Retaining Talent

For many years, the Army has focused on retaining the right quantity of officers. How does the Army retain talent instead of simply retaining numbers? How can it retain the right talent across all phases of the 30-year officer career model? Can the Army expand its use...

Developing Talent

Despite success in this area, authorized strength and inventory mismatches, an inverse relationship between responsibility and formal developmental time, and sparse non-operational development opportunities are serious challenges the Army must address in the...

Evaluating Talent

Today’s Army officer evaluation system exhibits two particular flaws – rating inflation and generic information. Students will consider the ways in which this hampers the Arm’s ability to discern the talents and productive potential of each...

Employing Talent

Effective talent employment is at the core of the Officer Human Capital Model. It can unleash the full productive potential of the Army’s greatest asset – its people. In this class session, students will consider the Army’s past and present...

Purpose

This forum is designed to foster professional discussion of a critical concept: Talent Management.  Whether you work for the U.S. Army, the Department of Defense, government, the private sector or academia, many of the principles discussed here generalize to any labor...