Advantage through People
Talent Powerhouse
Building a talent powerhouse involves aligning multiple organizational elements that enable a culture for talent and results.
1 Build Talent Menu
- Inventory existing talent practices in all businesses
- Collect and review external best practices
- Small cross-business team to identify talent menu by maturity level
2 Build Talent Pipeline
- Identify/clarify business case and talent success metrics, including pipeline audit
- Create corporate talent pool and succession planning process for top 300
- Identify wealth creating positions and key requirements across businesses
- Assess and build foundational competencies in corporate talent pool
- Create workforce metrics dashboard
3 Pilot Powerhouse Model
- Clarify strategic context and identifying leader behaviors in one business
- Determine talent success metrics
- Audit customer touchpoints against the brand experience
- Review HR processes to better align talent practices with the brand
- Design and deliver interventions (training, process redesign, etc.) in HR and business (if applicable) to create alignment and deliver the brand promise
- Measure & adjust
4 Create Integrated Model
- Clarity strategic context and identifying leader behaviors business or for each remaining business
- Audit customer touchpoints against the brand experience
- Review HR processes to better align talent practices with the brand
- Design and deliver interventions (training, process redesign, etc.) in HR and business to create alignment and deliver the brand promise
Client Cases
To read more about how our clients applied these methodologies and practices to achieve better results.