This set of slides were used to facilitate a session titled 'Designing and Executing a Talent Strategy' which I had given to a predominantly SME sector based attendees on 15th Dec at the Government Cyberpark in Kozhikode, Kerala.

1. Designing and Executing a Talent
Strategy
Reboot 2018
15th Dec 2018
SS Consulting
Ground Floor, Jyothirmaya, Infopark Phase II, Kochi – 682042 Phone: 91-484 2970 258
www.ssconsult.in

2. SS CONSULTING
Ê Credo
Ê Grow together with our partners by
providing “Sensible Consulting”
Ê Mission & Purpose
Ê To enable Synergistic Strategic Integration
of Technology, Talent and Organizational
Effectiveness to meet our partner’s business
needs

3. FOUNDATION
Ê Boutique Business Advisory Services Firm
Ê Founded by Senior Professional Experts with
Diverse local and Global experience in
building and running organizations
Ê Established in Jan 2015
Ê Track record of attracting Talent from Global
IT locations to Kerala from 2007-08.

4. Finding your ‘Candidates’ from ‘Job seekers’
Job Market Candidates
Find unique ways to Pull candidates
to your Company

5. WHAT MOTIVATES TALENT?
Ê Radical changes in Brain science as
Technology and Science advanced 90’s to
2015
Ê Finding - Base human behavior is
governed by Evolutionary Biology
Ê Post 2000 – Behavioral Economics has
also advanced > Nobel Prize 2017

6. The Talent Wheel
Establish
‘Why’
Advocate Strengthen
Talent
Magnet

7. Envisioning a baseline Talent Attraction strategy
Ê Use of <Company> USP’s (Brand being foremost),
Work Culture etc a USP to attract talent
Ê Nurture Strategic long term Local associations to
build Talent Pipeline
Ê Explore use of AI, RPO etc for key strategic talent
Ê Expertise on Talent management systems - Harrisons
Assessment Expertise to match Strengths to the Job role.
DRAFT APPROACH – LARGE IT FIRM

8. Envisioning a baseline Talent Attraction strategy
Ê Use of <Company> USP’s (Work being foremost), Culture as a
USP to attract talent to the TEAM
Ê Nurture Strategic long term Local associations to build Talent
Pipeline
Ê Design and execute Employer Advocacy platforms and
programs
Ê Coach / Mentor Talent Ambassadors from among Core team
members
Ê Expertise on Talent management systems – eg. Harrisons
Assessment Expertise to match Strengths to the Job role.
DRAFT APPROACH – SME ORG

9. Making Career Visible

10. Book with updated Brain science stuff

11. Thank You !
Let’s stay connected via Social
Media
Linkedin: anisharavind
Facebook: anish.aravind
Twitter: @anisharavind
Instagram: @anisharavind

12. SHILEN SAGUNAN – CHIEF EXECUTIVE
Shilen has experience in roles like Chief Executive,
Technology Manager, Software designer, an Engineering
Scientist, and Academician in cross functional , innovative
domains and leading large geographically separated
multi-cultural teams in, Engineering Research, Media
Research, Information Technology and Aerospace
Engineering.
His expertise includes :
• Progressive Leadership leading to world class product
development center with high performing team.
• Leading change management during significant business
transformations like M&A, Starting and closure of companies
to bring minimal impact on business and employees
• Offshore Advisory & Governance
• Strategic planning for growth and scalability for Startups and
MSMEs
• Technology Incubation & Development

13. ANISH ARAVIND - PRINCIPAL
CONSULTANT
Ê Human Resource Management Professional with over
19 years of experience spanning across
Manufacturing, FMCG and ITES & IT industry
segments.
Ê Motivated by:
Ê Solving Business Problems by weaving People
interventions around following (not exhaustive) areas:
Employee Engagement, Social Media, Employer
Branding, Six Sigma, Leadership Development, Employee
Communication, People Relations, Performance
Management, Learning and Development, Change
Management, OD/OE interventions, Recruitment
Strategy and execution, Process Improvement and HCM
operations spanning across Manufacturing, FMCG and IT
Product & ITES industry segments.