Building capability and talent to meet short- and long-term priorities

Who is this tool for?

• HR and learning and development professionals who want to meet short- and long-term priorities through effective talent management processes

• HR consultants working with client organisations to build a balanced organisation

• senior managers and HR executives who are committed to building capability to achieve sustainable organisation performance.

Benefits of using this tool

For you:

• Apply the findings of the leading-edge Shaping the Future research about building capability and talent to meet short- and long-term priorities and achieve sustainable organisation performance.

• Review the extent to which your organisation is building leadership capability to sustain organisational performance over the long term.

• Clarify how building capability and talent aligns with the future direction of the organisation.

For your organisation:

•  Ensure clarity about how and where talent and capability add value to organisational performance.

• Develop sustainable HR practices suitable for both challenging economic circumstances and organisational growth situations.

For your people:

• Unlock people’s potential, enabling them to be the best they can at work.

• Enable people to see organisational priorities within a wider picture in order to direct and manage themselves with more awareness.

• Facilitate development of an appropriately future-oriented skill-set.

Other tools in this series are:

• Engagement for sustainable organisation performance

• Achieving alignment, shared purpose and agility

• Using HR metrics for maximum impact

See also the podcast Agility through abundance and austerity