This is a sample presentation on delivering a speech to the management in your company or a client. It features the main arguments and a kick-start scenario for creating a company-specific talent development program.

1. Talent
Development
Talent development as a part of overall
Organization Development (OD) process
By Ramil M. Mastiyev

2. Table of contents
Introduction to Talent Development 03
Importance of Talent Development 09
Why do we even need this? 13
Where do we start? 15
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About (COMPANY) Talent Development 19

3. Introduction to Talent Development

4. Introduction
Talent Development is preparing your employees for current and future SUCCESS.
How does that translate into best practices of organizational development?
 Engage your employees in Training Programs
 Nurture their Skills and Competencies
 Focus on having a High Performance Organization
 Implement a comprehensive Talent Development Program
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5. A great place to work
Employees say: Google is a place you can call home.
What makes Google a great place to work? (2013 World’s Best Place to Work)
 People make the company
 Smart and determined people
 Ability over experience
 Diverse, multicultural, multilingual
 Google “CareerGuru” program:
 One-on-one career coaching and guidance (confidential)
 Personal and professional development
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6. What are the tips to start?
Some tips on Talent Development.
 Start with the end in mind, align business strategy
 Actively engage with employees throughout development
 Know what you are looking for and what you want to develop
 Maintain a strong talent pipeline
 Require talent development of all employees
 Differentiate between Potential, Performance, and Readiness
 Develop the right people for the right jobs
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7. What not to do?
Some tips on Talent Development.
 Don’t ignore your mistakes, learn from them
 Don’t treat talent Development as a ritual. Approach it positively with ease and
confidence
 When developing talent don’t always look elsewhere for guidance. Look inside your
organization.
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8. Quotes
Some quotes about talent and why it should be developed.
 “Talent hits a target no one else can hit. Genius hits a target no one else can see.”
― Arthur Schopenhauer
 “Every artist was first an amateur.”
― Ralph Waldo Emerson
 “Human resources are like natural resources; they're often buried deep. You have to go
looking for them, they're not just lying around on the surface. You have to create the
circumstances where they show themselves.”
― Ken Robinson
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9. Importance of TalentDevelopment

10. Importance of Talent Development
Why is talent development important for organizations?
 Increased competitive advantage
 Rewarding Culture and Brand
 Improved operational efficiency
 Financial rewards
 High Performing Organization
 Employee retention
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11. Effective Talent Development
How do we achieve effective talent development?
 Establish Talent Development Plan
 Make the most of what you have
 Target a small number of KPIs in the business
 Identify critical roles and critical talent
 Develop talent pathways and succession plans
 Focus time and energy on critical roles and people
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12. You have to maximize your employees’ value
There are four main areas that need to be addressed for Talent Development
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Development
How are you dealing with your middle
and bottom performers?
Alignment
Is everyone in the company 100% aligned
with the business strategy?
Retention
Have you identified top performers and
do you have a plan in place to keep
them?
Engagement
Are the employees fully engaged and do
they have the tools and resources to be
100% effective doing their jobs?
TALENT
DEVELOPMENT

13. Why do we even need this?

14. Why do we even need this?
 Not enough geniuses out there – develop the talent you have!
 Competition getting stronger and richer, but people still value DEVELOPMENT higher
than SALARY
 Increase performance by assigning people to positions that match their talent
 Major step towards becoming a truly global company
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15. Wheredo we start?

16. Where do we start?
 Assign dedicated and motivated people as Talent Development Executives
 Sponsor necessary trainings, professional memberships, and in-house library
 Run as pilot training program with trainers from within the company
 Measure success, conduct surveys – if you are not measuring, you are not performing
 Create a comprehensive Talent Development Plan
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17. Who is on board?
Ramil Mastiyev
 4 years in (Company)
 Sales experience as well as technical and managerial
 All three languages covered (AZ, EN, RU)
 Skills and language trainer in the past
 Critical mass of passion reached!
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… more people will eventually join as executives.

18. Easy start is here
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Below is the list of trainings that are somewhat “urgently needed” or are tailored for the maximum interest and
audience coverage.
Basic Training
 Level 1 English Language - Best Practices
 Level 2 English Language – Best Practices
 Level 1 E-mail Communication – Fundamental Rules
 Level 2 E-mail Communication – Advanced Tips and Tricks
 How to Write a Commercial Offer
 How to Write a Technology Offer
 What to Expect From Your Manager
 How to Create and Effective Presentation
 Time Management
 Stress Management
Executive Training
 Providing FAST Feedback
 What your team expects from you
 Performance Appraisal and Counseling
Managerial Training

19. Talent Development
About
(COMPANY) Development
Talent development program is intended to be an in-house
initiative and is developed by Ramil M. Mastiyev.
The main goal of this program is to become the one stop
shop for (COMPANY) employees and managers needing
support in non-technical talent development, or wanting to
broaden their vision in the fields of employee effectiveness
and overall non-technical skills set.
For more info, please write to ramilm@risk.az.