2 Day Workshop in Talent Management - From Strategy to Execution

Course Outline

The aim of this program is to provide participants with:

1. Analyse your current Organisational Readiness for Talent Strategy Alignment
2. Understand your Organisational Mission, Vision and Values and their implications for Talent Strategy
3. Classify your Organisational Strategies using Michael Porter's Model
4. Identify and plan engagement with your Key Stakeholders for Talent Strategy
5. Complete an initial framework for Talent Strategy for your organisation
6. Apply the tools introduced above to a Case Study aligned with your organisation
7. Work in groups to develop a Talent Strategy for your case
8. Reflect on your Talent Strategy development and, in groups, review the Talent Strategy Process for your case
9. Understand how Talent Strategy fits with Human Capital and Talent Management

Additional benefits of attending this workshop 

As a result of practising these skills, you will gain the following benefits:

• Become proficient in relating talent requirements to business outcomes
• Practice the language and thinking of senior leadership to ready yourself to engage them in talent strategy development
• Develop your understanding of business strategy and its relationship with talent
• Understand how talent strategy integrates with human capital and talent management
• Gain greater confidence in handling Key Stakeholders when developing talent strategies

Who Should Attend

All levels of staff directly involved in initiating, developing and supporting talent strategy including Senior HR Staff, Talent Management Staff, Senior Line and Functional Management, Business Unit HR Staff, Business Unit Line and Functional Management.
 

About the Trainer

Regional Managing Consultant, Practice Leader and Project Director for major Talent and Change programmes. Client engagements include IBM, France Telecom (Equant buy-out) Haarman and Reimer (merger with Dragaco) where he advised MD and Senior leadership teams on change management communications and delivered executive coaching support across Asia Pacific. 

John is currently the architect and preferred associate for Talent Management programmes for Human Capital Singapore, the Human Resources Continuing Education and Training organisation supported by the Singapore Government. Programmes cover developing talent strategy, implementation and succession planning.

John's consulting expertise includes developing competency systems for Changi International Airport Services and Insurance Corporation of Singapore, now part of DBS Bank. John has developed executive assessment using SHL-OPQ/Verify, Previsor GPI and Assessment Centres for leadership and hi-potential selection and development. Recent Assessment Centre experience for ANZ Bank. Directed HR Projects including salary benchmarking for Banks and Media/Advertising companies. 

John launched major employee engagement initiatives with ANZ Bank resulting in increasing their engagement score from 59 to 81 in less than nine months. Training and development expertise includes designing and delivering unique workshops with dramatic artist partners for regional clients. Workshop topics include leadership, coaching and interpersonal skills development. Preferred Asia partner for Bayer Scientific to deliver their Bayer Leadership Excellence programmes. 

Certified executive coach including senior managers in ABN Amro, Standard Chartered, Aviva Insurance and over 1200 hours of executive coaching experience. Set up and managed a large pool of associate talent and directed project work across Asia Pacific. Responsible for revenue stream of $1M plus per annum. Held major HR roles since 1980 and in Asia since 1996.

Qualifications

John holds a double-degree in psychology and applied mathematics from Melbourne University in Australia and a MSc. (Asia Pacific Human Resource Management) from the National University of Singapore. He is currently completing his PhD in Leadership Psychology with Monash University Australia. John is an Internationally Certified Job and Career Transition Coach, and certified Executive Coach. John is accredited in Chally Assessments used by NASA and USA Justice Department 

Professional History of Client programs delivered:

Organisational restructuring, Change Leadership and Transition Services Clients in Asia, since 1996:

Management and Executive Development 
Clients:

• Aviva Insurance
• Bank One Pte Ltd
• Deutsche Bank
• Butterworths Asia
• Credit Swiss First Boston
• Interwoven Software
• Heinz Sinsin Pte Ltd
• Shell Chemicals Division
• Seagate International
• Iomega Corporation
• Logica/CMG
• Phillip Morris
• Nokia
• Rational Software Pte Ltd

Executive Coaching

• Credit Swiss First Boston
• Standard Chartered bank
• ABN Amro Bank
• Pepsico International
• Yellow Pages Singapore
• Guardian Pharmacy
• Shell PetroChem
• Caterpillar
• Equant Network Services
• Haarmann & Reimer
• Michelin Australia
• Swiss Embassy
• APC Schneider