Course Overview

Against the backdrop of rapid business expansion, intensifying global competition, and accelerating digital transformation, many Chinese companies are confronting critical challenges, including executive talent shortages, widening skills gaps, succession gaps, and difficulties in retaining key talent. Traditional “experience-based” or “HR-siloed” talent management approaches are no longer sufficient to support strategic business execution.

This course is specifically designed for senior leaders of Chinese enterprises. Through a systematic strategic talent management framework, it helps entrepreneurs and executives elevate talent management to a core strategic driver, deeply align talent strategies with business objectives, build robust leadership pipelines, and drive long-term sustainable growth and competitive advantage.

Course Time

February 25–27, 2027

Wo Will Benefit

This course is tailored for founders and key decision-makers of Chinese companies in periods of rapid growth or strategic transformation, who are responsible for talent selection, development, and retention. It is ideally suited for:

  • Founders, Chairpersons, and CEOs who aim to align talent management with business strategy
  • Senior executives from technology, high-end manufacturing, consumer electronics, and emerging industries
  • Leaders undertaking organizational upgrading, global expansion, or digital transformation who need to strengthen their leadership pipelines
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Why Attend

Strategic Talent Alignment
- Master how to deeply integrate talent strategy with business goals, design multi-year talent plans, and drive organizational performance and long-term growth.

Leadership Pipeline Development
- Learn scientific approaches to executive selection, succession planning, and high-potential talent identification to build a healthy and sustainable leadership bench.

Talent Retention and High-Performance Culture
- Enhance employee engagement and retention rates while creating a work environment that fosters innovation and high performance, reducing the risk of losing critical talent.

Practical Tools and Data-Driven Decision Making
- Adopt proven frameworks from Harvard and global best practices — including skills gap analysis, competency models, structured interviews, and performance management — to enable precise and effective talent decisions.

Course Module

Module 1: Talent Strategy and Business Alignment

Focuses on the transformation of talent management from a support function to a strategic driver. This module analyzes global best-practice strategic talent frameworks, helping executives assess current capabilities, anticipate future business needs, and identify critical skills gaps — shifting from reactive hiring to proactive strategic talent planning.

Module 2: Executive Selection, Assessment, and Succession Planning

Centered on executive talent selection and pipeline building. Participants will master competency models, behavioral interviewing, situational simulations, and high-potential assessment tools to design effective succession plans and development pathways, ensuring leadership continuity through a combination of precise external selection and internal development.

Module 3: Talent Retention, Development, and Organizational Impact

Addresses long-term talent retention and high-performance culture building. This module explores employee engagement enhancement, performance management, feedback mechanisms, and retention strategies. It also examines data-driven methods to measure the business impact of talent initiatives, transforming talent management into a true core competency and sustainable growth engine.

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