Talent Management Workshop: session outline Date Time Location Tutor Group Number of learners Duration 7 hours Session aim To introduce participants to the principles and practice of Talent Management and the Knowledge for Healthcare Talent Management Toolkit. Learning outcomes By the end of the session, participants will be able to: Explain what Talent Management is and how the Talent Management process works Identify ‘talent’ and say how talent differs from ‘doing a consistently good job’ Undertake an effective and inclusive talent management conversation Resources Laptop, clicker Slides, flipchart paper and pens Handouts Duration Time Activity (tutor) Resources 30 minutes 9am – 9.30am Welcome Welcome everyone to the session. Explain the session will be interactive and fun! Introduction Introduce self as the facilitator – role, background, why you’re delivering the session Will ask others to do this in a short while Housekeeping Timings and breaks, fire, phones Icebreaker activity Think of someone you consider talented. This could be a famous person, someone you know at home or at work. You don’t have to name them if you don’t want to. For the trainer Pens Flipchart stand and paper Blu tac To give to participants Personal action plan sheets Post-it notes
Explain how the toolkit relates to other relevant documents (see slide) 45 minutes 10.15pm – 11am The talent management process Facilitate group discussion about what talent management processes already exist in your organisation. (5 mins) Ask the group to rate the success of this on a scale of 1-10. Split into small groups of similar scores and ask them to discuss the reasons why they have come to their conclusion. (10 mins). Illicit key points and common themes. Make links to the key stages of the talent management process Identify, Attract, Develop, Retain, Evaluate Ask the group to consider these factors in the context the discussion. Were each of these stages met? Any stages missing etc. Exercise: in pairs, discuss why talent management process and identify the key tasks that should be in place at each of the stages and the information required. (10 mins activity, 10 mins feedback) Facilitate discussion and key points from each of the stages Refer to toolkit and local resources. 15 minutes 11am – 11.15am BREAK 60 minutes 11.15am – 12.15pm Identifying talent using the talent grid Facilitate group discussion about the differences between talent and performance – summarise is a definition of what talent is or refer to toolkit. Reinforce that talent is exceptional and there are other development opportunities for colleagues. Discuss with group how to manage expectations of people who think they are in the 10% but aren’t….also refer to people who may fall in the novice category. Introduce the talent management grid (competency column filled out others blank), clarify the competencies listed are accurate for them. Split into groups and ask them to fill in the grid with behaviours that are novice, professional and world class. (20 mins) Facilitate group feedback session and give out completed grid. Ask for comments and agree as a framework. Illicit practical examples from the group that would be relevant for world class. Refer to toolkit and local resources. Handout Blank talent grid For later Completed talent grid