APPENDIX 1

The Line Manager as a Talent Leader Programme

An army of deer led by a lion is more to be feared than an army of lions led by a
deer
Phillip II of Macedonia
We are delighted to introduce our cutting edge people leadership competency
focused programme The Line Manager as a Talent Leader to your esteemed
organisation.
In a knowledge economy, companies with the best talent win. Winning that war is all
about the Talent owners in your organisation your people leaders. And finding,
nurturing, and developing that talent should be one of the most important tasks of a
manager. So why do most managers/supervisors do such a bad job at managing and
leading talent -- and how can we solve this problem?
This is what our Talent Leader course seeks to address. The course will focus on the
tools needed to manage, develop, engage and retain the best workforce in your
industry.

WFMCs, Line Manager as a Talent Leader course will unlock the secrets to
effective talent management and is built specifically for a management audience.
The Talent Leader course will discuss the changing roles of a manager in the 21st
century organization. It will identify the new competencies for managers as talent
leaders and how to implement a high performance culture. Specifically the course will
cover seven skills that are required for talent leadership and synthesize the latest
research on new talent leader roles, metrics and accountabilities.
We strongly believe that Talent Leadership is one of the missing links in Leadership
and Management training today. Most organisations rarely take the time to equip
their people with the must-have competencies required to effectively Lead and
Manage Talent.

7 Core Skills of Talent Leaders

Why is this programme important?

Consider the following:

While we tend to celebrate great companies, in reality there are only great
managers. In fact, it is on the frontline that the hard work of building a stronger
workplace gets done.
The Gallup Organization
40% of managers are ineffective and each poor manager costs the organization up
to 10x the managers salary.
John Sullivan
No system, process or self-directed teamirrespective of how modern, fashionable
or flawless it may becan ever take the place of a great manager.
Coffman and Gonzales-Molina, 2002
The manager as talent leader creates a cycle of value that ripples throughout the
organization. This is a highly practical course with cutting edge tools and techniques
that will equip your managers/supervisors to deliver the best result leveraging the
talents in your organisation. You can access two of the pre-course diagnostic tools
that we use on the course via these web links:
http://www.wfmcentre.com/tlpa/ - For Managers
http://www.wfmcentre.com/tlpa/index2.php - For Team Member