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Strategic Talent Management Workshop

Helping leaders turn talent scarcity into competitive advantage

Context

Organisations today face unprecedented disruption. Talent-related challenges, particularly in acquisition and retention, are becoming critical bottlenecks. Remote working has expanded access to talent but has also intensified the global war for it. 

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Beneath this surface issue lies a deeper challenge: global disruption. Thus innovation is more important than ever. Yet most organisations are not structured to unlock the cognitive potential of their people. As a result, your best minds may be slipping away to more stimulating environments.

Introduction

This workshop empowers leaders to unlock the full potential of their people, thus transforming disruption into competitive advantage. It moves beyond traditional talent management, helping you build an organisation designed for innovation, resilience, and human performance.

Outcomes

Organisationally:

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  • You will be better equipped to win the war for talent.

  • Your organisation will shift from extracting the ‘most’ from your people to enabling them to perform at their best.

  • Leaders will approach talent management like elite sports teams, prioritising marginal gains and sustained performance.

  • Disruption will no longer be feared but embraced as a strategic ally.

  • Your leaders will be well positioned to build an organisation designed around human potential while delivering meaningful returns for all stakeholders.

 

Participants will:

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  • Develop confidence in managing talent effectively.

  • Gain a nuanced, real-time understanding of their organisational context

  • Recognise the limitations of relying solely on process and efficiency.

  • Become more agile and adaptive leaders, capable of navigating uncertainty.

Details

Approach

This classroom-based workshop includes:

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  • Knowledge transfer combined with facilitated discussion.

  • Exploration of real-world case studies.

  • Interactive exercises to embed key learning points.

  • Structured and implementable action planning.

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Modules

The following topics are covered:

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  • Disruption and its impact on organisational design.

  • The real-time, intelligent organisation.

  • The role of innovation.

  • The cognitive gymnasium – How to attract and retain top-tier talent.

  • Talent and technology.

  • How to create a buffer against an uncertain future.

  • Leading in complexity.

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Duration

It can be delivered over a half day, a full day or two days.

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Target audience

Your senior leadership team. Senior professionals with talent, technology and/or transformation responsibilities will also gain significant benefit.

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Customisation

It can also be integrated with your broader leadership development initiatives.

Benefits

This workshop:

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  • Shows the link between organisational viability, innovation and talent management.

  • Shifts the emphasis from talent to innovation and cognition, recognising the role of technology.

  • Encourages thinking in terms of paths to mastery rather than careers.

  • Explains why traits often matter more than skills in the recruitment process.

  • Rethinks the purpose of talent analytics.

  • Promotes a more nuanced and effective approach to diversity.

  • Makes the case for a more distributed leadership model.

  • Embraces complexity by exploring how living systems engage with hostile environments.

  • Enables leaders to identify and ‘plug the leaks’ that drain human potential drive attrition.

  • Shows leaders how to create a culture and work environment that retains the top talent and builds a compelling employer brand.

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