In this course, you will learn best practices for selecting, recruiting, and onboarding talent. You will also learn about the key approaches to measuring performance and evaluating your employees. In addition, you will learn how to develop and coach your talent so that they can realize their full potential at work. Altogether, you will gain a thorough understanding of the complete cycle of managing talent and creating a robust talent pipeline for your team and organization.
This course is part of the Leading People and Teams Specialization
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got a pay increase or promotion
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Syllabus - What you will learn from this course
2 hours to complete
The Talent Pipeline
In this module, you will be introduced to the concept of the talent pipeline. Without amazing people to execute your team, division or company strategy, you will be unable to create value and move forward. Following this module, you will understand that the concept of strategy is first, followed by the positions or organization structure. Once designed, your recruitment brand will attract people to you. Through your recruitment strategies, you will recruit and select the best of the best that fit your team. On-boarding is critical to bringing them into your team and this module will help you to implement superb on-boarding processes.
2 hours to complete
8 videos (Total 76 min), 4 readings, 3 quizzes
8 videos
01.02 - Strategy First and HR Planning14m
01.03 - Recruitment and Your Recruitment Brand8m
01.04 - Recruiting Methods8m
01.05 - Selection17m
01.06 - Selecting Talent at Menlo Innovations1m
01.07 - Onboarding11m
01.08 - Onboarding at Menlo Innovations3m
4 readings
Help us learn more about you!10m
Introduction to Rich Sheridan, CEO of Menlo Innovations2m
Notice for Auditing Learners: Assignment Submission10m
Unit Lecture Slides
3 practice exercises
Describe Your Brand6m
Recruiting Methods Video2m
The Talent Pipeline20m
4 hours to complete
Managing Performance Evaluation and Feedback
In this module, you will learn about the central approaches for measuring and evaluating performance and behaviors and understand the implications of different evaluation systems for employees. You will also learn how to collect, assess, and use 360 degree feedback. In addition, you will learn how to recognize and mitigate key errors raters make in evaluating the performance of others. Finally, you will gain awareness of the stereotypes that can affect the accuracy of performance evaluations.
4 hours to complete
11 videos (Total 74 min), 2 readings, 2 quizzes
11 videos
02.02 - Measuring Results and Behaviors10m
02.03 - Implications of Performance Measurement Systems4m
02.04 - Jeff Brodsky on Forced Distributions3m
02.05 - Rich Sheridan on Forced Distributions1m
02.06 - 360 Degree Feedback7m
02.07 - Using 360 Degree Feedback8m
02.08 - Receiving and Seeking Developmental Feedback5m
02.09 - Rater Errors9m
02.10 - Stereotypes in Performance Evaluations9m
02.11 - Recap2m
2 readings
Introduction to Jeff Brodsky, Chief Human Resources Officer at Morgan Stanley2m
Unit Lecture Slides
1 practice exercise
Managing Performance Evaluation and Feedback20m
3 hours to complete
Developing and Coaching Your People
As a leader, it is essential that you develop, coach and prepare your team for success. When you help your team members learn and grow, their motivation and engagement increases, their performance improves, and they become more committed to the team. In this module, you will learn how to develop and coach your people to realize their potential and improve their performance.
3 hours to complete
16 videos (Total 116 min), 5 readings, 1 quiz
16 videos
03.02 - The Business Case for Developing Talent10m
03.03 - Assessing Key Drivers of Performance9m
03.04 - Assessing Strengths or Weaknesses?9m
03.05 - 5 Questions to Help Create "Stretch" Experiences8m
03.06 - Using Stretch Assignments to Develop People2m
03.07 - Mindful Engagement as a Tool to Prepare for "Stretch" Experiences12m
03.08 - Mindful Engagement During the "Stretch" Experience8m
03.09 - Developing Talent Through Stretch Experiences1m
03.10 - Helping Build a Personal Board of Directors8m
03.11 - The Importance of Mentors and Sponsors1m
03.12 - The Power of Structured Reflection to Drive Learning10m
03.13 - Why You Must Be a Good Coach3m
03.14 - 6 Steps to Effective Coaching11m
03.15 - 7 Great Coaching Questions8m
03.16 - Recap: Developing and Coaching Your People4m
5 readings
Getting the Most Out of 70-20-104m
Make Time for Growth Assignments in Your Daily Work7m
5 Steps to Integrating Coaching into Your Talent Management Strategy6m
[Optional] Experience-Driven Leader Development
Unit Lecture Slides
1 practice exercise
Developing and Coaching Your People20m
4 hours to complete
Creating and Building a Robust Talent Pipeline
True Talent to lead your team, division or company is a requirement in our world. But will you know Talent when you see it? In this module, you will be given a model to help to assess those who will be able to lead into the future. Once selected as a Talent, you will have to continue to develop the individual and engage them continuously. How do we best develop talent? By the end of this module, you will be able to create a talent development plan and begin its execution.
