Harvard Business School Executive Education Program Helps Participants Create Top Tier Talent Management and Development Strategy

Program will focus on how to identify and retain high-proficiency employees, growing leadership and diversity from within a company that compliment business goals and strategy

BOSTON--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Harvard Business School (HBS) will host an executive education program, Driving Performance Through Talent Management (www.exed.hbs.edu/programs/dptm/Pages/default.aspx), from May 5–10, 2013 on the HBS campus. Designed for human resource executives and general managers, the offering will explore strategies and best practices for identifying and managing high-performers while cultivating leadership, across all levels, from within a company.

“In addition to strengthening skills for managing organizational and leadership changes, the program also explores ways to maximize efficiency within the employee hiring and integration process. The program aims to underscore the importance of building valuable and long-lasting relationships with employees and creating an environment which rewards and encourages high-performers.”

"This course presents a valuable opportunity for executives to reexamine the importance of their company's human capital and the corporate culture contributing to how that talent is managed," said Das Narayandas, James J. Hill Professor of Business Administration, Senior Associate Dean and Chair of Executive Education and Publishing. "By understanding the relationship between individual performance and corporate performance, participants in Driving Performance Through Talent Management are challenged to rethink their current infrastructure and implement purposeful strategies for rewarding performance and retaining talent."

Driving Performance Through Talent Management will present research and case studies that specifically address employee communication and management, leadership development, identifying workforce needs and improving strategies for company diversity.

Participants will also complete a survey prior to entering the program which will identify the obstacles unique to each participant’s business model. The contents of each Driving Performance Through Talent Management session will be informed by a pre-program survey and directly address specific needs and challenges faced by each executive. This approach fosters a collaborative environment, allowing ongoing engagement with expert faculty while working alongside industry peers facing similar yet unique challenges.

“Driving Performance Through Talent Management aims to provide participants with an variety of tools to position them for success at managing and growing a workforce,” said Boris Groysberg, Professor of Business Administration and faculty chair of the program. “In addition to strengthening skills for managing organizational and leadership changes, the program also explores ways to maximize efficiency within the employee hiring and integration process. The program aims to underscore the importance of building valuable and long-lasting relationships with employees and creating an environment which rewards and encourages high-performers.”

Faculty lectures, panel discussions and assessment tools will create a dynamic learning environment that emphasizes group participation that is elevated through real-world insight using renowned HBS case studies. Driving Performance Through Talent Management will be a valuable experience for HR executives and managers looking to return to their businesses with renewed inspiration and better equipped to retain and attract stand-out performers.

Program Details:

Driving Performance Through Talent Management will run from May 5–10, 2013 and will take place at Harvard Business School. Please visit http://www.exed.hbs.edu/programs/dptm/ for complete curriculum details and to apply.

Driving Performance Through Talent Management
(May 5–10, 2013, Harvard Business School)

Faculty:

Roy Y.J. Chua, Assistant Professor of Business Administration.

Claudio Fernández-Aráoz, Senior Adviser of Egon Zehnder International.

Boris Groysberg, Professor of Business Administration and faculty chair of Driving Performance Through Talent Management.

Ranjay Gulati, Jaime and Josefina Chua Tiampo Professor of Business Administration.

Joshua D. Margolis, James Dinan and Elizabeth Miller Professor of Business Administration.

Tsedal Neeley, Assistant Professor of Business Administration.

Mikołaj Jan Piskorski, Associate Professor of Business Administration.

Scott A. Snook, MBA Class of 1958 Senior Lecturer of Business Administration.

Michael L. Tushman, Paul R. Lawrence MBA Class of 1942 Professor of Business Administration.

About Harvard Business School:

Harvard Business School Executive Education, a division of Harvard Business School, is located on a 40-acre campus in Boston, Massachusetts. HBS faculty develop and deliver over 80 open-enrollment Executive Education programs and more than 60 custom programs for leading organizations worldwide. Last year, more than 9,000 business executives attended programs in classrooms across the globe, including Boston, London, Mumbai, and Shanghai. With global research centers in seven key regions, HBS faculty continue to develop groundbreaking research, forge powerful alliances with global organizations, and fulfill the mission of educating leaders who shape the practice of business and innovation.