CEOs and CHROs
Talent management is an executive system, not an HR calendar
How succession, performance, and capability work fit together — and why running them separately hides the leadership bench.
One population, three processes
Succession planning, performance management, and capability development usually run on different calendars, owned by different people, using different language about the same leaders. The executive team then wonders why the bench is hard to see.
Make the talent review a decision forum
If a talent review produces ratings but no decisions about moves, stretch assignments, or exits, it is a data collection exercise with senior people in the room. The agenda should be built around specific decisions the group is there to make.
Design for the busy quarter
Every talent system works in the quarter it launches. The test is whether it still runs when the business is under pressure — which is exactly when the leadership bench matters most. Cut process weight until it survives that test.
