Talent management and company culture should go hand in hand. So before embarking on your next people development initiative, make sure it supports your company’s brand values.

Having won The Sunday Times Best Small Company To Work For (2006) award, Tower Homes knows a thing or two about engaging employees. Here, the company shares some of the secrets of its success. By Steve Walker, chief executive, Tower Homes.

As talent and succession manager at HBOS, Brendan Kelly reveals how sheer determination and hard work have landed him the talent and succession managerial role at HBOS, the UK’s fourth biggest bank, which includes Halifax and Bank of Scotland. At his office in Old Broad Street, London, he squeezes in an interview with Talent Management Review between a meeting and a red eye to Edinburgh.

Drawing on nearly 40 years of experience working for LloydsTSB, Phil Nunnerly identifies some of the key issues for successful mentoring.

The phrase ‘talent management’ sure stirs up the emotions these days. Some managers scoff at the term, regarding it as little more than a vaguely defined, over-hyped buzzword, or as a shiny new bottle for age-old concepts such as leadership development or human resource (HR) management.

Determination, drive and a decent-sized ego