4 hours to complete
7 videos (Total 59 min), 4 readings, 3 quizzes
7 videos
04.02 - A3E2 Model5m
04.03 - Talent Management7m
04.04 - Preparing a Plan for Every Person11m
04.05 - Talent Engagement8m
04.06 - Human Capital Systems and Succession Planning10m
04.07 - People are Everything4m
4 readings
Talent Level Worksheets5m
Planning for Your Talent10m
Unit Lecture Slides
Post-course Survey10m
2 practice exercises
A3E2 Model Stories2m
Creating and Building a Robust Talent Pipeline20m
Reviews
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TOP REVIEWS FROM MANAGING TALENT
by OIApr 5, 2020
A very illuminating course. Have started applying two key concepts already. Glad I took the course. Every HR practitioner should take the course as part of their own development. Thank you.
by MBMay 11, 2017
Great lectures, important thinks pointed out. Not always is clear how important is taking care of employees. Without good HR management, whole business can struggle and not grow as could.
by KDJun 19, 2017
Thank you for the wonderful information and tools to keep me on track! I recommend for anyone in any type of a supervisory or leadership role whether in work or in a community setting.
by LROct 14, 2017
Very useful, especially as I became recently a people-manager. It gives you the "ingredients" and lots of theory, but in a way that is applicable, to try and get the best out of people
by MDNov 12, 2019
Great course, I just wish there could be actual instructor feedback on assignments. It's great that it is peer graded, but it would be useful to have instructor feedback as well.
by HVApr 26, 2016
I had no previous experience in the area and after this course i feel like i can actually support others in their development plans. I highly recommend this course to everyone.
by JJSep 24, 2019
The course was extremely useful. Only one suggestion is that we have to wait until we get peers to review our assignment and because of that course duration gets extended.
by DGJun 3, 2018
i am in the second week of curriculum and i am already progressing in understanding more and more business concepts that never occurred to me and/or i never knew existed.
by IYFeb 11, 2016
Good course. As an HR practitioner I have found a lot of relevance in the concepts of the course, as well as pragmatic and useful tools to use as a starting point.
by VCApr 2, 2017
Amazing course with excellent and incredibly updated content. Very well structured and the interactions with the course colleagues are great. Highly recommended.
by AMJul 30, 2017
Excellent course to learn how to manage the team! Inspired by the way Scott and Maxim teach! The courses in this specialization are becoming more interesting!
by SGOct 30, 2017
Great course with online video aids assisting the students with how to properly Manage Talent. All instructors, course assignments and tests assisted in the
by AMApr 11, 2016
Good course, really enjoyed it!!! A lot of tips and very complete process, before recruiting, recruiting, selecting, onboarding and developing talent.
by YMFeb 22, 2017
I found this course useful theoretically overall, but to me in terms of practicality only "managing performance evaluation and feedback" was useful.
by AAJan 6, 2016
I really loved it so much as it gives a very accurate information that can not be acquired through theoritical practice, but through practical one.
by TVJan 4, 2016
I'll have to re-listen to the videos before the course locks. I expect to use a lot of the tips provided in this course to retain talent and to dev
by JMDec 21, 2015
Very interesting topic and great classes, but it might be a bit hard to apply the skills to your life if you are not inside that management world.
by PKSep 8, 2016
I've taken a bunch of Coursera Courses, and these were my favorite. Fun to watch and packed with useful stuff I wish I had known a long time ago.
by ASAug 30, 2019
it is an excellent course. i will prefer every HR professional to pursue this course and follow all the instruction disscused in the course
by BOct 21, 2019
Great course about people management, how to care and how to grow. Strong evidences are shown with research and the course is clear.
About the Leading People and Teams Specialization
In this specialization, you will learn essential leadership skills, including how to inspire and motivate individuals, manage talent, influence without authority, and lead teams. In this specialization, you will not only learn from Michigan faculty. You will also learn directly from exceptional leaders including Jeff Brodsky, Global Head of HR for Morgan Stanley, and John Beilein, Head Coach of the University of Michigan Men’s Basketball Team. We will share with you our research on how to lead people and teams effectively, and work with you to apply these insights to your own teams and leadership. In every course, you will have an opportunity to apply new leadership skills by working through a series of practical leadership assignments. In addition, the capstone will enable you to work on live leadership challenges faced by senior leaders from premier Fortune 500 firms and receive their feedback on your ideas and solutions.
Top students completing the Specialization will be eligible to receive one or more of the following: office hours with your faculty, one credit toward Michigan Ross’ Distinguished Leader certificate, a waived application fee to Michigan Ross graduate programs, or a LinkedIn recommendation/endorsement by Ross faculty.
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