Advanced High-Potential Development for Critical Roles Placement in Canada

To succeed in the competitive business environment, you must have extremely capable talent in leadership positions with a healthy pipeline of talent as backfill to those roles. Although organizations have little control on market fluctuations and external environments that impact business success, organizations can however prepare their future leaders to position them into key roles to execute on business strategies for success. Mitigating and controlling talent resources risks- ensuring there will always be capable and able people to run the business- can be achieved through a robust and aligned leadership talent strategy. Identifying and developing high-potential talent for key positions within the organization can be a daunting task for any Talent Management or Business Executive if alignment, the right programs and support and are not in place.

 

It’s not uncommon for business leaders to see internal Leadership Development professionals as administrators or solely responsible for talent development, and oftentimes the role is more transactional than strategic and not aligned for business impact. To change this perception and really achieve strategic goals, Leadership Development professionals must engage these leaders around their most critical business goals, and then demonstrate precisely how leadership development and talent strategies can enable those goals.  While some transactional tasks will always be needed, the Leadership Development professional links performance and talent management issues directly to business success.