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DonateAs talent managers, our goal is for our companies to manage their talent assets as carefully as they manage their balance sheets. We set our own agendas, conduct surveys and do a variety of other activities designed to maximize the sharing of best practices and exchange of ideas. We focus both on longer-term strategic issues as well as shorter-term more immediate issues of prime interest to our members.
Members are the senior executive leading talent management strategy; they are positioned at Corporate HQ (home office) in a Center of Expertise. Core responsibilities include several of the following topics, all of which we discuss during meetings:
- Succession planning
- Executive Development for the top 3 levels in the organization
- Assessments/talent reviews
- High potential development programs
- Developmental movement/mobility
- Executive recruiting/retention/rewards
- Executive coaching
- Strategic Workforce Planning
- Talent metrics/analytics and ROI
- Performance management/competency models
- Organization culture
- Future of work models (talent marketplaces, workforce flexibility)
- Workforce upskilling and reskilling
- 3M Company
- ADP
- Amgen
- Amway Corporation
- Anheuser-Busch
- Ascension Health
- BASF
- Bechtel Group, Inc.
- CVS Health
- Cargill Inc.
- Carlisle Companies, Inc.
- Cigna Corporation
- Corning Inc.
- Corteva Agriscience
- DaVita, Inc.
- Deere & Company
- Eastman
- FM Global
- General Mills, Inc.
- J&J
- KeyCorp
- Lockheed Martin Corporation
- Merck
- Microsoft Corporation
- PVH Corporation
- PepsiCo, Inc.
- Providence
- TIAA
- Target Corporation
- Tech Data Corporation
- The Procter & Gamble Company
- Tractor Supply Company
- Truist
- United Airlines, Inc.
- Wells Fargo & Company
- Yum! Brands, Inc.
Enduring relationships with trusted peers are the core of the Council experience. Enhanced by our global, enterprise-wide reach, these relationships span the world and extend the value of Council membership. Confidential peer dialogue provides you with a broader perspective and shared experiences, as well as access to specific knowledge and best practices.
- Collective problem solving that puts your issue on the agenda
- Benchmarking through regular surveys of Council members about relevant company practices
- Multifunctional insights generated by the wealth of perspectives gathered from 125+ Councils (covering more than 50 functions) that work together across geographies
- Virtual communities that extend learning opportunities through a variety of online forums and other resources
Vice presidents and senior directors with global, strategic responsibility for talent management. Membership is by invitation only.
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Denise Broz
Program Director, Talent Management Leaders Council, and Talent Management Executives Council |