Leadership is the absolute foundation of an effective approach to become a ‘Healthy Organization’. To make a difference requires that any system of talent/leadership take a holistic approach involving;

• Assessing and Developing Individuals; this is the starting point— along the way, but the end-game should focus on…
• Assessing Needs for the Organization and Developing a Talent Management System that …builds Organization Capabilities …a Pipeline of Talent –a ready supply of talent to fill key positions.

It is essential to have solid, believable, reliable, timely, differentiating and useful information about your leaders and overall capabilities. This information is critical to support deployment actions that need to be taken.

Information is the Central Nervous System of any organization.

Three tools are covered in this section—their strength is that they can assist an organization team to get traction and positive momentum. ‘Just the basics’… a great starting point-

• Obtain qualitative information by ‘just having a discussion’—the breakthrough Human Asset Inventory®
• Consolidate that information in an understandable, actionable format—the Leadership Pipeline®Report…that makes vivid your bench-strength, risks and opportunities; lastly,
• A framework to assure that you are building a Talent Management system in conjunction with senior management, tailored for your needs… developed over time in sync with the pace of the organization and challenges.