Creating a Top Talent Program
59mAdvanced2022-03-07
Authors

Jerry Pico
Learning, leadership development, and culture change
Course details
How do you assess the value of high-potential employees in your organization? Perhaps more importantly, once identified, how do you retain and develop these top talents to tap into their full potential? In this course, instructor Jerry Pico shows you how to create a top talent program so you can leverage your most promising employees.
Learn how to design and build out your program with objective criteria, a communication plan that manages expectations, and a clear, measurable definition of performance and potential that engages your stakeholders. Find out how to effectively run nomination, calibration, and selection processes, by collecting and organizing the right information, and presenting it in a usable form that enables informed decision-making.
Get tips and best practices for developing, leveraging, and refreshing your talent pool, plugging your high potentials into mission critical roles and assignments, and supporting the continued growth and success of your organization.
Learn how to design and build out your program with objective criteria, a communication plan that manages expectations, and a clear, measurable definition of performance and potential that engages your stakeholders. Find out how to effectively run nomination, calibration, and selection processes, by collecting and organizing the right information, and presenting it in a usable form that enables informed decision-making.
Get tips and best practices for developing, leveraging, and refreshing your talent pool, plugging your high potentials into mission critical roles and assignments, and supporting the continued growth and success of your organization.
Skills covered
Learning and DevelopmentTalent ManagementHuman ResourcesLeadership and ManagementDeep Dive (X:Y)
Concepts
0. Introduction
- 01 - The power of a top talent program
1. Assessing High-Potentials in Your Company
- 02 - Who are high-potential employees
- 03 - Preparation for a top talent program
2. Creating Your Top Talent Program
- 04 - Clarify what potential means in your organization
- 05 - Build your program design and criteria
- 06 - Identify and engage key stakeholders
- 07 - Develop a communication plan and manage expectations
3. Nominations and First Assessments of Potential
- 08 - Run an effective nomination process
- 09 - Assess and differentiate between performance and potential
- 10 - Collect and organize nomination information
4. Putting Together a Top Talent Calibration Meeting
- 11 - Organize talent calibration meetings
- 12 - Conduct talent calibration meetings
5. Developing and Leveraging Your Top Talent
- 13 - Develop your top talent
- 14 - Leverage your high-potential talent pool
- 15 - Assess the effectiveness of your program
- 16 - Refresh your top talent pool
Conclusion
- 17 - Put your top talent program into action
Related courses
- Management Excellence at Microsoft: Model, Coach, Care
- How to Set Up an Effective Intern Program
- Talent Management
- Employee Engagement
- Designing Growth Strategies
- Creating a Culture That Inspires Your Employees
- Reid Hoffman and Chris Yeh on Creating an Alliance with Employees
- Facilitate Employee Skill Development and Career Mobility as a Manager
Related learn paths
- Human Resources Foundations by the Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development (CIPD) and LinkedIn
- Become an HR Business Partner
- Becoming a Skills-First Organization
- Developing Learning-Ready Teams for L&D Pros
- Build a Company Learning and Development Program
- Become an L&D Professional
- Explore Accessibility (a11y) Best Practices
- Become a Web Developer