In exclusive association with the Michigan Ross School of Business
Date: 23 to 25 February, 2009
Timings: 08.30 to 17.30 daily
Venue: Dubai, UAE
Fee: US$4,500/ AED16,500

With significant time and money invested in developing key employees, retaining top talent has never been more important to maintaining a competitive edge. Yet in many organisations, this critical function is often left to individual line managers who struggle to retain individual members of staff without an organisational support system for retention.

As organisations experience increased turnover of key employees, this new programme, drawing from Michigan’s rich tradition of human resource thought leadership, offers a structured solution for both line and human resource managers to lead their organisations in developing talent management and retention systems that provide clear career paths for highly valued employees.

This programme may also qualify you for a Michigan Certificate:
Click here for details (pdf, 219kb).

Actionable Learning

Before attending the programme, you will be asked to complete a talent and development audit for your organisation, and to bring a business initiative or challenge whose success is dependent on effective talent and retention management. These will become an integral component of the programme, and you will return to the office with new insights and actionable strategies to address your unique situation.

Key Benefits

During this programme, you will consider key talent management questions and learn how to develop and implement integrated solutions to drive top talent to achieve both personal and organisational goals:

• Do you have the talent you need to achieve your vision, strategy and objectives?
• Do the talent pipelines in your organisation reflect the critical trends and challenges your organisation is facing?
• Is your organisation effectively utilising key talent management processes like performance management, talent reviews and succession planning?
• Is your organisation making effective use of core competency/skill set modules?
• How can you improve your existing talent management process and practices while rapidly evolving toward a fully integrated talent management system?

Programme Content

• What is “Integrated Talent Management (ITM)?
• Understanding and making the business case for Integrated Talent Management
• Adapting to the external environment: aligning ITM with business strategy
• Optimising organisational results: leadership commitment to ITM
• Managing internal integration: overcoming organisational structure and process challenges to ITM
• Growing the human capital portfolio: strategic development, engagement and retention
• How to implement ITM back in your organisation

Who Should Attend

Talent and Retention Management is for mid- to senior-level line managers and HR professionals interested in better leveraging organisational talent management and development systems.

In-House Programme Option

This and many other Business School programmes can be customised for in-house delivery. Contact us if you have a group of executives who would benefit.