Title: TALENT DEVELOPMENT and CAREER MANAGEMENT at IBM
 1TALENT DEVELOPMENT and CAREER MANAGEMENT at IBM
- Presentation for the HRN 
- Warsaw, April 2004 
- Sissy Wolf
2Agenda
- IBM VALUES 
- TALENT DEVELOPMENT 
- Policies  Rules 
- IBM Learning Strategy and Common Policies 
- Achievements 
- Practices 
- Talent identification 
- Build Your Expertise 
- CAREER MANAGEMENT 
- Policies  Rules 
- All about Career Management 
- Practices 
- Tools and Processes 
3IBM VALUES
- Dedication to every clients success 
- Innovation that matters - for our company and for 
 the world
- Trust and personal responsibility in all 
 relationships
4TALENT DEVELOPMENT Policies  Rules
- IBM Learning Strategy and Common Policies 
- Why Skills matter 
- Learning Solutions from IBM 
- 4 Tier Learning Model 
5TALENT DEVELOPMENT Policies  Rules
- Why Skills matter 
- We are a services company. People and skills are 
 our product
- One measure of IBMs market value is the 
 expertise and skill each individual brings to his
 jobs
- Developing and maintaining top skills is a 
 strategic issue that influences IBMs long term
 competitiveness
- Our skills are also a signal to customers, 
 stockholders and competitors of IBMs potential
 for growth and success
6TALENT DEVELOPMENT Policies  Rules
- 4-Tier Learning Model 
- Learn from Information 
-  Read it, See it, Hear it Internet 
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- Learn from Interaction 
-  Examinate it, Try it, Play it 
 Multimedia
-  Learn from Collaboration 
-  Discuss it, Practice it with Others 
 Collaborative
- Learn from Co-operation 
-  Get together, Build Communities and 
 Relationships Face-to-Face
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7TALENT DEVELOPMENT Achievements 
- IBM Our Learning ExperienceIBM has helped 
 organizations in a variety of industries and
 around the globe with the challenges of
 implementing learning solutions that align
 learning to corporate and public service
 priorities.
- IBM learning programs were ranked 1 in Training 
 Magazine's "Training Top 100" list for 2004
 improving the second place won in 2003. IBM is
 the only company that has been in the top 5 in
 the three years the magazine has created the
 list.
- IBM Lotus Learning Management System (LMS) was 
 selected as recipient of the Top Training
 Products 2003 Awards by HR Executive Magazine,
 the premier publication focused on strategic
 issues in HR. Products were awarded based on
 economy of resources and creativity in software
 or Web applications. (September 2003)
8TALENT DEVELOPMENT Achievements
- Analyst firm, Gartner, Inc., has recognized IBM 
 in the "Leaders" quadrant in two magic quadrant
 reports on e-learning "2003 E-Learning Suite MQ
 Beyond Partial Suites" and "2003 E-Learning
 Content Magic Quadrant." (February 2003)
- IBM was presented with a Silver Excellence in 
 E-Learning Award for Innovative Technology by
 Brandon Hall. The award recognizes IBM's
 LearningSpace Everyplace, a mobile learning
 solution based on IBM Lotus e-learning software
 (September 2003)
- IBM has won multiple awards for its blended 
 learning Management Development programs aimed
 at IBM staff worldwide - sharing our expertise
 with customers through customized e-learning
 solutions/programs.
- Approximately 48 percent of all IBM-employee 
 training was done via e-learning in 2002, with an
 associated cost reduction of more than 350
 million
9TALENT DEVELOPMENTPractices
- Talent identification /Talentgroups 
- Executives Resources for executive positions 
- Technical Resources for technical positions 
- Top Talent for management positions 
- Focus on creating a pipeline of diverse talent 
 pools based on performance, potential for
 significant long-term contribution and
 criticality
- Use pools for selecting candidates for key 
 positions or new management appointments
- Special focus on long-term development and 
 retention, mentoring
- Identification early in career and accelerated 
 development
- Common and consistent global approach 
- Results  Enhanced organisational capability, 
 improved leadership, better retention
10TALENT DEVELOPMENTPractices
- LDC 
- Identification tool 
- Formal and standard process 
- Assessment Center concept 
- The initial identification is done by the Manager 
 and then reviewed by BU executives up to European
 Level
- Goals 
- Understand strength and development needs 
- Identify goals and action plans 
11TALENT DEVELOPMENTPractices
- Build your expertise 
- Competencies Based Model 
- Foundational Competencies 
- nine core competencies which provide the 
 foundation for employees professional growth and
 establish a common standard of excellence across
 IBM
- Adaptability, Client Focus, Communication, 
 Creative Problem Solving, Drive to Archive,
 Passion for the Business, Taking Ownership,
 Teamwork  Collaboration, Trustworthiness
- Sales Competencies 
- Leadership Competencies 
12TALENT DEVELOPMENTPractices 
- Build Your Expertise 
- Employee Development Cycle 
- Personal Business Commitments (PBC) 
- Individual Development Plan (IDP) 
- General Learning Resources 
- Specific Learning Areas 
- Leadership Development Resources 
- Manager and Executives 
- Mentoring 
- IBM Coaching Simulator 
- Edvisor 
- Manager Action Net 
13TALENT DEVELOPMENTPractices 
- General Learning Resources 
- Learning Navigator 
- Learning Roadmaps 
- IBM Global Campus 
- External Education 
- Knowlegde Management (KM) 
14TALENT DEVELOPMENTPractices
- Leadership Development Resources 
- Mentoring 
-  Mentoring helps develop future generations of 
 IBM leaders and provides opportunities to learn
 from our current leaders
- IBM Coaching Simulator 
- is an interactive online application to help to 
 practice and learn the competency of coaching
- help to develop the coaching skills 
- based on scenarios developed from actual IBM 
 situations.
15TALENT DEVELOPMENTPractices
- Leadership Development Resources 
- Edvisor  online tool targeted to help managers 
 with their leadership and management development.
 
-  Offers managers a diagnostic questionnaire that 
 creates a personalized development plan.
- Manager Action Net  provides a unique venue for 
 IBM Managers to collaborate and interact with
 other managers throughout the organization
- topics and ideas aggregated via a portal that 
 enables any manager to access or to contribute to
 any best ideas and shared knowledge from any
 business unit in the company.
16CAREER MANAGEMENTPolicies  Rules
- What is IBM Career Management process? 
- A step-by-step, structured approach to help 
 individuals become career resilient.
- To find new career opportunities 
- Continuous and flexible 
- Designed to enable individuals to enter at any 
 stage, using the information and resources they
 specifically require. Understand that each
 employee must take ownership of his career
17CAREER MANAGEMENTPolicies  Rules 
 18CAREER MANAGEMENT Practices
- What are the Tools and Processes used for Career 
 Management at IBM
- Career Talks 
- Virtual Career Coach/Mentor 
- Learning Classes for Managers 
- eLearning 
- PBC, IDP, PSU 
- Job Sculpting, Job Rotation, Shadowing 
- Job Posting  Best Person For the Job