Navigating Your Career Program - A Case Study in Talent Management
Client Background
The client is a Silicon Valley company that helps retailers and consumer products manufacturers understand, predict, and shape consumer demand. They have 400 employees in several global locations. The employees include many software developers and analytics experts.
Business Situation
The client is facing new competition from a large company that has just launched a new product to compete in its core space. The company does not want to lose the most valued employees as the economy improves during this time when they need speed to market for some new products of their own. If the execution of their strategic business plan slows down for any reason, they risk losing valuable market share.
Objective
The objective is to create a development culture within the organization as a strategy to engage employees and retain top talent.
Outcome
The client is working to establish a company-wide talent management and career development process.
“I want to give a big "THANK YOU!" for setting up the Career Development Course, Navigating Your Career. The class was terrific both in content and in the manner in which it was conducted.
What made the content so helpful was that it was specific and gave proactive steps and allowed us to practice one-on-one with another.
The management workshop also demonstrated that our company was serious about wanting people to make a career with the company. The company wasn't just giving it lip service, it was putting its money where its mouth is and proving it. The class gave us a better grasp of the tools we needed [to be] better employees and have a better career even if we didn't stay with the company. That is impressive!”
