This high-level Master-class is dedicated to developing and implementing an integrated talent management strategy. We’ll explore innovative strategies and practices that leverage the power of the organization’s talent for optimal impact and striking results. The Requisite Organization model provides clues for discovering where improvements in talent and organization design are most pivotal to strategic success. Those pivot points enable us to plan and phase an optimal approach to strategically targeting talent management investments. Key in this is the understanding how to match the 'size of persons' with the 'size of roles'.

During the program you will get answers to various key questions:
How can I discover strategic pivot points for Talent Investment ? How and where can talent processes support the ongoing reorganizations ? How can I create a diverse leadership pipeline from the inside out ? What are the state-of-the-art talent measurements that help me unleash employees' potential ? How can I conduct and execute an effective talent review process ? How can I re-design performance management as the cornerstone of an effective talent management process ? How can I develop a coaching structure in which senior management takes the lead ?

The program will start on January 20st  2011. Until now, 190 professionals have followed the program to achieve greater effectiveness in their talent and career development approach. The program offers sound help models, practical consultancy frameworks, validated tools, effective process designs and a broadening of one’s own coaching approach. The course is based on practical cases, of which some are presented by participants as their learning assignments. The learning process is deepened through simulations, practical exercises, application of the tools offered , dialogue and group discussion. In the course of  the program, participants are entitled to two individual 1-hour coaching sessions.

The program focuses on talent management issues in large organizations . The basic model that will be used is the "Levels of Work" model, initially developed by E. Jaques. The model provides a grammar to connect business strategy, the necessary talent levels and the organization design for success. It  distinguishes  different levels of work complexity, reflecting the necessity to balance the requirements for process excellence with those of innovation. The model’s framework enables people to go beyond the current dominating 'competencies approach', resorting to developmental insight in the cognitive and social emotional dimensions paramount in leadership development .  A lot of attention is paid to a more effective  organization of the supporting talent management processes.

The output of the program is creation of a personal strategy  to further build success and make the talent management strategy work in the participating companies.

The program consists of nine days focusing on a specific theme.

Integrative framework
On Thursday 20th January and Friday 21st  January 2011, we cover an integrated framework that works. We  discuss the building blocks (both top-down and bottom-up) of an effective talent development approach. Talent is pivotal to innovation,  perhaps even more so than many other processes. Jan De Visch will challenge participants to develop frameworks to set specific targets using the development-segmentation principles. Careful analysis of the innovation process provides clues for  discovering  where improvements in talent and organization design are most pivotal to strategic success.

Methods
On Thursday 18th  February and Friday 19th  February 2011, we discuss what expert and self-diagnosis methodologies you can use for solving career and talent problems. Companies traditionally focus on recruitment and retention efforts on high-potential talent. But high-potential talent comprises B-class players, who may at some future time become A-class players. The “A” players, more appropriately called high-value talent (HVT), already have mastered critical technical, managerial and leadership skills, and have successfully navigated challenging situations. In these two days we will go into the limits of current competency approaches and discover the added value of both cognitive an social-emotional tools.

Set up developmental structures
On Thursday 17th  and Friday 18th  of March 2011, you will discover what kind of impact your actions have on critical business drivers and how you can professionalize leading to coaching environments fully sponsored and impersonated by senior management. You will also learn how to increase your effectiveness as an (internal and external) coach. You will ultimately know how to integrate conventional competency based and developmental (dialectical) coaching methodologies into one seamless whole.

Change management approach
On Friday 22nd April  and Friday 20th  May 2011, we explain how you can set up focused and practical (bottom-up and top-down) talent development approaches. We will also deal with specific issues (e.g. defining roles, appropriately steering talent committees, adequately assessing  talent, building a leadership pipeline, developing requisite growth assignments and environments of continuous learning, creating  performance assessment target development opportunities that drive productivity, establishing comprehensive communication strategies,  building effective succession management to  minimize three types of talent management risk: retention, readiness and vacancy, ...)

Integration
Organizations with integrated talent management suites cite two to three times the return on investment than organizations implementing point solutions. On Friday 24th  June 2011, we provide you with a personal plan for role enhancement and attain a similar result for your organization.

The price of the program is EUR 3,500 (excl. VAT). The number of places is limited to 10. Workshop material, coffee/tea breaks, sandwich lunches/dinners, diagnostic materials are included in the price.
 
The workshops will take place at the offices of Connect & Transform, Koningin Astridlaan 144, 2800 Mechelen. All  workshops are organized from 9am -17 pm. The content of the program will be adjusted to the specific needs of the participants ! Each potential participant will be invited for an intake interview so that his/her specific expectations can be reworked into the outline of the program!

You can register by e-mail ( Dit e-mail adres is beschermd door spambots, u heeft Javascript nodig om dit onderdeel te kunnen bekijken ) or phone (+ 32 478 31 24 24)