Driving Talent Development for Future Organizational Growth July 2009 In this issue: The New Supervisor: A Gamble or a Strategy? Develop Your Employees to Build Morale and Enhance Their Value Six Tips for Developing Employees Training for Employee Success Developing a Leadership Bench
OI Partners had a great time at the 61st Annual SHRM Conference and Exposition in New Orleans! We had a big turnout of visitors to our booth, including many of our newsletter readers. We really enjoyed the opportunity to connect with our readers face-to-face. For those of you who completed our survey at the booth, stay tuned because we'll include the results in an upcoming newsletter issue. A big congratulations to: April R. Tune Foundation Coal Corp. Linthicum Heights, MD who won our drawing for the Flip Video camcorder! During the conference, one of OI Partners' board of directors, Steve Ford, was featured on a panel, "Leading Your Organization through Downsizing," led by SHRM COO China Gorman. It was a very well-attended session, and the conversation was engaging. In all, it was a great show. Can't wait for next year!	As the economy stabilizes, talent development and management activities will be increasingly important. Retention is a reason for the need of a heightened level of attention. It is believed by many that employees will make decisions to leave their current employer long before the recession ends. They will make their decision based on how they understand their current company's future, how well they are respected by and engaged with their supervisor and the degree to which the company is intentionally developing them. The people who will be first to leave will most likely be within the top 20 percent of a company's talent. The point is that talent development activities need to be implemented now to protect and grow the company in the future. The July newsletter is focused to provide tips for designing and driving talent management initiatives now! Please contact OI Partners with any questions we can answer for you. Happy Summer! Lateyfa Ali Managing Partner OI Partners Buffalo, NY - E. K. Ward & Associates The New Supervisor: A Gamble or a Strategy? Senior leadership cannot afford to move people into management positions unless the people chosen are skilled. Here are critical elements for carefully selecting and appropriately training people for new supervisor roles. Develop Your Employees to Build Morale and Enhance Their Value If a company wants to attract and retain the best people, it needs to invest in employee growth and development. Examine these four stages of employee development and the role that both supervisor and employee play for development success. Six Tips for Developing Employees One of the most important qualities of a good leader is the ability and desire to develop employees. However, development coaching doesn't come naturally to many leaders. By following these six tips, you can prepare your employees for success at the next level. Training for Employee Success In touch economic times, companies expect their employees to contribute more to the bottom line. In most cases, employees are willing to do so. However, employees also expect that companies will continue to train and develop their people. Here is insight on why training is so critical. Developing a Leadership Bench Creating a leadership bench takes the skill of a coach and the precision of an engineer. But there are five distinct steps you can take to build your leadership bench -- and keep it moving.