The Talent War

McKinsey & Co. concluded that the most important corporate resource over the next 20 years will be talent. It's also the resource in shortest supply. Over the past decade, talent has become more important than capital, strategy, or R&D. Think about the sources of competitive advantage that companies have. Capital is accessible today for good ideas and good projects. Strategies are transparent: Even if you've got a smart strategy, others can simply copy it. And the half-life of technology is growing shorter all the time. For many companies, that means that people are the prime source of competitive advantage. Better people produce better results. Smarter people build smarter organizations.

Hence, the capability to effectively manage talent will provide a commercial differentiator for the company. In the same way that people now manage their time, we need to develop a business ethos where people also create and manage their personal capital and use their talent to create value for themselves and their company . Helping employees to work smarter and be innovative represents a key competitive advantage for businesses.

The event helps to tackle these issues by helping people map, manage, measure and market their personal capital.

Benefits to you and your organisation

By the end of the programme the delegates will consider :

What Tacit talent do I have and how do I take it to market
What are my cognitive, affective and behavioural strengths?
How do I create new knowledge?
Can I place a market value on my personal capital?
Give visibility to knowledge processes that are typically hidden and often unmanaged.
Turn knowledge into market-focused propositions.
Identify and eliminate areas of talent and knowledge liability.

Client Feedback

“I had long been aware that I needed to do something about managing my personal knowledge, and had even come across ways to do it before, but this is the first thing that has prompted me into actually doing something - powerful stuff!"

Approach this with openness and objectivity and this course will give you the tools and techniques to evaluate your value and help you develop a strategy to better market and leverage your skills and ability

A great course for helping you to structure your thoughts for your future career

A good structure for defining what your market value is as a person and how you can improve it

Challenging and thought provoking - emphasizes the importance of your own worth and value in a rapidly changing world
It offers a significant challenge to us all - to proactively micro manage our knowledge activities to improve ourselves and achieve the goal of improved delivery. I have been inspired by the book to be far more rigorous in deciding what knowledge I need to acquire; how I will achieve this and then to deliver on the promise”
“This has made a significant contribution to the development of knowledge management thinking by turning it into a construct that each and every individual can use.”
“If you are looking for a rigorous approach to knowledge management, look no further.”
“The missing link! An invaluable framework and powerful stimulus for us all, in taking ownership of our own learning and knowledge management"

Who should participate

Anyone who wishes to enhance either their personal ability to manage personal knowledge or make a serious intervention into the way that their team or company optimizes it's intellectual capital.

Please note: For the course to add value the right people must attend and they must come in with two things;

1. A desire to be at the event and not in any way pressured or coerced.

2. A willingness to take a real hard look at themselves in an open group setting.

Programme costs

The following prices are based on a delegate rate and on the assumption that the client provides training and residential accommodation for the delegates and all tutor costs. 1 day event starting at 9am and finishing at 5pm - £199

Programme details

Source Material

The course is based upon ideas contained in the Know your value? Value what you know book written by Mick Cope and published by the Financial Times.

Programme Content

Day 1

Day 1
9.00	Introduction
9.15	The need for the individual and organisation to manage talent.
9.30	The Explicit/Tacit mix - how to understand and exploit it.
11.00	The 3 dimensions of Cognitive, Affective and Behavioural currency
11.30	The 6 Layer Talent model
12.30	Lunch
1.30	Talent Management - Case Study
2.45	Personal Tacit Talent - map and understand what Tacit talent people have and how it adds value to their market position.
4.00	Talent Management - Develop an understanding of what talent peopel have, need and how to get it
5.00	Close