L&D specialists and HR practitioners involved in talent management strategies and activities for their own organisation. Senior managers with managers reporting to them who they wish to develop in terms of both performance and potential.

Sustainable competitive advantage for any organisation is created by maximising the potential of managerial and leadership talent.

Management development specialists and L&D practitioners need to have an understanding of the contribution that management development can make to the achievement of organisational performance, business plans and long term goals. They also need to be able to develop management development strategies that will fulfil individual needs and release their potential into the organisation.

By the end of the course, you will be able to:

• differentiate between performance and potential
• identify the stakeholders in the performance management process
• compare and contrast a range of management competency frameworks
• use these competency frameworks to design management development strategies for developing performance
• assess ‘high potential’ and develop talent management activities to grow and retain talent within your organisation