The Talent Review Meeting Facilitator's Guide: Tools, Templates, Examples and Checklists for Talent and Succession Planning Meetings

The Talent Review Meeting Facilitator’s Guide provides practical advice, checklists, examples, practice exercises, planning worksheets and tools to assist Human Resource Professionals who are responsible for planning and facilitating Talent Reviews and Succession Planning Meetings. Use this book as your planning guide to be fully prepared for Talent Review Meetings, which are critical to the success of your overall Talent Benchstrength strategy. This book provides the tools you need to prepare for Talent Reviews, to facilitate and to scribe Talent Reviews, and to increase development action accountability and results after the Talent Review Meeting. The Talent Review Meeting provides the time and the structure for managers to discuss talent decisions, increasing VALIDITY and VISIBILITY for your Talent Benchstrength strategy. The tools in this book will increase the success and the consistency of your Talent Review Meetings. In this book you will find information, tools, examples, exercises, and templates, such as: ·Talent Benchstrength concepts, terms, strategic planning and project planning ideas ·The Talent Benchstrength 9-Box tool with facilitation tips ·The roles and responsibilities of the Talent Review Meeting Facilitator and Scribe ·Examples and templates for managers to use, such as a Career Discussion Template, Talking Points for Managers, a Quick Reference Checklist, and more ·Talent Review Meeting facilitation tips to provide advice and ideas to handle challenges that can arise in a Talent Review Meeting discussion ·A Talent Culture Philosophy tool to assist the Talent Benchstrength team and the business leaders to identify any culture or policy issues that may be affecting the results of the Talent-Succession strategy in the organization ·A template and a practice exercise to help determine the length of time needed for the meeting, as well a sample Talent Review Meeting Agenda and Ground Rules Front Cover Art by Jeremy H. Sims