APRIL 2009

Welcome to your monthly HR e-Newsletter!

I hope you all had a great April. This has been quite an exciting month for South Africans, a successful election process, an overload of public holidays and long weekends providing us with some well deserved time off. This month we will be focusing on the topic of Talent Management as employee development and talent management are vital elements of any strategic human capital management program and the HR Function.

"The contest for human capital is evident everywhere. A growing deficit of skills, coupled with outmoded approaches to finding, hiring and retaining talented workers, is creating a real threat to business."

Bryan Hattingh, CEO, Cycan

If you do not understand the unique training and development needs of your employees, you will not receive the greatest return on your training expenses at all. When done strategically and executed effectively investments in employee development can pay huge dividends that will take your organisation to the next level. As a strategic talent and employment brand manager, you need valuable best-practice approaches for the successful integration of your strategies across the entire lifecycle from recruitment to performance management, development and succession planning in order to sustain the flow of your human capital capability and business performance.

1. Employee development encourages employee engagement which is essential to a high performance workplace

2. Strategic talent management improves the skills and talents of your team members and increases the performance of your team

3. Team members enjoy the feeling of personal growth and satisfaction that comes from the opportunity to develop their skills and better contribute to their team

4. Employee development can have a dramatic effect on the level of employee retention in your firm. Simply put, engaged employees with the opportunity for personal and professional growth are more likely to stay with your organisation

5. Employee Training and development is an investment in your organisation that can provide a significant Return on Investment when tailored to the unique needs of your individual team members

Talent management is an essential part of any effective succession plan designed to ensure the health and vitality of your organisation for years to come. For the full article click here

Hope this helps!

Up-and-Coming
HR Events

HR Metrics Fourm 2009
12, 13, 14 & 15 May 2009

2nd Annual Talent Management Conference
25, 26, 27 & 28 May 2009

Balanced Scorecard Bootcamp
20, 21, 22, 23 & 24 July 2009

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