Managing Talent

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Managing Talent

This course is part of Leading People and Teams Specialization

Instructors: Maxim Sytch, Ph.D.

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4 modules

Gain insight into a topic and learn the fundamentals.

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Beginner level

No prior experience required

Flexible schedule

1 week at 10 hours a week

Learn at your own pace

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What you'll learn

Learn best practices for selecting, recruiting, and onboarding talent.
Learn key approaches to measuring performance and evaluating your employees.
Understand the cycle of managing talent and creating a robust talent pipeline.

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There are 4 modules in this course

In this course, you will learn best practices for selecting, recruiting, and onboarding talent. You will also learn about the key approaches to measuring performance and evaluating your employees. In addition, you will learn how to develop and coach your talent so that they can realize their full potential at work. Altogether, you will gain a thorough understanding of the complete cycle of managing talent and creating a robust talent pipeline for your team and organization.

Managing and developing talent is one of the top 3 issues on the minds of CEOs from around the world. In fact, CEOs cite managing and developing their leadership talent as the issue that is most important to the future success of their business but that their organizations are least capable of addressing effectively. This course will provide you with the insights, frameworks and tools to effectively manage and develop talent in your teams and organizations.

In this module, you will be introduced to the concept of the talent pipeline. Without amazing people to execute your team, division or company strategy, you will be unable to create value and move forward. Following this module, you will understand that the concept of strategy is first, followed by the positions or organization structure. Once designed, your recruitment brand will attract people to you. Through your recruitment strategies, you will recruit and select the best of the best that fit your team. On-boarding is critical to bringing them into your team and this module will help you to implement superb on-boarding processes.

What's included

8 videos6 readings1 assignment

8 videos Total 76 minutes

01.01 - Welcome and Introduction to the Talent Pipeline 9 minutes
01.02 - Strategy First and HR Planning 15 minutes
01.03 - Recruitment and Your Recruitment Brand 9 minutes
01.04 - Recruiting Methods 9 minutes
01.05 - Selection 17 minutes
01.06 - Selecting Talent at Menlo Innovations 2 minutes
01.07 - Onboarding 12 minutes
01.08 - Onboarding at Menlo Innovations 4 minutes

6 readings Total 32 minutes

Help us learn more about you! 10 minutes
Course Syllabus 5 minutes
Get personalized emails from Michigan Online 5 minutes
Introduction to Rich Sheridan, CEO of Menlo Innovations 2 minutes
Notice for Auditing Learners: Assignment Submission 10 minutes
Unit Lecture Slides 0 minutes

1 assignment Total 30 minutes

The Talent Pipeline 30 minutes

In this module, you will learn about the central approaches for measuring and evaluating performance and behaviors and understand the implications of different evaluation systems for employees. You will also learn how to collect, assess, and use 360 degree feedback. In addition, you will learn how to recognize and mitigate key errors raters make in evaluating the performance of others. Finally, you will gain awareness of the stereotypes that can affect the accuracy of performance evaluations.

What's included

11 videos3 readings1 assignment1 peer review

11 videos Total 74 minutes

02.01 - Why Structured Performance Management & Evaluation? 11 minutes
02.02 - Measuring Results and Behaviors 10 minutes
02.03 - Implications of Performance Measurement Systems 5 minutes
02.04 - Jeff Brodsky on Forced Distributions 4 minutes
02.05 - Rich Sheridan on Forced Distributions 2 minutes
02.06 - 360 Degree Feedback 7 minutes
02.07 - Using 360 Degree Feedback 9 minutes
02.08 - Receiving and Seeking Developmental Feedback 5 minutes
02.09 - Rater Errors 10 minutes
02.10 - Stereotypes in Performance Evaluations 10 minutes
02.11 - Recap 2 minutes

3 readings Total 7 minutes

Introduction to Jeff Brodsky, Chief Human Resources Officer at Morgan Stanley 2 minutes
Unit Lecture Slides 0 minutes
Get personalized emails from Michigan Online 5 minutes

1 assignment Total 30 minutes

Managing Performance Evaluation and Feedback 30 minutes

1 peer review Total 120 minutes

Employee Development 120 minutes

As a leader, it is essential that you develop, coach and prepare your team for success. When you help your team members learn and grow, their motivation and engagement increases, their performance improves, and they become more committed to the team. In this module, you will learn how to develop and coach your people to realize their potential and improve their performance.

