Strategic Talent Management

The Strategic Talent Management eLearning course provides learners with an understanding of how organisations can take a planned and strategic approach to attracting, developing, engaging and retaining the people required to achieve organisational objectives.

The course explores the relationship between talent management and wider organisational strategy, including identifying current and future capability requirements, developing employees and planning for succession. Learners will consider how effective talent management can support workforce capability, employee development and longer-term organisational performance.

Who Should Attend?

• Managers and senior managers.
• HR and people management personnel.
• Team leaders with responsibility for developing employees.
• Employees involved in workforce or succession planning.
• Learning and development personnel.
• Managers responsible for identifying and developing talent.
• Anyone requiring an understanding of strategic talent management principles.

What You Will Learn

• What is meant by talent management.
• Understanding the purpose of strategic talent management.
• Recognising the relationship between talent management and organisational strategy.
• Identifying current and future workforce requirements.
• Understanding the skills and capabilities required to achieve organisational objectives.
• Identifying potential workforce capability gaps.
• Recognising the importance of effective workforce planning.
• Understanding approaches to attracting appropriate talent.
• Considering internal and external sources of talent.
• Recognising the importance of effective recruitment and selection.
• Identifying talent within an organisation.
• Recognising employee strengths, potential and development needs.
• Understanding the role of performance management in talent development.
• Supporting employee learning and professional development.
• Creating appropriate development opportunities.
• Using coaching and mentoring to support development.
• Understanding the importance of employee engagement.
• Recognising factors that can influence employee retention.
• Developing approaches to retain valuable skills and experience.
• Understanding succession planning.
• Identifying roles that may be critical to organisational continuity.
• Identifying and developing potential successors.
• Supporting career development and progression.
• Recognising the value of internal mobility and development opportunities.
• Promoting fair and inclusive approaches to talent identification and development.
• Recognising and reducing the influence of bias in talent decisions.
• Using workforce and performance information to support decision-making.
• Monitoring the effectiveness of talent management activities.
• Reviewing talent requirements as organisational priorities change.
• Developing a sustainable organisational talent pipeline.
• Contributing to a strategic and consistent approach to workforce development.

Course Delivery

This course is delivered as self-directed eLearning through the ELMO learning platform.

Learners can work through the course at their own pace and can move backwards and forwards through the learning content as required. The course does not need to be completed in one sitting, allowing learners to leave and return to their training where necessary.

Interactive activities may be included throughout the course to reinforce key learning points.

Assessment

Knowledge and understanding are checked through online assessment activities. Depending on the course content, these may include multiple-choice questions, matching exercises, drag-and-drop activities and image-based questions.

A minimum score of 70% is required to successfully complete the course.

Certification

Upon successful completion of the course and assessment requirements, learners will receive a UK Rural Skills (UKRS) Accredited Certificate of Training.

Course Duration

The course is self-directed and learners can progress through the content at their own pace. Completion time may therefore vary depending on the individual learner.