Identify Talent Risks

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Identify Talent Risks

This course is part of People Data Foundations: Metrics & Visualization Specialization

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2 modules

Gain insight into a topic and learn the fundamentals.

Beginner level

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2 hours to complete

Flexible schedule

Learn at your own pace

What you'll learn

Identify high-potential employees at risk of leaving by applying turnover and performance data to a spreadsheet model.
Flag at-risk individuals with defensible explanations.
Use AI to help document reasoning for stakeholders.

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Stop reacting to resignations—start predicting them. You'll learn how the talent-management cycle (attraction, development, retention) reveals where flight risk hides, and you'll practice flagging high-potential employees at risk of leaving using real workforce data in Excel. Using AI tools like ChatGPT, you'll draft defensible risk explanations that give stakeholders what they need to act. Through realistic role plays where you diagnose a colleague's missed risk signals and defend your own assessment to a skeptical VP, you'll develop the analytical skills that turn HR data into retention decisions. Designed for HR professionals, analysts, and anyone responsible for keeping top talent from walking out the door. Basic spreadsheet familiarity helpful; no HR analytics background required.

Learn how the three stages of the talent-management cycle (attraction, development, retention) create different types of flight risk. You'll diagnose a missed retention signal, understand why high potentials are high risks, and begin analyzing real employee data to spot warning patterns before they become resignations.

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4 videos1 reading1 assignment

4 videosTotal 24 minutes

Welcome: Spotting Flight Risk Before It's Too Late3 minutes
The Talent-Management Cycle: Where Flight Risk Lives7 minutes
Why High Potentials Are High Risks7 minutes
Opening the Dataset: Your First Look at Vantage Logistics (fictitious)8 minutes

1 readingTotal 5 minutes

From Cycle Stages to Risk Signals: What the Data Actually Shows5 minutes

1 assignmentTotal 30 minutes

Identify Talent Risks: Review & Reflection30 minutes

Move from analysis to action: flag at-risk employees in your spreadsheet, write defensible explanations for each selection, and use AI to help translate data patterns into stakeholder-ready language. You'll complete a full risk assessment and defend your flags to a skeptical leader who needs to act on your recommendations.

What's included

3 videos2 readings1 assignment

3 videosTotal 16 minutes

From Patterns to Flags: Making the Call6 minutes
The Complete Workflow: From Dataset to Defended Assessment8 minutes
Your New Skill: Turning Data into Retention Decisions2 minutes

2 readingsTotal 10 minutes

Writing Risk Explanations That Drive Action5 minutes
Building Your Talent Risk Analytics Practice: Resources & Next Steps5 minutes

1 assignmentTotal 30 minutes

Final Assessment30 minutes

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