talent management and assessment

How to become ‘the employer of choice’ in your sector and/or geography.

For many businesses the issue of attracting and retaining the best people is one of today’s priority issues. The so-called war for talent, means you must understand what talent is available, how to predict potential but above all obtain “buy-in” leading to effective succession planning.

Effective talent management can motivate and drive people to “want to stay” and really add value. Talent is the key strategic resource of the business. The key differentiator from the competition, and the most effective way of gaining competitive advantage.

To gain the best long-term benefit from this resource means not only recognising this, but also putting in place an effective talent management programme. The alignment of personal goals to those of the organisation is critical if your talent is to be truly ‘engaged’.

The ever increasing expectations of people at work means that it is essential that people feel that the organisation really values them and takes an interest in their aspirations, development and performance.

Your leaders have a critical role in managing and engaging your talented people in:

• Selecting the right talent from inside or outside the organisation, not just selecting on experience, intelligence or past performance.
• Finding talented people who are capable of development into the leaders of tomorrow – what makes good leaders for you?
• Providing true clarity about the values, behaviours and competencies that will move the business toward it’s objectives and future success
• Motivating by focussing on strengths and capacity to improve rather than on criticising weakness or failure
• Helping people align their personal goals and aspirations with those of the organization – obtain career buy-in

Our Approach?

Selecting, retaining, aligning and developing managers and leaders

We work with you to define leadership at all levels. Working with your people we gain a thorough understanding of your business, its values, behaviours and strategic objectives. We help you identify ‘what good looks like’ for your organisation. Based on this and using our own knowledge and experience we design solutions and coaching interventions so that talent can be consistently identified and developed.

What we do

• Help identify critical roles for talent, assess the current talent base, identify any shortcomings and development needs, and tailor effective solutions
• Help identify the meaning of talent and leadership in your business
• Help define competency and talent framework and define criteria for selection into the ‘talent pool’
• Design assessment tools, train assessors, train internal coaches and help deliver assessment and development centres.
• Help individuals define their own visions and career aspirations – including where necessary the management of expectations
• Train line managers and leaders to engage talent through stretching assignments and projects
• Coach and help develop talent for continuously improved performance through stimulating learning experiences, real situation based challenges and feedback
• Help review experience, learn from progress and continuously develop the talent management approach.