The document identifies the top 6 talent development trends in 2014: 1. Connecting development to business priorities like decision making and coaching. 2. Implementing coaching training programs to improve employee performance. 3. Addressing challenges with leadership succession planning as companies failed to select the right talent 82% of the time. 4. Focusing on engaging and developing millennial employees who will make up 46% of the workforce by 2020. 5. Running employee engagement programs which 78% of businesses were actively doing. 6. Improving retention efforts as 58% of employees planned to change jobs in the next year.

1. TOP 6
THE
Talent Development
of
trends

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Which talent development topics were organizations
most focused on
in2014
Drawing on research and our work with clients,
we’ve identifed the top trends of the year and
why they should be on your radar in 2015.

3. 6Employee Retention
58% of employees
report plans to change jobs in
the next 12 months.
Source: Forbes

4. Engaging Employees
78%
of businesses are actively
running employee
engagement programs.
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Sources: Deloitte and Forbes

5. Developing Millennials
66% of
companies say they
are weak in developing
Millennial leaders.
By 2020, Millennials
will make up
46%
of the workforce.
Sources: Deloitte and Forbes
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6. Leadership Succession
Companies failed to
choose the right talent
for a leadership role
82%
of the time.
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Source: Gallup

7. Improve
Results
Source: i4cp report “Creating a Coaching Culture“
2Coaching
53%
of high-performance
organizations now
provide coaching training
to internal employees.

8. Connecting Development
to a Business Platform
Companies recognize that,
“identifying a small number of
leadership qualities essential for
success in its business—such as
high-quality decision making or
stronger coaching skills—
achieves far better
outcomes.”
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Source: “Why leadership-development
programs fail” – McKinsey Quarterly

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