Talent Management Strategy

What is Talent Management?

Talent management includes all the way an organization brings employees on board, develops and retains high-performing employees and aligns their skills and potential with the organization’s needs.   

In 2024, City Human Resources completed a Harvard Bloomberg Leadership initiative to ensure we were using evidence-based practices as we developed an equitable Talent Management Strategy that provided clear career growth opportunities. We have developed a Talent Management strategy to meet the following goals: 

  • Hire a talented and diverse workforce 
  • Retain an engaged and diverse workforce where all employees feel they belong 
  • Develop our employees and organization to be an inclusive and high performing  
  • Implement innovative and progressive practices 

We identified the following seven components. 

Talent Management Pie

Learn about long-term goals and access resources for each component by expanding the headers further down the page. 

  1. Recruitment & Selection
  2. Onboarding
  3. Goal Alignment & Development Planning
  4. Performance Management
  5. Growth & Career Pathways
  6. Recognition & Belonging
  7. Succession/Workforce Planning

Check back regularly, as we’re continually updating this page with new resources and enhancing existing ones!


What's In It for Me?

How can employees benefit from Talent Management

  • Provides clear career development opportunities.
  • Ensures employees receive thorough onboarding.
  • Allows for skill enhancement and ability to reach full potential.
  • Employees can grow within Team City of Madison.
  • Provides enhanced employee recognition, affinity group support, and mentorship opportunities.
  • Increased job satisfaction, motivation, and engagement.
  • Align own goals with organizational and department goals.

How can managers benefit from Talent Management

  • Employees feel valued and empowered to reach their full potential.
  • Clear guidelines and tools for successful hiring and onboarding leading to skilled, motivated, and high-performing employees.
  • Helps develop employees.
  • Reduces turn-over.
  • Increased team productivity.
  • Fosters a culture of continuous learning and development which increase employee engagement, motivation and satisfaction.
  • Increase employee commitment.

Talent Management Components

Recruitment & Selection

Recruitment and Selection Pie Piece

We have: 

  1. Active pipelines into employment;
  2. A fair, skills-based screening process; and
  3. Recruiting outreach to attract diverse and high-quality applicants.

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Onboarding

Onboarding Pie Piece

Citywide, we are consistently onboarding employees to ensure they have the knowledge, skills, and abilities to be effective in their roles and feel a sense of belonging in the organization.

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Goal Alignment & Development Planning

Goal Alignment and Development Planning Pie Piece

In alignment with our mission, vision, and values, we provide our employees with clarity about their role in the organization and agency, and how their work makes a difference in our community.

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Performance Management

Performance Management Pie Piece

We enhance the quality of our service delivery by effectively managing and supporting employee work performance in an inclusive and trauma informed way.

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Growth & Career Pathways

Growth and Career Pathways Pie Piece

We provide equitable and accessible career growth through transparent career pathways and effective skill-building opportunities.

Professional Development Resources:

Recognition & Belonging

Recognition and Belonging Pie Piece

At all levels of our organization we provide frequent recognition and an inclusive and welcoming work environment to maximize employee belonging.

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Succession/Workforce Planning

Succession and Workforce Planning Pie Piece

We are planning for future needs and equipping employees with the skills and preparedness to ensure long-term organizational sustainability.

Resources:

  • Coming Soon

 

 

 


FAQs - Coming Soon

FAQs will be populated from the Talent Management Strategy Launch Party event on April 24, 2025. 

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