Talent Management and Succession Planning

Course Outline

Overview

This Talent Management course will provide you with comprehensive skills and knowledge for you to develop and deliver a successful talent management and succession planning programme.

The course also includes a site visit to an organization relevant to the course so delegates can develop an understanding of how their contemporaries function in the real-world.

The course will wrap with a summary of the key learning points, followed by an action planning exercise with a view to apply the acquired knowledge and skills immediately upon your return to work. Post-course support is also available in relation to the implementation of your action plan, up to six (6) months following course completion.

Agenda

Talent Management Essentials

• Defining talent management
• The elements of talent management
• Talent attraction, development and retention
• Career management

Talent Management Strategy

• What is talent? And what is talent management?
• The talent management process
• Crafting an effective talent management strategy
• Deploying your talent management strategy

Succession Planning

• Defining succession planning
• Strategic succession planning
• Your leadership pipeline
• Succession planning programme evaluation

Site Visit

• Industrial visit to a relevant organization.
• An insight into the internal working of companies.
• An opportunity to learn through interaction with practising professionals.

Course Review

• Summary and recap of key learning objectives
• Action Planning

Target Audience

This Talent Management course is suitable for:

• HR directors
• Heads of HR functions
• HR business partners
• Senior HR executives, managers, advisors and officers who wish to contribute to the development and implementation of HR strategy.
• Chief officers, Chairpersons, Board members, Company directors, Heads of Departments, and all those at the highest levels of an organization interested in developing an in-depth knowledge of strategic HRM.

Learning Outcomes

Upon completion of this course, you will be able to:

• Appreciate the importance of Talent management and succession planning in organizations.
• Develop successful talent management and succession planning strategies.
• Understand a the use of talent management and succession planning tools at your disposal.
• Develop a practical perspective into contemporary work practices in your field.
• Implement an Action Plan at your workplace using the knowledge and skills acquired through the course.