What's included

16 videos5 readings1 assignment

16 videos Total 116 minutes

03.01 - Your Most Developmental Experience 3 minutes
03.02 - The Business Case for Developing Talent 11 minutes
03.03 - Assessing Key Drivers of Performance 10 minutes
03.04 - Assessing Strengths or Weaknesses? 9 minutes
03.05 - 5 Questions to Help Create "Stretch" Experiences 8 minutes
03.06 - Using Stretch Assignments to Develop People 2 minutes
03.07 - Mindful Engagement as a Tool to Prepare for "Stretch" Experiences 12 minutes
03.08 - Mindful Engagement During the "Stretch" Experience 9 minutes
03.09 - Developing Talent Through Stretch Experiences 2 minutes
03.10 - Helping Build a Personal Board of Directors 9 minutes
03.11 - The Importance of Mentors and Sponsors 2 minutes
03.12 - The Power of Structured Reflection to Drive Learning 11 minutes
03.13 - Why You Must Be a Good Coach 3 minutes
03.14 - 6 Steps to Effective Coaching 12 minutes
03.15 - 7 Great Coaching Questions 9 minutes
03.16 - Recap: Developing and Coaching Your People 5 minutes

5 readings Total 17 minutes

Getting the Most Out of 70-20-10 4 minutes
Make Time for Growth Assignments in Your Daily Work 7 minutes
5 Steps to Integrating Coaching into Your Talent Management Strategy 6 minutes
[Optional] Experience-Driven Leader Development 0 minutes
Unit Lecture Slides 0 minutes

1 assignment Total 30 minutes

Developing and Coaching Your People 30 minutes

True Talent to lead your team, division or company is a requirement in our world. But will you know Talent when you see it? In this module, you will be given a model to help to assess those who will be able to lead into the future. Once selected as a Talent, you will have to continue to develop the individual and engage them continuously. How do we best develop talent? By the end of this module, you will be able to create a talent development plan and begin its execution.

What's included

7 videos6 readings2 assignments1 peer review

7 videos Total 59 minutes

04.01 - What is Talent? 10 minutes
04.02 - A3E2 Model 6 minutes
04.03 - Talent Management 8 minutes
04.04 - Preparing a Plan for Every Person 12 minutes
04.05 - Talent Engagement 8 minutes
04.06 - Human Capital Systems and Succession Planning 11 minutes
04.07 - People are Everything 4 minutes

6 readings Total 40 minutes

Talent Level Worksheets 5 minutes
Planning for Your Talent 10 minutes
Unit Lecture Slides 0 minutes
Post-course Survey 10 minutes
Reigniting Employee Engagement! 10 minutes
Get personalized emails from Michigan Online 5 minutes

2 assignments Total 60 minutes

Creating and Building a Robust Talent Pipeline 30 minutes
A3E2 Model Stories 30 minutes

1 peer review Total 120 minutes

Talent Recruitment, Selection, and Onboarding 120 minutes

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Reviewed on Aug 8, 2021

It was one of great courses I have taken. I will go back to the course content to apply what I've learn. Can I copy some of content to share it with my colleagues?

Reviewed on Apr 26, 2016

I had no previous experience in the area and after this course i feel like i can actually support others in their development plans. I highly recommend this course to everyone.

Reviewed on Apr 5, 2020

A very illuminating course. Have started applying two key concepts already. Glad I took the course. Every HR practitioner should take the course as part of their own development. Thank you.

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