A framework for building talent capability
Most organizations need all three of these at once and have them spread across different people, or no one. The framework sets out the three areas, measures each on the Talent Toolbox Progression Model, and gives you a free way to see where you sit. It is also the structure the Talent Dashboard is built on.
The 3 framework areas
Future skills
Knowing which skills the work will need next, across talent strategy, workforce planning and development.
Go to future skillsWorkforce transformation
Change that survives contact with the people doing the work, including AI adoption that is measured.
Go to workforce transformationLeadership effectiveness
Leaders who are ready before the role opens, and who learn from the work instead of blaming it.
Go to leadership effectivenessTalent Toolbox Progression Model
Every area moves through the same four steps, from Ad hoc to Strategic. Most organizations are on Defined for the things that matter and do not know it, because a document feels like progress. The gap between having a plan and the plan doing something is the whole point, and the Talent Dashboard will report your progression through it over time.
The framework is published in full and free to cite and reuse with attribution to Talent Toolbox.
Take the framework with you
A shareable guide to the three areas, the progression model, and what a fractional engagement delivers. Made to take to your team and your budget conversation.
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The free Talent Function Health Check walks your employee lifecycle in order and names the one stage making every stage after it harder. It is the fastest way to see where you sit in the framework.