How to Manage, Motivate and Retain Top Talent

Name: How to Manage, Motivate and Retain Top Talent
Rating: 4.8 (18 reviews)

Secrets for getting the most from Outstanding Performers

Created byPaul Sloane

Last updated 6/2024

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What you'll learn

How to Motivate and Retain Talented Employees
Empower your top people to achieve their best
Create an environment that fosters success
Common mistakes to avoid
Understand and inspire outstanding performers
How to spot talent
How to attract and interview the best candidates
How to Develop Potential Leaders

Course content

4 sections • 17 lectures • 1h 21m total length

Introduction - What is Top Talent?5:40
Identify top talent by recognizing expert qualities: high skill, consistent results, adaptability, innovation, strong work ethic, commitment, problem solving, and continuous learning, plus leadership through communication and cultural fit.
What Top Talent Wants4:53
Identify the ten things top talent wants: interesting work, respect, competitive pay, learning opportunities, work-life balance, social responsibility, a strong reputation, doing what they do best, health benefits, and stability.
Understand Motivations, Strengths and Weaknesses8:07
Learn to manage top talent through open conversations that reveal motivations, strengths, and weaknesses, using questioning, observations, and listening to tailor work for each person.
Hiring Top Talent - the Interview9:44
Prepare thoroughly for interviews by defining essential versus desirable criteria, crafting probing questions, and using multiple evaluations: three interviews, three locations, and three raters to hire top talent.
Hiring Top Talent - the offer3:15
Move quickly to extend a verbal offer to top talent, then present a written, competitive package with relocation, car, stock options, and a high performance bonus, closing the deal.

Provide Clear Goals3:52
Establish clear, smart objectives with top talent, agree on outcomes, write them down, and measure progress while removing obstacles to enable success.
Trust and Empower6:41
Empower top performers by building trust, granting freedom, and focusing on outcomes; let them explore ideas, remove barriers, and learn from failures, as shown by Ted Hoff and Richard Branson.
Recognise and Reward Success2:11
Publicly and privately praise top performers, using celebrations, bonuses, meals, and handwritten notes to acknowledge great work. Balance recognition across the team so top talent feel valued and not overpraised.
Provide Constructive Feedback3:17
Provide constructive feedback to top performers by guiding self-assessment and using two stars and a wish. Develop a collaborative improvement plan tied to career progression and be specific, not generic.
Encourage Learning and Development2:28
Foster a learning culture for all employees with personal development plans, cross-training, mentorship, external speakers, conferences, and recognition to grow top talent and prevent stagnation.
Quick Quiz

Be a Supportive Leader4:01
10 point check list
Provide Exposure2:36
Provide exposure to top performers by giving them visibility, leadership opportunities, cross-departmental roles, and recognition, including a public speaking course when needed.
Promote Work-Life Balance3:09
Promote work life balance with flexible work times and boundaries that protect personal time. Balance workloads, encourage breaks and vacations, and lead by example to retain top talent.
Developing Management and Leadership Potential8:06
Case Study details
Common Mistakes - How to Demotivate and Annoy9:44
Keep top performers engaged with clear goals, frequent communication, recognition, and meaningful, non-repetitive work. Avoid micromanagement and neglect by offering growth, competitive compensation, and a clear career plan.

Summary - What if you Cannot Keep Them?2:43
Talk to your top talent, understand their motivations, and empower them with a clear, challenging objective and autonomy. Recognize achievement publicly, critique privately, and stay connected if they leave.
Bonus Lecture1:30
Wrap up by sharing management resources, including books on management topics and lateral thinking, plus Udemy courses to boost leadership. Connect via email, LinkedIn, or Twitter, and rate the course.

Requirements

Basic Management Training

Description

If you are a manager of people – at any level – then the chances are you have mix of abilities in your team. You many have some poor performers, some average, and some top performers. You probably spend most of your management time on the poorer performers, which is understandable. But if you neglect your top people and ignore their needs you may lose them. How can you attract, motivate and retain top talent in your organization? This course tells you how. It reveals the secrets to managing top talent.

In this course I will show you how to identify top talent and then how to

Attract
Hire
Motivate
Manage
Empower
Develop and
Retain these valuable people.

These might be your best people in any field, in sales, marketing IT, analysis, administration etc or people with strong leadership potential. You do not want to lose these people. You want to get the most from them and to retain them in the organisation. But this is not easy. Other companies want your top people. There is a battle for talent out there. This course shows you how to win that battle. You will learn how to be a much better manager – not just for your top talent but for all your team.

Who this course is for:

Managers, Leaders and Business Professionals

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Course content

Introduction5 lectures • 32min

Managing5 lectures • 18min

Motivating and Retaining5 lectures • 28min

Conclusion2 lectures • 4min

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