We help your organization to create systems for talent assessment, such as the development of competency models that are aligned with your organization's core values and career stages. We can design and implement processes to identify key talent and assess their strengths and development needs.
Core to Sage Management Consulting’s leadership development philosophy
is that highly talented individuals learn through rich career experiences.
In this sense, selection decisions for open assignments and special projects
are among the most important development activity that an organization
can sponsor. We can work with you to create processes (such as the creation
of a talent management committee) designed to optimize each of these
decisions. These processes produce individual leadership growth while
leveraging the talent and opportunities available across the organization.
With the unpredictability of the work force a given, succession planning
can be a daunting challenge. We can help to create succession slates
for key positions and assess the readiness of talent to step into those
positions. Leadership planning goes beyond that, however. It is a multi-step
process that includes identification of future leaders, identification
of core competencies and career experiences, regular review of an organization’s
talent pool, and a process for meeting the development needs of key
talent. We can help you to streamline complete leadership planning
systems, or consult on just one aspect of the process.
Development of talent has strategic implications throughout an organization.
For example, for maximum effectiveness the talent management process should
be aligned with your business strategy. You may need a recruiting strategy
to attract outside talent to high-level positions, or a strategy to increase
diversity. You may wish to put into place a mentoring strategy encompassing
different career stages to help develop talent. We can help you assess
strategic needs as they relate to leadership and talent management, and
create a plan to help you meet those challenges.
Another aspect of the development philosophy at Sage Management Consulting
is that highly effective leaders are self-aware, reflective, and proactive
about their own development. Our Leadership Development Plans are an investment
in the development of key talent by providing in-depth feedback as well
as suggestions for a wide variety of development activity that is individually
customized.
We offer a variety of feedback methods. The process can be web-based,
using existing materials, or we can develop a customized survey for your
organizational needs. We work with you to decide on the best way to deliver
the results to employees. By using aggregate data analyses of feedback
programs, we can help you clarify core issues and identify emerging trends
from which you can build development programs that hone in on the specific
needs of your talent pool.
Development plans, feedback programs, and assessments such as the Myers-Briggs
Type Indicator often serve as the starting point for coaching sessions,
which are focused on the individual's development needs. A coaching session
is a collaborative effort between the coach and the individual, and is
a safe place to explore ways to move from the current reality to the desired
goals. Executive coaching is ideal for candidates who have achieved a
high level of technical expertise in their field and want to broaden their
leadership and interpersonal effectiveness.
As women move up the corporate ladder and increasingly fill top positions,
self-awareness of their leadership styles benefits both their careers
and the organization as a whole. We help executive women to understand
and leverage their particular leadership styles, both in one-on-one coaching
sessions as well as company-wide seminars.
