Presented by: Kara Warrensford, Dawn Lovely, Shawna Greiner, Xi Chen

1. How to Develop and
Leverage Talent in a Global
Market
November 2012

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Introduction
Xi (Cici)
Chen
Talent
Management
Dawn
Lovely
Attracting &
Developing
Talent
Shawna
Greiner
Expatriate
Assignments
Kara
Warrensford
Virtual Teams

3. Talent Management in a
Global Market
Xi (Cici) Chen

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Why Talent Management?
Global resources in global presence

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Why Talent Management Matters

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Strategic Planning
Talent Management
Talent management as a differentiator
Management
Resource
Review•Performance
Assessment
•Differentiation
•Pay for Performance
•Potential Assessment
•Retention Risk
Assessment
•Leadership Pipeline
Staffing

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Talent Management
•Performance & Development
Summaries
•Compensation Planning
•Performance &
Compensation Discussions
•Strategic Planning
•Mid Year Assessment
Preparation
•Mid Year Assessments
•Executive Management
Resource Review
•Goal Setting
•Performance & Development
Summary Preparation
•Executive Management
Resource Review

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Keep and Attract Talent
• How to keep talented individuals in our organization
and to attract more to our organization
- Rewards and recognition
- Company branding
- Pioneer in industry
- Building trust/ transparency (Mentor/Buddy Program/Matrix
report)
- Career development (Career plan/Management resource
review/Technical resource review)
- Employee engagement

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Wonderful Moment

10. Attracting and Developing
Talent in Global Locations
Dawn Lovely

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Attracting Talent In High Growth Region
• Labor markets are competitive in high growth
regions; find innovative ways to attract talent
- Company branding and advertising
- Build strong community relationships and reputation
- Partnership with universities and technical schools
 Graduate trainee program (functional rotational development program)
 Thesis work, Bachelor/Masters/PhD, special projects
 Site tours (Basic schools, Technical schools, Universities)
 Practice/trainees
 Attend recruiting events - job fairs, open days
 Scholarship program
 Special lectures
 Part-time jobs
People are the ultimate differentiator

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Growing Talent In High Growth Region
• Build loyalty with employees
- Benefits
- Work environment
- Teamwork
- Growth path discussions
- Reward and recognition
• Invest in your best
- Managers are the face of the company – need to take
that responsibility seriously
 Make it personal - know your team and what motivates them
 Work to understand what they want from their careers and
make it clear that you're ready to help them achieve it
Employees that feel valued are less likely to leave

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Grow Talent Internally
• Focus on developing employees to fill positions
internally
- Regular management resource review
 Identify top talent and future talent
 Documented development plans for every employee
 Development programs for top performers
- Challenge employees
 Set challenging goals; raise performance bar year over year
 Offer special assignments and highly visible projects
 Short-term bubble assignment for new skills
- Reward employees
Building internal pipeline talent impacts future health

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Understand and Maximize Talent Pool
• Understand the local cultural differences and what
motivates employees
- Willingness to-
 Commute or relocate
 Take on challenging assignments
 Openly discuss ambition
- Personal and cultural values
- Growth expectations
- Work/life balance
- Local labor laws
Understanding the local culture, laws and expectations is
critical to connecting with the work force

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Retaining Talent In High Growth Region
• Managers directly impact retention
- Clearly communicate clear vision and strategy
- Regular career path discussions, provide challenging
assignments to learn & develop
- Frequent communication and performance feedback and
impact on company goals
- Reward and recognize contributions
- Provide positive work environment that encourages
creativity and growth
- Build teamwork, create fun and friendly competition
- Encourage company or team events and activities
Use “High Touch” to retain top performers and create
A work environment where people feel appreciated

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Retaining Talent In High Growth Region
Retaining top performers is the key to success
• Why employees leave
- Recognition from managers and leaders
- Opportunities to grow and lead projects
- Promotions and ability to develop careers
• Employee feedback
- Critical, don’t wait until mid-year and end of year
reviews
 Provide employees with continuous, informal performance
feedback (most impactful immediately after event)
 Be clear about expectations and contributions to the
organization's success
 Be specific about successes and improvement opportunities

17. Expatriate Assignments
Shawna Greiner

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International Assignments
• What is a expatriate?
• Why should you
consider an
international
assignment?

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International Assignments
• How can you prepare for an international position?
• What are the biggest challenges?

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International Assignments
• On assignment

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International Assignments
• Repatriation

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International Assignments

23. Trips,
Time Zones and
Tools
Kara Warrensford
November 2012

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Our Journey…

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And, Here’s Your New Assignment!
• Lead the Honeywell Aerospace Electronics Task
Group
- Team is comprised of technical experts in electronics
manufacturing across 15+ Internal design sites spanning the
globe!
• Lead an Aerospace electronics materials
standardization project aimed at reducing
complexity and cost in our electronics
manufacturing processes
- Use your applicable internal technical experts at our design
sites
• Support new Honeywell Aerospace team
development in Puerto Rico and Penang, Malaysia
• You work out of Clearwater, Florida, USA
What Challenges May Be Encountered?

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Maybe They Are
On Holiday!
Trips
Why Aren’t My Co-Workers
Accepting My Meeting
Notices?

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Holidays Around Our Aerospace Sites
• U.S.
- Memorial Day
- Independence Day
- Thanksgiving Day
• Penang, Malaysia
- King’s Birthday
- Malaysia Day
- Eid
• Toronto, Canada
- Victoria Day
- Remembrance Day
Consider Regional /Cultural Holiday Schedules

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Holidays Around Our Aerospace Sites
• Yeovil, England
- Boxing Day
• Shanghai, China
- Ching Ming Festival
- Dragon Boat Festival
• Puerto Rico
- Three King’s Day
- Puerto Rico Constitution
- Luis Muñoz Rivera
Birthday

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Time Zones: “It’s 5 O'clock Somewhere”
• Managing virtual teams across the globe
Meeting time may work
fine for you, but…What
about your team
members in Phoenix
and China?

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Tools: Online Meetings
• What works great about this tool?
• Desktop sharing with external
• Web-based audio management controls – promote presenters,
mute and un-mute
• Microsoft Outlook® integration
• Interactive chat
• Visually see who is speaking
• Issues?
Who Let The Dog Out?
1
• Interruptions
• Late entry
• Background noise
• What isn’t really that useful with the tool?
• User familiarity is important
• Meeting courtesy
Online Meetings Are A Key Tool For Virtual Teams
1See “The Conference Call”
by Dave Grady

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Tools: Team Sites (SharePoint)
• What works great about this
tool?
• Easy control of access & use
• Roster- contact lists
• One location to collaborate
• Issues?
• Peripheral team members lose the
link
• Consider access rights
• What isn’t really that useful
with the tool?
• Didn’t I Post That TPS Report?
Team Sites Enable Sharing of Information

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Tools: Instant Message (Lync)
• What works great about this
tool?
• Quick access
• Can get contact while person is
otherwise busy
• Replacing phone lines
• Desktop sharing option
• Video capability
• Issues?
• Quick question…Can turn into lengthy
discussion.
• Have to know when to pick up the
phone!
• What isn’t really that useful with
the tool?
• Multi tasking is ineffective1
1 See Also “The Monkey Business Illusion”
by Daniel Simons

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Success!
• Were these tips and tools effective? How to measure
success?
• Team accomplishments
• Acknowledgement of team member’s contributions
• Team growth
• Individual
• Team reputation
• Team member’s willingness to provide continued
support
Recognize Your Team Member’s Accomplishments …
Whether They’re in Your Office or Across The Globe!