workshops & conferences

Talent Review Meeting Facilitator Workshop:

Who Should Attend: Professionals in the fields of Human Resources, Talent Management, and Organizational/Leadership Development who are responsible for planning, leading, and/or executing their organization's talent and succession planning processes. This two-day workshop is especially designed for individuals who are conducting talent assessments and talent review meetings, to identify successors and key talent for their organization.

Workshop Objectives
During the workshop, participants will:

Understand the business need for talent management, understand talent management concepts, and be able to communicate talent management strategy to business leaders
Review talent management readiness factors and sponsors, talent assessment methods and tools
Discuss, create, and/or update their organization’s strategy and decisions regarding high potential identification and notification, succession planning, and talent review process
Discuss and identify accountability methods and metrics to increase and measure the results of your talent management program
Participate in the Talent Game board game, to learn how to respond to questions from business leaders and to learn more information about talent management research and business return-on-investment
Participate in a “Talent Review Meeting Simulation” to see and experience a talent discussion and process; learn talent review meeting facilitation skills and ideas
Know the steps and actions to take to prepare for a Talent Review meeting – how to prepare as the facilitator and how to help ensure leaders are prepared for the meeting

Learning Methods

Presentation and Discussion
Case Study Exercises
Board Game: The Talent Game
Group / Flip Chart Discussions: Same and Different, Ground Rule Creation
Force Field Analysis Exercise: Readiness Strengths and Potential Barriers
Individual Work in Book: Checkpoints and Project Summary
Mock Talent Review Meeting

TalentScope™ Workshop

Who Should Attend:

Our 1.5 day workshop is designed for human resource professionals who are designing, implementing, or updating their talent management and succession planning initiatives.

The workshop focuses on 4 primary topics:

Connecting talent management to the business strategy
Creating a successful talent management strategy
Facilitating a Talent Review meeting
Measuring your talent management results

Workshop Objectives:

The Building Tomorrow’s TalentScope™ workshop provides discussions, activities, and our unique “Mock Talent Review Meeting” designed to:

Discuss the business need for talent management, understand talent management concepts, and be able to communicate talent management strategy to business leaders
Review talent management organizational readiness factors, strengths, sponsors, and potential blind spots
Determine or update your organization’s strategy and decisions regarding high potential identification and notification, succession planning, and your talent review process
Discuss and identify accountability methods and metrics to increase and measure the results of your talent management program
Participate in a “Mock Talent Review Meeting” to experience a talent discussion and process; learn talent meeting facilitation skills, how to ask challenging questions as the facilitator, meeting agendas and ground rules, and ideas for timing the meeting length

Custom and Regional Workshops

If none of the public Building Tomorrow's Talent workshop dates meet your scheduling or planning needs, additional workshop options are available upon request:

A customized workshop at your location provides a development approach that is tailored specifically to your organization’s culture and talent management needs. Customized workshops include working sessions with your human resources professionals that include discussions and activities for making strategic decisions, the creation of talent review meeting materials, identifying culture readiness factors, etc.

Regional workshops provide the TalentScope™ Workshop content and are sponsored by one or more clients in one geographic location; this option enables client sponsors to select workshop dates that meet their planning needs.

For more information regarding customized and regional workshops, click here to complete our request form and a Building Tomorrow’s Talent representative will contact you shortly.

Talent Review Meeting Facilitator Certification

The Building Tomorrow’s Talent Facilitator Certification provides the development and the endorsement of the knowledge and skills human resource professionals require to prepare for, lead, and scribe a Talent Review meeting, and to effectively partner with business leaders to review the internal talent within the organization.

Specifically, the certification will address the following performance objectives. Upon completion of the certification process, the participant will be able to:

Develop and implement a talent assessment and preparation process, to be completed prior to Talent Review meetings by business leaders.
Plan and prepare for the Talent Review meeting, and ensure business leaders are prepared for the meeting.
Create a Talent Meeting agenda and Ground Rules for the talent meetings. Learn how to determine the length and best environment for an effective Talent Review meeting.
Learn the competencies required to effectively lead a Talent Review meeting.
Learn the competencies required to effectively scribe (or select a scribe) for the Talent Review meeting.
Analyze the talent data gathering during the meeting, and prepare follow up metrics and recommendations for business leader presentation.

If you are interested in our Talent Review Meeting Facilitator Certification process, click here to complete our request form and a Building Tomorrow’s Talent representative will contact you shortly.

Talent Management and Succession Planning for Practitioners