Develop your Talent Pool - getting a return

Question - "Are your key employees just talented - or truly effective?"

Most good businesses - large or not so large - try to spot, develop and retain their best people. Some have formal schemes - "Talent Pool", "High Performers", "Key Personnel" etc. Others want a special focus on defined groups - women, ethnic groups, special sources of business advantage.

"You've spotted talent, but have you the best programmes
to develop and keep it?"

Organisations increasingly seek out leadership skills. The best people see active development as a benefit - they appreciate your investment and recognition. They're recruited for different skills - technical, financial, commercial etc. Networking is one skill they'll all need to maximise their value - but they won't all have it. We can equip your talented individuals to maximise their success:

• How to network within their organisation • How to network with external peer groups • How to network for market intelligence and bring that knowledge back into the workplace • Setting up a 'mastermind' group

"You need to get new people networking to get them effective"

You know the cost of recruitment and training. Yet so many businesses lose valuable people within the first 12 months. We show you how, with skills learning geared to retention, participation and fresh ideas for early success:

• Integrating new people into the organisation • Getting started in business networking • Networking with bosses, colleagues and your peer group • How to start conversations • How to network with men and women • Networking strategies for beginners

You need to accelerate the development of established "talent" - but how?

The faster you can help them get at or near the top, that faster their full value is realised. We can help, with more advanced techniques and a strategic networking approach:

• Network with senior managers from other organisations • Self profiling • Networking for ideas • Strategic and tactical networking • Networking for career referrals and sponsorship • Hone your networking for maximum results

Extra behaviours to help your winners win even more

Your high flyers must use their heads - not just their place on a list - to progress. We can show them how to:

• Create non-threatening, "inclusive" conversations • Asking good questions • Become a "signposter" • Thinking laterally, thinking connections • Share easily and observe

You've invested a lot in your best people - for them, for you and the organisation, don't fail to invest in the universal business skill - Networking