BNET Business Dictionary
Business Definition for: Talent Management
- the recruitment, selection, identification, retention, management, and development of personnel considered to have the potential for high performance. Talent management is a model of personnel management. It focuses on the skills and abilities of the individual and on his or her potential for promotion to senior management roles. It also assesses how much of a contribution the individual can make to the success of the organization.
Additional Resources
- Danger: Talent Management Can Be Divisive
- Everyone seems to be talking about talent management at the moment. It came up as a priority for at least 50 per cent of Ashridge’s Management Index of important trends, driving the business school to launch a course to help managers frame the business case and avoid common pitfalls. ...
- Blog posts 2008-07-01
- Technology: An Enabler of Integrated Talent Management
- Talent management, particularly integrated talent management, is complex and difficult, calling for the aid of today's talent management technologies. Despite its complexity more organizations than ever are striving to build integrated talent management capacities. This briefing discusses why integrated talent management technology is not a driver of talent management initiatives,...
- White papers 2004-12-07
- Talent Management Road Kill, Part 2: Why Those Slow to Master Talent Management May Find Themselves Unemployed
- A talent management strategy that defines the coordination required between each of the major systems involved in talent management is essential to ensuring strategic level performance. Workforce planning is an essential process that takes input from a multitude of directions and translates it into forecasts around the organizations talent pool...
- White papers 2005-08-22
- Talent Management: A Strategic Imperative
- There is an abundance of evidence to suggest that Talent Management TM is quickly moving to the top of corporate agendas. Our observation based on work with Ashridge clients, that talent management is becoming a key theme driving strategic HRM, is underpinned by IOMA's HR critical issues survey for 2006....
- White papers 2007-06-12
- Best Practices For Talent Management
- Talent management, also referred to as human capital management, has now been regarded as an essential segment of modern corporate Human Resource HR and training. Talent management is a multifaceted idea that is practiced to recruit, retain, and promote right personnel in right place. In other words, talent management refers...
- White papers 2008-01-01
- Current Research In Talent Management
- "Developing, redeploying and retaining top employees" serves as a general definition of talent management. Synonymous with Human Capital Management, talent management is an umbrella phrase which includes employee recruitment, retention, performance management, skills and competency management, succession planning, redeployment, learning management, training, on-boarding, career development processes, internal career centers and...
- White papers 2005-12-01
- Talent Management Defined - The Breakthrough Needed To Revolutionize HR Practice
- Talent management is the integrated process of ensuring that an organization has a continuous supply of highly productive individuals in the right job, at the right time. Rather than a one-time event, talent management is a continuous process that plans talent needs, builds an image to attract the very best,...
- White papers 2008-01-01
- Hiring and firing.(Towers Perrin report on talent management)(Statistical Data Included)
- Talent management study finds shifting dynamics between employees, employers Despite the general economic downturn and numerous recent layoff announcements, the labor market for talent remains in flux. A new reality for talent management is emergi Talent management study finds shifting dynamics between employees,...
- Research articles 2001-09-24
- Everybody into the talent pool.(NBC Enterprises, Peter Engel Productions form Beyond Talent Management joint venture)(Brief Article)
- NBC Enterprises and Peter Engel Productions have joined forces to form a new talent management company, Beyond Talent Management. Linda Mancuso, ... NBC Enterprises and Peter Engel Productions have joined forces to form a new talent management company, Beyond Talent Management. Linda Mancuso,...
- Research articles 1999-05-17
- Hat Tip: Are Talent Management Metrics Misleading?
- Are talent management metrics meaningful? A Talent Management State of the Industry report claims that the top five talent management metrics most used by organisations are Talent retention rate (58 per cent) Time to hire talent (48 per cent) Cost to hire (41 per cent)...
- Blog posts 2008-09-19
- Making Talent Management A Reality
- Talent management is an oft-abused catchphrase for HR professionals, but converting the rhetoric into reality often proves challenging. What are the key elements of a good talent management strategy? Defining the scope of talent management can be a tricky task. Forrester Research defines a talent management system as any package...
- White papers 2007-02-06
- A Broader View Of Talent Management: The Key To A 21st-Century Workplace?
- The maturity level of talent management in the marketplace has greatly increased. Organizations now understand what talent management is. The next step is to define how talent management applies to them and to start assembling talent strategies and roadmaps for their own businesses. More and more Human Resources HR organizations...
- White papers 2009-03-15
- HBR IdeaCast: Talent Management
- Businesses today fail at anticipating talent needs and setting plans to meet those needs, according to Peter Cappelli. Cappelli advocates a production-like, talent-on-demand approach. Rather than looking outward for all your hiring needs, companies should develop internal talent to fill most -- but not all -- of the anticipated openings...
- Blog posts 2008-03-10
- Talent Management - Breath Life Into Your Business Management Plan!
- Talent management is increasingly becoming a critical part of the corporate business management strategy for most organizations. Talent Management is a never-ending process, that manages the start point of a new employee to the end point when termination of either party occurs, namely attracting, developing, and retaining talent. An expanded...
- White papers 2008-09-10
- Talent Management Road Kill
- Talent management isn't easy, but it isn't rocket science either. At its core, talent management is a macro-level practice that combines the scope of recruiting/staffing, training and development, and performance management with robust capabilities of strategic workforce planning, forecasting, and change management. While talent management may not change the ownership...
- White papers 2006-09-05
- Workstream Identifies Top 6 Criteria for Selecting a Talent Management Solution; Informative Guide, Featuring Research from a Leading Analyst Firm, Details How to Select the Right Talent Management Vendor for Your HR Needs Now and in the Future
- OTTAWA -- There has been unprecedented growth in talent management initiatives among today's companies. However, getting a grasp on talent management initiatives and selecting the right vendor can be a complicated and daunting process. E[acute accent]Workstream Inc. TM (NASDAQ: WSTM), a provider of On-Demand Enterprise Workforce Management software, today announced...
- Research articles 2006-08-24
- Staffing Research: Talent Management
- Organizations face escalating demands to better acquire, retain and develop high-potential and high-performing talent. SHRM research shows that slightly more than one-half of organizations have specific talent management initiatives in place. Organizations that have recognized the importance of these initiatives and developed relevant policies are more likely to have an...
- White papers 2006-02-09
- Talent Management: What You Can Learn From Experienced Companies?
- Faced with talent shortages and growing competition for quality talent, experienced companies focus on developing and implementing prescriptive talent management strategies. This high-impact approach to developing talent management strategies begins with a clear understanding of the business strategy and business climate in order to articulate vision for the company's workforce...
- White papers 2007-05-01
- Talent Management: Globalisation Boosts Demand
- Talent management to become key differentiator for companies competing in global marketplace - growing skills shortages require new role of HR to succeed in competition for qualified workforce. Finding talent, developing talent and keeping talent will be the new role of Human Resources HR management in the future. This 'Talent...
- White papers 2008-04-22
- Human Capital Institute and SilkRoad technology Study Reveals Importance of Branding for Talent Management
- The Human Capital Institute HCI, a professional association and think tank advancing the science of strategic talent management, and SilkRoad technology, inc., a leader in employee talent management systems, today announced research demonstrating that workers see a positive talent brand as an important factor in staying with their organization. ...
- Research articles 2008-06-18
