The Changing Role of the HR Professional
• Institutional Changes for Dealing with Talent Management Issues
• The Top Twenty Companies for Building Leaders: How Do They Do It?

Talent Planning:

• Identifying High Potentials
• Key Positions and Key People
• Common Factors among High Potentials
• The Performance Potential Grid
• Qualities of Processes Needed to Spot, Develop and Retain Excellence
• Integrating Coaching, Training and Development with Talent Management
• Optimizing Investment in People

Using Compensation to Implement a Talent Management Plan:

• Integrating Compensation with Talent Management
• Compensating Superkeepers
• Linking Competencies to Performance and Pay
• Using Long-Term Incentives to Retain Top Talent

Summary and Wrap Up:

• Laying the Ground for a Talent Management System - The Design Phase
• Handing Over the Reins - The Implementation Phase
• The Critical Success Factors

• Senior and Middle Line Managers
• HR Executives
• Training Managers
• Persons involved in designing and setting up talent management systems that will allow the organization to create organizational excellence and continuously improve its bottom line