The Myth, Mystery and Science of Talent Management

This Webcast was recorded on June 12, 2008.

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Do You Have the Right Talent in the Right Positions to Achieve Your Goals?

The battle for quality talent has reached new highs. As the baby boomer generation begins to retire, it is critical for organizations to develop and implement talent management systems to ensure that they can effectively recruit, select and develop high-potential associates.

The Myth: No metrics exist that are objective, quantifiable or reliably accurate enough for assessing talent.

The Mystery: Why aren’t well-established scientific methods being applied to boost the effectiveness of human capital management?

The Science: This Webcast summarizes 30+ years of research initially funded by the Justice Department and conducted by the HR Chally Group focused on the skills/competencies/cultural traits that statistically measure and predict successful leaders, managers, sales people and individual contributors.

What You Will Learn:

By objectively evaluating employees and ensuring that they are placed in appropriate roles and spot training the gaps in their skills, their success can be assured. In addition, these data can drive ongoing initiatives that help target development and succession planning keep your high potentials engaged and committed.

During this insightful Webcast, you’ll hear how and why predictive assessment tools work and ways they can be implemented to manage and develop your company's present and future talent.

About the Presenter:

Howard Stevens is chairman and CEO of The HR Chally Group, a talent management, leadership development and sales improvement corporation providing personnel assessment and research services to more than 2,500 customers in 35 countries for over 33 years. He specializes in management and sales benchmarking. Chally has also created the largest statistical database and validation research for the evaluation of requirements for executive and sales positions. With diversified interests, he is the author of several books on sales and management including Achieve Sales Excellence, The Quadrant Solution (published in multiple languages), and Selling the Wheel. He has written many articles and is a frequent speaker and radio and television guest.

For additional training on this topic, consider these AMA seminars:

• Kirkpatrick's Four Levels: Increasing Training Effectiveness Through Evaluation
• Recruiting, Interviewing and Selecting Employees
• Essentials of HR
• Employee Retention Strategies: Fighting Turnover

To learn more, read these AMACOM Books:

• The New Human Capital Strategy, by Bradley W. Hall
• The AMA Guide to Management Development, by Daniel R. Tobin and Margaret S. Pettingell
• The Trainer’s Toolkit, 2nd Edition, by Cy Charney and Kathy Conway
• One Foot Out the Door, by Judith Bardwick