October 2006

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Grow your own top talent

Research recently completed in Europe by the Center for Creative Leadership demonstrates that with the war for talent showing no sign of letting up, and increased worker mobility in Europe, organisations of all kinds need to develop their own leaders and keep them happy.

Developing Leadership Talent (DLT) will help anyone charged with organisational learning or leadership development to design and implement a systematic approach linked to key business strategies and goals. DLT participants leave the three-day session with a plan mapping out what needs to be developed, who needs to be developed and how development will be implemented and evaluated.

An additional benefit is ongoing access to CCL support resources after the DLT session to ensure continued success.

Valerie Wallen is Director of Organisational Development at the South Carolina Department of Parks, Recreation and Tourism in the USA, and was one of the first to experience DLT. "After attending DLT, I immediately met with our agency’s Chief of Staff and recapped the programme for her," said Wallen, "The course work and discussion with colleagues across several industries helped me to create a proposal for implementing a comprehensive leadership development system for our agency. A year later, we have three leadership projects and the first phase of a talent management approach ready to roll out to the agency."

Developing Leadership Talent participants receive two tools for their own personal assessment prior to the workshop so that they can experience first-hand the power of CCL’s Assessment, Challenge and Support model. They also learn how to apply measurement to demonstrate results and gain support throughout their companies and organisations.

The first DLT session in Europe will be held in Brussels 22 – 24 January 2007.

For more details see the CCL Profile.

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