As you start planning your implementation of Talent here are some key areas for you to consider for the rollout. Click on the links for a detailed description of each step. You can view the full guide here: Creating Your Internal Rollout Plan.
You can download a PDF version of the checklist to keep track of your progress here: [Implementation Checklist]
Here is a decision tree to help you see what steps you need to take during your implementation: [Decision Tree]
Checklist
- Familiarize yourself with your Talent Development platform
- Talent Development Overview (Basic Goals)
- Talent Development Pro Overview (with Cascading Goals)
- Talent Development Pro Overview (with OKRs)
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Rollout plans for the first quarter
- Determine Expectations
- Determine Timing
- Determine type of launch (e.g. soft or hard launch, pilot groups vs organization wide etc.)
- Review the Getting Started documents to determine which features to roll out
- These will give more guidance on considerations for each feature to get your program up and running on Talent Development.
- Getting Started with SMART Goals (Basic & Cascading)
- Getting Started with OKRs
- Getting Started 1-on-1s
- Getting Started with Feedback
- Getting Started with Recognitions
- Getting Started with Reviews
- Assemble your project team
- Project Owners (admins)
- Champions (to assist in training & coaching)
- Senior & Executive Sponsor/s
- Establish milestones & measure success
- Program goals/milestones (include one for every feature e.g. reviews)
- Implementation goals/milestones
- Overall Future State for Talent Development Goals
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Communication & training plans
- Create a Communication Plan
- Create a Training Plan
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Evaluate, iterate and add on
- Gather success metrics and compare against milestones
- Identify gaps & iterate programs as needed
- Continue to next stage of the program & add programs to build your performance ecosystem