The document outlines the key components of an effective talent management program, including competency management, workforce planning, talent acquisition, performance management, learning and development, leadership development, and succession management. It also lists additional common components like governance, external influencers, strategic alignment, organizational climate, and technology. The document emphasizes that talent programs must start with a positive company culture aligned with goals, and include globally aligned systems and processes to support recruitment, career development, training, and reward/retention of top talent. Initial steps include developing a talent strategy, identifying supporting systems, engaging leadership, and addressing fundamental gaps.

1. Talent
Management
Eric VanAuken
Key Components of any
Talent Management
program

2. What do we need to address in a Talent Management program,
The framework comprises seven talent elements:
• Competency Management
• Workforce Planning
• Talent Acquisition
• Performance Management
• Learning and Development
• Leadership Development
• Succession Management
Plus five additional components common to all talent processes:
• Governance
• External Influencers
• Strategic Alignment
• Organizational Climate
• Technology

3. Key Components to a Talent Program
A Positive Company Culture that is aligned with its Goals
It all starts with

4. Key Components to a Talent Program
A Positive Company Culture that is aligned with its Goals
Systems & business processes that are globally
aligned that support the Talent program
We then build on

5. Key Components to a Talent Program
A Positive Company Culture that is aligned with its Goals
Systems & business processes that are globally
aligned that support the Talent program
Recruitment Process that tie in technical & Cultural
components to find & retain the best talent
It then Enables

6. Key Components to a Talent Program
A Positive Company Culture that is aligned with its Goals
Systems & business processes that are globally
aligned that support the Talent program
Recruitment Process that tie in technical & Cultural
components to find & retain the best talent
Credible Job Rotation, Career Path
development & Succession Planning
The focus then
turns to

7. Key Components to a Talent Program
A Positive Company Culture that is aligned with its Goals
Systems & business processes that are globally
aligned that support the Talent program
Recruitment Process that tie in technical & Cultural
components to find & retain the best talent
Credible Job Rotation, Career Path
development & Succession Planning
Professional & Focused Training to enable
the individual and team to succeed
Systems developed to Manage, retain, &
Reward Quality individuals
Topped
Off By

8. A More detailed view into a Talent Management Program

9. Overarching activities to focus on
• Identify and build out desired culture. Drive management of change to
enable the new culture.
• Pull together communities of practice
• Identify Best practices
• Identify where you need system support to drive your goals and mission
• Identify where you need business processes to drive your goals and mission
• Focused effort on changing hiring practice to include attitudes and
behaviors to match that of your desired corporate culture.
• Clean up all back office systems to standardize job codes, titles, & roles and
responsibilities

10. Typical Fundamentals you will need to address
•If there is a cultural problems, address the underlying culture that has hindered your
ability to recruit and retain top talent
•Build a community that can help drive the priority of the initiatives as well as provide
examples of best practice.
• Harmonize all job codes and job descriptions within the departments and across the
business units
• Have system of record to hold the Job code, role/responsibility, skills and training
required for the role.
• Ensure you are using a systematic and comprehensive on boarding approach across
all roles and regions.
• Re-defining and enforcing the culture that you need to demonstrate in order to acquire
and retain top notch Talent.
• Enable an LMS system that can handle the business requirements, provide a central
location to have the role, job description, required training, & skill assessment data

11. Initial Steps to get the Talent program going
• As shown in previous slides, Identify and build the strategy for a fully
thought out Talent management system.
• Identify what systems are in place to address the strategy and what
components you either need to build or purchase.
• Identify what systems should be enabled by IT and what should be business
processes.
• Work with your Leadership Teams and Business units in a collaborative way
to engage them and prioritize the components in the program where you see
gaps.
• Identify fundamentals that are lacking and start a team working on
addressing them.
• Roll up sleeves and get to work with the teams to build out a world class
Talent management system.