Competencies for Top Talent

Leaders' decision-making competence is being tested by the times. In team meetings, boardrooms and in executive suites, critical business and talent decisions are made. More than ever, society recognizes the high stakes of these decisions and how they effect not only organizations, but also our entire economy and collective livelihoods. The wiring of the brain, with its integrated nature and relative speediness of emotional circuitry, makes it impossible to make completely rational decisions. Yet increasing our moment-to-moment awareness of the emotional and well as factual bases of our decisions ultimately leads to making better decisions. Effective leaders embrace the complexity of today's decisions by understanding the capabilities and biases of those around them. By first recognizing their personal limitations in a world of information overload and by coming to know the worldviews of all their key advisors, peers and direct reports, top decision makers more effectively integrate wide-ranging information to make better decisions. If you want to improve decision-making as a critical competency in your organization, this webcast is for you! more »

As organizations get leaner and flatter, high potentials and "A players" are often asked to step up to assume roles with greater scope and strategic responsibility much sooner in their careers. In a challenged economy, hi-pos may be taking on senior-level roles as much as six years sooner than they would be a decade ago. Just because they've been successful in the past does not mean they will be successful at new kinds of job challenges. How can their "turbo-development" of key competencies be supported so they succeed? This webcast will identify critical competencies that your emerging leaders need to develop and will demonstrate how an investment in their success benefits the bottom line. more »

If culture is the infrastructure of your organization, processes and competencies are the bricks and mortar. Collectively they are the working tools for performance management and support your talent to achieve desired business outcomes. This webcast features a case study from PMI Mortgage Insurance Company, when they began with desired metrics on their balanced scorecard to guide implementation of a competency model. Hear how they cascaded competencies to shape a culture, prioritized aligned critical competencies at each level, and incorporated competencies into individuals' performance goals. You'll learn how competencies helped change organizational culture to support PMI's business strategy and the impact on integrated talent management processes. more »

As the new year begins, no doubt your company has set new goals. When a business changes strategy and direction, as talent managers, how do you ensure the right people are developed for the right roles? Begin with assessments to determine the competencies you have onboard and identify talent you need to find. Train hiring managers to look for and develop talent onboard to match business priorities. When done right, you'll realize business results evident in bottom line revenue and desired employee performance. It all rests on determining and affirming the critical competencies to get the right people with the right job fit at the right time. Join us to hear a deployment case study on how a sales organization achieved significant increase in profits using the three part approach-- Right People, Right Fit, Right Time-- and delivered with business results. Take away tips on how to apply similar deployment techniques in your organization. more »