Overview:
What is talent? What are various ways to understand it? Why do those differences in definition affect the ability of talent development efforts to meet organizational needs? What roles should be played by different groups-managers, HR professionals, talent development professionals, and even workers-in identifying required future talent, developing that talent and ensuring effective results? This session will address these important and related questions.
What is talent? What are various ways to understand it? Why do those differences in definition affect the ability of talent development efforts to meet organizational needs? What roles should be played by different groups-managers, HR professionals, talent development professionals, and even workers-in identifying required future talent, developing that talent and ensuring effective results? This session will address these important and related questions.
Speaker
Dr.William J. Rothwell, Ph.D., SPHR, SHRM-SCP, CPLP Fellow is a Professor of Learning and Performance in the Workforce Education and Development program, Department of Learning and Performance Systems, at The Pennsylvania State University, University Park campus. He is also President of his own consulting firms—Rothwell & Associates, Inc. and Rothwell & Associates, LLC. At Penn State University he heads up a top-ranked graduate program in organization development/change. He has authored, co-authored, edited, or co-edited 300 books, book chapters, and articles—including 111 books. Before arriving at Penn State in 1993, he had nearly 20 years of work experience as a Training Director and HR professional in government and in a multinational business. As a consultant he has worked with over 50 multinational corporations--including Motorola, General Motors, Ford, and many others. He has traveled extensively and has visited China 83 times and Singapore 32 times—among many other international travels.Who Should Attend
- Defining Terms and Explaining Why Talent Development is Important to the Organization
- Reviewing Different Philosophies about Talent Development
- Summarizing Present Thinking about Talent Development
- Pointing Toward the Future of Talent Development
- CEOs
- COOs
- Senior operating managers
- Middle managers
- Vice President of Human Resources
- HR managers
- Training directors
- Talent acquisition managers
- Organization development managers
