The Talent Management Course is a superb tool for personal and professional growth. Plus the information can be implemented immediately within my unit as well as for myself!
	Moira Fitzgerald, RVT, Small Animal Nursing Supervisor UCD Veterinary Medical Teaching Hospital

In this ever-changing business environment, we need a capable, flexible, innovative workforce to take on whatever challenges the future brings. Talent Management is the collective actions an organization takes to attract, engage and retain employees. In this timely course, you will learn what the world's most talented managers do differently.

This course is an overview of Talent Management and includes practical methods and techniques. In this course, you will explore how Talent Management can be used to:

• Identify your talents, skills and knowledge and how to develop your career to serve you and your organization
• Coach employees to develop their talents and find the "right job fit"
• Capture the knowledge and wisdom held by current employees
• Plan succession so core competencies are in place when needed

• Describe talent management on an individual, management and organizational level.
• Identify your talents and how you can add value and create opportunities for continuing success for yourself and your organization.
• Support others' using their strengths and finding the right fit.
• Describe strategies for engaging employees and creating a strong, productive workplace.
• Prepare for a flexible, engaged and innovative workforce that will be prepared to take on whatever challenges the future brings.
• Create a talent pool that aligns employee strengths and goals, managerial support, and organizational systems with the needs of an ever-changing academic/business environment.

My Talent Management programs have been offered organization-wide at UC Davis.