Effective Talent Management & Development
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Effective Talent Management & Development
Instructor: Dr. Curtis Odom
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Skills you'll gain
- Human Resource Strategy
- Management Training And Development
- Workforce Development
- Organizational Strategy
- Cross-Functional Team Leadership
- Training and Development
- People Development
- Strategic Decision-Making
- Decision Making
- People Management
- Workforce Planning
- Gap Analysis
- Leadership Development
- Talent Management
- Virtual Teams
- Human Capital
- Stakeholder Management
- Team Management
- Human Resources Management and Planning
- Talent Pipelining
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There are 4 modules in this course
Offers students an opportunity to obtain the insights, frameworks, and tools to effectively manage and develop talent in teams and organizations. Also explores promotion and cross-functional systems that strengthen the organization as well as retention strategies to promote and reward high-quality talent. Managing and developing talent is one of the top three issues on the minds of CEOs from around the world. In fact, CEOs cite managing and developing their leadership talent as the issue that is most important to the future success of their business but that their organizations are least capable of addressing effectively. Offers students an opportunity to engage in various activities intended to illustrate and practice the skills involved in implementing talent management systems.
In this module you will learn about the essential questions that face leaders as they attempt to implement the Global Talent Management system into their organization. You will also learn about the difference between operational and strategic talent management and begin orienting yourself to the kinds of advantages you can build when managing human capital.
What's included
11 videos4 readings8 assignments2 discussion prompts
11 videos•Total 21 minutes
- Meet Your Faculty: Dr. Curtis Odom•1 minute
- Module Overview•1 minute
- Talent Management Strategy•2 minutes
- The Talent Pipeline at Mayo Clinic•1 minute
- Strategic Talent Management Questions•1 minute
- Business Strategy•1 minute
- The Human Capital Advantage Value Chain•2 minutes
- Talent Management By the Numbers•5 minutes
- Workforce Planning Evolution•2 minutes
- Operational vs. Strategic Workforce Planning•2 minutes
- The Formula for Success•3 minutes
4 readings•Total 13 minutes
- Welcome to Effective Talent Management & Development•1 minute
- Providing Mayo Insights: Jose Solis-Padilla•1 minute
- Syllabus•10 minutes
- Module Summary•1 minute
8 assignments•Total 24 minutes
- Check Your Knowledge•3 minutes
- Check Your Knowledge•3 minutes
- Check Your Knowledge•3 minutes
- Check Your Knowledge•3 minutes
- Check Your Knowledge•3 minutes
- Check Your Knowledge•3 minutes
- Check Your Knowledge•3 minutes
- Check Your Knowledge•3 minutes
2 discussion prompts•Total 130 minutes
- Meet Your Fellow Learners•10 minutes
- Fairness and Equity in Healthcare Workplaces•120 minutes
In this module, you will learn about some key tools used within the GTM framework: the environmental scan, how to prioritize risk, and how to align your talent management activities with workforce planning.
What's included
7 videos1 reading4 assignments1 discussion prompt
7 videos•Total 13 minutes
- Module Overview•1 minute
- Segment Roles•2 minutes
- Strategic Alignment as a Key Outcome of Workforce Planning•4 minutes
- Environmental Scan•1 minute
- Environmental Scan Template•2 minutes
- Internal Supply (Employees)•2 minutes
- Prioritization / Risk Assessment•1 minute
1 reading•Total 1 minute
- Module Summary•1 minute
4 assignments•Total 12 minutes
- Check Your Knowledge•3 minutes
- Check Your Knowledge•3 minutes
- Check Your Knowledge•3 minutes
- Check Your Knowledge•3 minutes
1 discussion prompt•Total 120 minutes
- Innovative Leadership•120 minutes
This module continues the deep dive examining an organization's talent management practices, starting with profiling: how do we know where we are in the process of strategic workflow planning? Only when we know the current state can we proceed to plan for the future.
What's included
5 videos1 reading4 assignments1 discussion prompt
5 videos•Total 10 minutes
- Module Overview•2 minutes
- Current State•2 minutes
- Profile Data: Single Variable•2 minutes
- Futuring•2 minutes
- Scenario Planning•2 minutes
1 reading•Total 1 minute
- Module 3 Summary•1 minute
4 assignments•Total 12 minutes
- Check Your Knowledge•3 minutes
- Check Your Knowledge•3 minutes
- Check Your Knowledge•3 minutes
- Check Your Knowledge•3 minutes
1 discussion prompt•Total 120 minutes
- Driving Culture Digitally•120 minutes
This module focuses on the actions you can take as a leader to manage your talent pipeline. Beginning with gap analysis, you will learn about action planning, wrapping up the module with a lesson on virtual global teams.
What's included
9 videos3 readings6 assignments1 peer review1 discussion prompt
9 videos•Total 18 minutes
- Module Overview•2 minutes
- Gap Analysis•2 minutes
- Action Planning•2 minutes
- People Portfolio Segmentation•1 minute
- Buy, Build, Borrow•4 minutes
- The Added Complexity of Today's Virtual Global Teams•1 minute
- Bringing SWP to Life•2 minutes
- Understanding Stakeholders and Agendas•2 minutes
- Articulating Benefits and Enlisting Support•2 minutes
3 readings•Total 9 minutes
- Organizational Diagnosis Preview•5 minutes
- Module Summary•1 minute
- Course Summary•3 minutes
6 assignments•Total 18 minutes
- Check Your Knowledge•3 minutes
- Check Your Knowledge•3 minutes
- Check Your Knowledge•3 minutes
- Check Your Knowledge•3 minutes
- Check Your Knowledge•3 minutes
- Check Your Knowledge•3 minutes
1 peer review•Total 120 minutes
- Organizational Diagnosis•120 minutes
1 discussion prompt•Total 120 minutes
- Nontraditional Talent•120 minutes
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Reviewed on Sep 22, 2025
This was the best course I've taken on Coursera thus far! Great content & very well presented. High applicability to my job with concrete ideas that I can implement.
Reviewed on Nov 7, 2025
Fantastic course, short clip, good exam, basic understanding. If you start your talent management career. It's a great course to initiate and kick off.
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