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1. Growing Better Talent Faster
One Page Talent Management

2. Today
● A Simple Approach to Managing Talent
● Managing Aflac’s Talent Production Line
● Becoming a Great Talent Manager

3. Let’s
start with
a short
story
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4. Executives
aren’t happy
with their
company’s
talent
“there’s an increasing “HR executives face a
tension between credibility gap when it
company needs and HR's comes to executing
ability to deliver” basic HR duties”

5. #1 Priority of CEOs
“Developing leadership and talent pipeline”
Lowest HR Capability
“Managing Talent”
Source: Deloitte & BCG

6. We have more
power than we
realize

7. We have
compelling
science

8. We know that
talent practices
work if they’re
implemented
7

9. We have leaders who
would appreciate a
helping hand
8

10. So
what’s not
working?

11. So what if we . . .
1 2 3
Eliminate Create
Start with the
Complexity, Add Accountability &
Science
Value Transparency
What’s What will
Why will
proven to make this
managers use
achieve our incredibly
it?
goal? easy to use?

12. HR is
academically
correct but
practically
deficient
Only
execution
delivers
value
A few
things
matter
most

13. You’ll
find the
solution here

14. We can manufacture talent
the same way
we manufacture anything else
The Talent Production Line
Specifications Raw Materials Production Process Distribution
Specification to produce
leaders at my company
2013
5’8”
5’11”

15. Get the Specs Right
Specifications Do you know what
“great” looks like?
Specification to produce
leaders at my company
2013
5’8”
Are you focusing on the
5’11”
few, most differentiating
capabilities?

16. Assess your raw materials
Do you understand what
Raw Materials raw material is
available?
Is is possible to
transform the raw
material into finished
product?

17. Manufacture your product
Production
Can your process
Process actually manufacture this
product?
Do you have the right
machinery?
How will you keep the
production line moving?

18. Distribute it
Distribution
How will you get this
product to where it’s
needed?

19. An example . . .
Specifications Specification to produce
leaders at my company
Raw Materials Production Process Distribution
2013
5’8”
5’11”
• Potential to become • Sales leader • Sales leader trains
sales leader evaluation • Beauty training
• Consistent earnings • Actual sales • New product training
every campaign • Expressed interest in • Recruiting training
• Positive sales leadership
attitude/personality

20. Your Metric
It’s easy. Is anyone buying your product?

21. Questions?
Comments?

22. Improving
our Capabilities

23. “What enables talent management practices to work?”
1 Executive team support
Manager accountability for completing
2
the process
3 CEO support
4 Design or
process/program
NTMN 2011 State of Talent Management survey

24. The 4 + 2 Model of Talent Management success
Business Junkie
The Core Four
Business Junkie
Know Business
Love Business

25. The 4 + 2 Model of Talent Management success
Business Junkie
The Core Four
Business Junkie
HR Disciple Solid HR capabilities in
each key discipline

26. The 4 + 2 Model of Talent Management success
Business Junkie
The Core Four
Business Junkie
Not a craftsman
HR Disciple
Plant manager at the
Production Manager talent factory

27. The 4 + 2 Model of Talent Management success
Business Junkie
The Core Four
Business Junkie
HR Disciple Precise knowledge of the
talent in your charge
Production Manager
Talent Authority

28. The 4 + 2 Model of Talent Management success
Business Junkie The Differentiating Two
The Core Four
Trusted Executive Advisor
Business Junkie
• Professionally Credible
• Forms Strong Executive
HR Disciple
Relationships
Business Junkie
Production Manager
Courageous Advocate
Talent Authority • Has a Theory of the Case
• Is Appropriately Aggressive

29. Exercise
● What questions do you have about the model?
● Identify the one area that you’d like to improve
● Engage in feedforward (15 minutes, as many
suggestions as you can get)

30. Winning this race requires:
• Simplicity, Accountability and Transparency
• Managing Your Talent Production Line
• Being A Great Talent Manager