Best Practices in Talent Management: How the World's Leading Corporations Manage, Develop, and Retain Top Talent

DESIGN AND ALIGNMENT

Rationale: Performance and Development

While validation was being done, a performance management and development process was designed in alignment with the Leadership Pipeline. This process is the foundation to the Leadership Pipeline philosophy, as it ensures that:

• A shared purpose is created.

• The work is differentiated and delivered at each layer of the pipeline.

• People are developed to deliver the required work.

• Succession and career management is sustained.

• A common language is used.

The following design criteria were critical:

• Strategic alignment

• Simplicity

• Group solution

• Measurable

• Developmental

• Objectivity

• Transparency

Understanding Performance

To keep the process simple, The Leadership ...