Workshop B: Aligning Talent with Business Objectives

Alignment of talent management efforts to your company’s business objectives is one of the key factors in the success of any talent management strategy. The goal of a high performing talent management strategy is to make sure your company has the right people in the right seats at the right time to effectively meet business objectives. Proper alignment is created through:

• Open communication & support from senior and business unit leaders about business objectives
• Creating a holistic approach to hiring, retaining, and developing your employees
• Creating processes and tools to hire the "right" employees for your organization
• Understanding & building an effective employee culture
• Aligning incentives & benefits to the company's culture and business objectives
• Growing and developing your leaders & creating an effective succession strategy

11:00 Registration for Workshop D

Workshop D: Recruitment Strategies with an Expanded Talent Pool

Lunch will be served

Confronted simultaneously with rising unemployment and reduced resources for acquiring new talent, companies are developing innovative recruitment marketing strategies, applying new selection criteria and reviewing budget and procedures. Alignment is one of the key factors in the success of any learning intervention. Lack of communication between leaders and upper management and the support from other business units influences how talent impacts the priorities of an organization. Today, the abundance of talent is extraordinary, but in certain critical geographies, lines of business and skill sets, finding the right person remains a serious challenge.

• Build a recruiting infrastructure that is flexible and scalable
• Improve the quality of candidates you attract
• Develop talent over the long term
• Efficiently use time and money