This guide is conceived for HR professionals, SME business owners and all those interested in HRM and talent management agendas and aims to improve employee retention and development through implementing a talent management system. Although the handbook highlights specific considerations in relation to employees 45+ years, it is designed to be inclusive of all employees thus widening its appeal to all size companies, sectors, and industries in Europe. The Talent4LIFE Model Handbook contains the most important topics of the employee lifecycle from a talent management perspective. The Handbook comprised six key chapters detailing the core elements of a Talent Management system: 1. Recruiting for Talent 2. Onboarding 3. Develop 4. Grow 5. Retain 6. Offboarding and succession planning The European Commission’s support of this publication does not constitute an endorsement of the contents, which reflect the views only of the authors, and the Commission can not be held responsible for any use which may be made of the information therein. Project Number: 2020-1-AT01-KA202-077993

The Talent Management Handbook explains how organizations can identify and get the most out of “high-potential people” by developing and promoting them to key positions. The book explains: 1. A system for integrating three human resources “building blocks”: organizational competencies, performance appraisal, and forecasting employee/manager potential 2. Six human resources conditions necessary for organization excellence 3. How to link your employee assessment process to career planning and development The Talent Management Handbook will help you design career plans that boost employee morale, as well as create and sustain excellence in your organization. It is full of simple, efficient, easy-to-follow methods for assessing, planning, and developing high-value people to meet your organization’s current and future needs. And it will help you combine your organization’s diverse human resources activities into a single, cogent system. Featuring best practices from leading companies as well as contributions from field experts who hold top positions in such leading HR consultancies as AON Consulting, The Hay Group, Hewitt Associates, Right Management Consulting. Sibson Consulting, and Towers Perrin, The Talent Management Handbook is an authoritative resource for creating and maintaining excellence in your organization through people management.