Talent Chess Game

This simulation immerses managers in talent management essentials, helping them identify key talents and roles that drive organizational success. It highlights the impact of aligning hiring with strategic goals, emphasizes structured talent development, and teaches effective resource allocation using the 70/20/10 model.

Managers also learn to balance objective decisions with personalized implementation and assess the profitability of retaining top talent, reframing talent management as a crucial driver of strategic growth.

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Talent Chess Game is designed to involve managers in the critical and irreplaceable role they play in talent management.

Through this experience, participants will explore:

  • The Strategic Role of Talent Managers: Understanding their central role in identifying and nurturing key talents and positions essential for organizational success.
  • Identifying Key Talents and Positions: Learning methods to recognize the most crucial talents and roles that drive business outcomes.
  • Viewing the Organization through Key Roles and Talents: Gaining insights into how key positions and talents influence overall organizational strategy.
  • Impact of Talent Strategies on Business Success: Recognizing how talent management strategies directly contribute to commercial success.
  • Hiring for Strategy vs. Role: Differentiating between hiring based on specific roles versus aligning talent with strategic organizational goals.
  • Developing Talent Through Successive Actions: Understanding the importance of continuous development for maximizing talent potential.
  • Focusing Limited Resources on Critical Talent Development: Learning how to allocate resources to support the development of critical talents crucial to organizational strategy, using frameworks like the 70/20/10 model.
  • Depersonalizing Difficult Decisions, Personalizing Implementation: Mastering the balance between objective decision-making and tailored implementation in talent management.
  • Evaluating the Profitability of Retention: Assessing the financial impact of retaining key talents on the organization’s bottom line.

This experience helps managers shift their perspectives, viewing talent management not just as a process but as a vital driver of strategic growth and success.

 

 

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The Game

  • A simulation designed to offer leaders the experience of strategic talent decision making
  • Teams start with the same organization
  • The goal is to maximize the value of the organization taking talent actions.
  • Each action has a cost and an impact on the value of the organization.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Instant Benefits

  • Awareness and ownership around Talent Management increases exponentially and on the spot
  • Leaders realize the role of coaching, training, etc. and experience how natural it is to be in the driver’s seat
  • This generates requests from leaders for improved talent management processes and systems
  • Best results are seen in organizations that start with the local board level

 

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