Five crucial steps to build an effective talent development programme were described on blr.com.
1. Determine the real needs of your staff
Involve employees in discussions about what prevents them from better developing their knowledge and skills. Find the areas of your company that need the most help and determine how that help should look. Perhaps you do provide enough opportunities for, say, staff development but the learning content and form may not meet actual needs.
2. Ensure easy accessibility
Seek an educational platform easily accessible for all employees. Ideally, employees should be able to reach the educational content not only in the office during working hours but also on mobile devices at a time that best suits them.
3. Be individual
Educational content for your talents should be structured into levels to be passed gradually. At the same time, however, it should be tailored to individual learning needs. It may take the form of traditional courses with tutors, expert articles, podcasts, webinars or videos for employees to choose according to their individual preferences.
4. Motivate to learn
The point of any talent development programme is to engage employees and support an overall culture of education. This can be achieved in various ways. You might include gaming elements or competitions in the learning process but mainly you should give employees space to share their experiences (e.g. via an internal social network).
5. Base it all on corporate culture
For your talent development programme really to be effective, it should include activities that reflect the company's core values. Employees should learn not only to know these values, but also genuinely to follow them.
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