High Potential Talent Development programme

A year-long talent development opportunity for your high potential staff to stretch themselves and develop new skills and confidence. Often ambitious, young and impatient to progress, HiPo provides a perfect opportunity to develop their talent. The HiPo High Potential programme's objectives are to identify, develop and recognise individuals who consistently demonstrate high levels of performance and whose behaviours/skills indicate future success in a senior/middle management role.

"I strongly recommend HiPo to organisations looking to invest in personal and business development. Individuals explore their strengths and weaknesses within a safe, constructive environment and take something away from every single well-managed, engaging activity or discussion. [HiPo has] contributed to successes in my personal and working life and has also helped to improve my quality of life - giving me the determination and confidence to make a difference and facilitate positive change"    AM

The High Potential programme is likely to focus on:

• Building confidence in individual participants
• Increasing self-awareness
• Identifying strengths and weaknesses
• Working on some development areas
• Planning long-term to work on other development areas
• Building HiPo participants into a strong team

Key features of HiPo

• Almost 100% developmental, with virtually no assessment other than at the selection stage
• HiPo programmes run for 12 months or so, with quarterly off-site courses, on-site meetings and mentoring, plus in-house work-related projects
• A rigorous and quite demanding selection process ensures that being a HiPo participant is an achievement and something of value
• The selection process runs internally, using a variety of selection tools including nomination, application form, psychometrics, interview, presentation and management recommendations
• A strong commitment from line managers is required. We suggest managers and participants sign a contract for the programme duration, to ensure support and a clear understanding of the balance between focusing on work tasks and personal development.
• Content, tailored to the needs of the participants and the business which employs them, is drawn from the full spectrum of our leadership, management, team development and personal coaching resources.
• Beacons provides unlimited telephone and e-mail support, during and after the HiPo year. This is used extensively by participants, with the relationship extending long after the programme officially finishes.
• The programme develops a high performing HiPo team which can support, encourage and challenge each other during the HiPo programme and for years thereafter.
• Run on a regular 1-2 year basis, each HiPo programme allows last time's participants to become mentors for the next HiPo

"It's hard to articulate just what a difference this program has made to me, both in and out of work. All our training days were in every way fantastically organised - everything from paperwork and equipment to outdoor activities and catering was spot on. We got honest feedback, situations that stretched our abilities, opportunities to push our boundaries, lots of challenges to our normal ways of thinking, sound strategies and guidance for making changes both in work and in our personal lives"          RH SunGard

"[You have] a wonderful ability to listen to people and empathise with their situation which when applied with your training knowledge is an incredibly powerful tool towards helping people reach their goals"  JW

Please contact us to discuss how we can meet the needs and ambition of your high potential people.