Talent Assessment: A New Strategy for Talent Management

Tony Davis' Talent Assessment and Development explains how to: create an automated performance management process that sets objectives; establish the knowledge base of individual participants; assist in the provision of better management reviews; define personal development programmes; measure attitude, experience and skill; allow for modification of 'dead' objectives; anticipate the next viable assignment; cater for succession planning. People may be your most important resource but, when it comes to adding value and beating your competitors, some of your people will have far more potential than others. How do you identify these people from the moment they approach your organization and how do you help them develop and nurture their potential to make sure they deliver on their promise? Tony Davis' Talent Assessment and Development explains how to: create an automated performance management process that sets objectives; establish the knowledge base of individual participants; assist in the provision of better management reviews; define personal development programmes; measure attitude, experience and skill; allow for modification of 'dead' objectives; anticipate the next viable assignment; cater for succession planning. Contents: The concept of talent management; Why is it necessary? - the case for talent management; Psychometric testing; Elements of knowledge assessment; Education and training; Performance appraisal; The IT infrastructure; The operational role of HR; Assess your own knowledge of talent management; Summary; Guidelines for creating a talent management system based upon best practices; Appendix: Best answers; Index. About the Author: Tony Davis is Product Line Director with SkillsEdge Limited. He has achieved world-wide acclaim with a range of diagnostic testing products covering sales, general and project management. Tony's background is in marketing in the IT industry and he is the author of Selling Professional Services - a primer for selling complex IT systems as well as joint author with Richard Pharro, MD of APM Group Ltd of The Relationship Manager - The Next Generation of Project Management published by Gower in 2003. Maggie Cutt, Neil Flynn, Peter Mowl, Simon Orme