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Successful leaders today understand how to select, hire, engage and retain top talent. Leaders know that the higher they rise in organizations, the more dependent they are on others for their success. Therefore, ensuring they have the best direct report teams possible is a critical enabler for attaining key results. Leaders must know how to recognize and attract talent and be confident in their ability to assess against both functional/technical skills and cultural fit. They must understand how to drive the highest levels of performance from their talent, using research-based approaches to ensure engagement and commitment and keep top performers retained in the organization.

In this three-day program, participants will learn and apply the critical skills and behaviors needed to manage and lead top talent. Specific areas of focus include: hiring, engaging, developing and retaining high-performing individuals and teams. At the conclusion of this program, participants will be able to:

Use best-in-class selection and hiring practices to ensure quality hires
Develop practices to ensure the successful integration of new hires
Understand the key levers of employee performance, engagement and retention
Directly connect their leadership behaviors and actions to their employee engagement and performance levels
Build development plans and approaches to maximize each employee’s contribution and drive individual accountability
Drive higher levels of engagement, performance and retention on their teams
Improve the overall quality of their leadership interactions with their teams

This highly-interactive program will use a variety of approaches to ensure maximum engagement, participation and applicability. The program will include: