HDA Talent Management Masterclass - 5th September 2007

Developing a Business-Driven, Outcomes-Focused Talent Strategy

ìTalent is not a rare commodity-it is simply rarely releasedî

HDA Associates Ltd in conjunction with Kaye Thorne, talent coach, creative consultant and best selling author of three well-respected books on talent; present a morning power-briefing.

Whether you are a Senior HR & Talent Management professional tasked with delivering a talent strategy and/or hiring and developing organisational talent or a Business Leader tasked with future-proofing the organisation, this event will give you an idea about how to create a dynamic and sustainable talent strategy that will attract, recruit and retain a diverse and talented workforce.

Focus areas:

- How to become a strategic partner in supporting the growth of talent and how to create talent strategies that future proof your organisation.

- How to create the right environment for talent to thrive and how to build internal sponsorship that has a positive impact on the retention of talent.

- How to identify the motivators and drivers of talented people, and how to support talented people who push the boundaries of their talent.

- Ways of reviewing and refreshing your recruitment strategies and how to increase engagement with all employees.

- Case studies and Feedback highlights from recent talent and recruitment surveys.

- The impact of leadership style of the retention of talent

Key Themes:

1. What constitutes key organisational talent is changing ever faster as new technologies force organisations to re-assess their future talent needs to ëfuture proofí the emerging business.

2. Organisations are recognising that diversity management is an essential strategy for ensuring a strengthened internal talent pool, and no longer a ënice-to-haveí which fulfils a social responsibility.

3. Traditional talent pools are shifting (eg. offshore, to outsourced pools, etc).

4. Other talent pools are flexing their new options, eg. shifting to portfolio careers in response to recent experiences in business where it has become clear that career continuity and development requires individual control vs reliance on the business to provide opportunity, opting out of the world of traditional work, taking their skills internationally, shifting sector, etc.

5. Key talent pools, eg. senior leadership, are aging and nearing retirement.

6. As organisations are increasingly opting for ëbuy-in (and discard)í versus ëdevelop internallyí in response to commercial and talent availability realities, it is not surprising that the concepts of organisational succession and organisational career development are increasingly anachronistic.

7. This trend has obviously impacted at the ëpsychological contractí level, and we are entering a much purer supply-demand situation in the world of work; possibly uncluttered by concepts such as shared values, mutually-beneficial career paths, and so on.

8. Business leaders and HR/talent professionals need thus to take a strongly outcomes-focused approach to their talent strategies, and to keep abreast of fast-changing trends.

Event Details:
Venue: 75 Cannon Street, London, EC4N 5BN
Times: 09.30 -13.00
Price: 100pp VAT

Event Take-Aways:
Kaye will be also be sharing some of the highlights from her recent book The Essential Guide to Managing Talentñ RRP 18.99, and each attendee will receive a copy, here are a sample of the most recent reviews

ìThe Essential Guide to Managing Talent is an outstanding book. It should be an essential read for any managers looking to nurture a happier, more committed and ultimately talent rich workforceî

Quality World
''It makes a valuable contribution to the debate and adds to the wider understanding of talent management and how to implement policies that workî
People Management

ìI was instantly impressed by the multi-dimensional quality of this book. Not only does it look at creating a climate where talent can flourish but also of what blocks its release.î
Training & Coaching Today

Key Speaker:
Kaye Thorne is a well-known people development consultant, talent coach and business writer. She has worked with a number of corporate boards in developing their talent strategy, or their employer brand. She has worked on a large number of assignments with large PLCs, smaller SMEs and government departments both local and national.

Kaye has particular expertise in creativity and innovation and supporting people and organizations who think differently. She is also co-author of Personnel Todayís One Stop Guide to Talent .Among her other best selling books are Managing the Mavericks, Coaching for Change, Everything You Ever Needed to Know about Training and her most recent title The Essential Guide to Managing Talent.

She is a past winner of a U.K.National Training Award and has been short-listed for Outstanding Contribution to Learning by WOLCE.

For more information about this article or any of the arguments in it, please contact Sweta Patel, Campaign Manager, HDA, at sxp@hda.co.uk