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Talent Strategy Development against business drivers

 

Why we work in this area

Many of our corporate clients consult with HDA on their talent and future proofing strategies, and HDA takes a strong outcomes-focused approach to addressing the talent needs of client organisations.

All to often we find that client organisations have difficulty articulating how their existing or proposed talent strategy is underpinned by the core business drivers impacting the success of their businesses. Very often it is a case of business leadership ‘not knowing what it doesn't know' , or the HR team being unable to articulate how its talent management activities impact organisational competitiveness, despite there being significant talent management resources, structures and programmes in place – these are some of the reasons why so many talent strategies either fail outright or are impotent, and this is frustrating for us.

Being outcomes-focused, HDA is constantly seeking ways to ensure that businesses follow talent strategies which are likely to be successful, and our consulting approach in this includes an effective mix of business strategy and talent strategy expertise.

 

Our competencies in this area

• HDA's team includes consultants with significant thought leadership, hands-on experience and expertise in this area
• HDA partners with organisations with significant thought leadership expertise in this area
• We have significant experience as facilitators and coaches, posing challenging, devils advocate questions to organisations about inputs vs desired outcomes, and we apply this devils advocacy approach to this area
• We have access to and apply a broad range of organisational talent mapping tools which help us to identify the likely impact of a particular strategy on organisations we work with

 

Our approach in this area

• HDA takes a strongly outcomes-focused partnership approach in delivering consultancy in this area
• HDA's approach includes strong devil's advocacy, to challenge organisational leadership to secure the best strategies for the future of the organisation
• HDA's consultancy in this area is supported by in-depth facilitation capability, tools and approaches

 

Who we work with in this area

HDA has recently worked with organisations like European Diamonds, Royal Borough of Kensington & Chelsea, The Department for Transport and Universal Music, in this area. See more here.

 

Who to contact about our services in this area

Clayton Glen, Director - cxg@hda.co.uk / +44 (0) 207 484 5065