In this McKinsey and Company podcast (also in your learning materials this week), Simon London, Carla Arellano, and Mike Barriere discuss the value of talent management in business and how getting the right people in critical seats can turbocharge performance. In a short response paper, please detail your approaches to the following using the following headings as a template: Definition of Talent Management Develop your own short definition of what talent management means to you. Perspectives Compare some of the perspectives in this podcast to the perspectives of our other learning materials this week. Some questions you may wish to address include: What role do leaders and managers play in talent management? What role does value-creation play in talent management? How have the definitions of talent management changed over the last decade? How do you believe talent management will continue to be redefined in and after the COVID-19 era? How are some of these components of talent management addressed in your discipline? How are some of these components of talent management addressed in your (current or prior) workplace? Engagement What type of engagement do you think is needed to support talent management? Link: https://www.mckinsey.com/capabilities/people-and-organizational-performance/our-insights/value-of-talent-management
