Talent Management
Free online resources curated for charity and not for profit organisations
As charities face growing demand and limited resources, effective talent management is key to building strong, sustainable teams.
It supports organisations to attract, develop, and retain the people they need to deliver their mission.
The resources and content highlighted on this page are aligned to the Building Tomorrow’s Skills in Today’s Charities report, written by Andy Lancaster for the Charity Learning Consortium.
5 Skill Development Tactics
Talent Management
- Build flexible, skills-based learning pathways: Create progression without promotions, through modular learning and role-agnostic skills development routes.
- Formalise cross-functional development: Provide access to short-term projects, secondments, shadowing and an internal “ opportunities marketplace. ”
- Strengthen the coaching culture: Equip managers with practical coaching tools and feedback skills. Consider cross-departmental mentoring.
- Develop an alumni and returner strategy: Maintain relationships with leavers to build a long-term pipeline of experienced talent.
- Implement talent intelligence: Use skills audits and AI tracking of critical capability to target development opportunities and allocate people to project opportunities.
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Articles
AIHR (no date) Talent management, AIHR.
Available at: https://www.aihr.com/blog/what-is-talent-management/
CIPD (2025) Talent Management (Factsheet), CIPD.
Available at: https://www.cipd.org/uk/knowledge/factsheets/talent-factsheet/
Collings, D. (2024) Talent management: Dispelling some myths, HR Magazine.
Available at: https://www.hrmagazine.co.uk/content/features/talent-management-dispelling-some-myths
Danao, M. (2024) What is talent management? everything you need to know. Forbes advisor.
Available at: https://www.forbes.com/advisor/business/what-is-talent-management/
Endres, A., Gaytan, J. and Murphy, A. (2023) Effective Talent Management Practices of Small- and Medium-Sized Businesses , International Journal of Applied Management and Technology.
Available at: https://scholarworks.waldenu.edu/ijamt/
Green, A. (no date) What is talent management?, ADP.
Available at: https://www.adp.com/resources/articles-and-insights/articles/w/what-is-talent-management.aspx
McKinsey & Company (2023) What is talent management?, McKinsey & Company.
Available at: https://www.mckinsey.com/featured-insights/mckinsey-explainers/what-is-talent-management
Oppong, N.Y. (2023) ‘The seven myths of global talent management: A reflection’, Social Sciences & Humanities Open, 8(1), p. 100633.
Available at: https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2590291123002383
Shawn Alborz, Woldu, H.G. and Skuza, A. (2022) Who is talent? Implications of talent definitions for talent management practice, Economics and Business Review, Vol 8 (22), No. 4, pp 136-162.
Available at: https://research.ebsco.com/c/ndp6bl/viewer/pdf/tb6sbdkpur
Videos and Webinar recordings
Disruptive HR (no date) Talent Management Animation, YouTube.
Available at: https://youtu.be/5b2qiYzG_tE?si=BE5dKz6WT9_xDXHp
GreggU (no date) What is Talent Management?, YouTube.
Available at: https://youtu.be/R7MYMVTQ_rg?si=sZKz7KDut5Hj4frt
Harnoss, J.D. (2023) Johann Daniel Harnoss: How your company can gain a global talent advantage, TED.
Available at: https://www.ted.com/talks/johann_daniel_harnoss_how_your_company_can_gain_a_global_talent_advantage
Korn Ferry (no date) The Secret to Agile Talent Management – Webinar Recording, YouTube.
Available at: https://youtu.be/2C82yuktJvQ?si=aqhC6Lnw0-pv8JvW
Krishna, A. (2023) The 7 pillars of unlocking potential, TED.
Available at: https://www.ted.com/talks/anirudh_krishna_the_7_pillars_of_unlocking_potential
LinkedIn Learning (no date a) HR Tutorial – Talent management strategy, YouTube.
Available at: https://youtu.be/o88-FAcErtE?si=4KbAqlMI5bnkSrqJ
LinkedIn Learning (no date b) Talent Management Tutorial – What is a talent management strategy?, YouTube.
Available at: https://youtu.be/snl7eC8LDLk?si=aZMrvPH6iUV1Nwy5
TMA (no date) Three basic principles of great talent management, YouTube.
Available at: https://youtu.be/ltjDJAF2yrQ?si=LtcM1L2s3nI0WnWu
Vaduganathan, N. (2022) Nithya Vaduganathan: 5 hiring tips every company (and job seeker) should know, TED.
Available at: https://www.ted.com/talks/nithya_vaduganathan_5_hiring_tips_every_company_and_job_seeker_should_know
Podcasts
Andy Storch (no date) The Talent Development Hot Seat Podcast – The top podcast for L&D Professionals, Spotify.
Available at: https://open.spotify.com/show/6UgxGIm1uqr9irpOSJnQxg?si=1687a5c763304b5a
Gartner (no date) The gartner talent angle, Spotify.
Available at: https://open.spotify.com/show/582I2i8y1FmV64V5bP4Pxk?si=244d0463ae524b39
Rob Stevenson: Recruiting, Employer Branding, and Career Growth Expert. (no date) Talk talent to me, Spotify.
Available at: https://open.spotify.com/show/5Z6P8hDcdkMvEi7KGMGbQW?si=e4b43a6628b548fb
Staffing.com (no date) The Talent Economy Podcast, Spotify.
Available at: https://open.spotify.com/show/24JSk7Vd9F5rmaJqBaPy4F?si=70e9b71fec5d4892
Weichert Workforce Mobility (no date) Moveminds: A talent mobility podcast, Spotify.
Available at: https://open.spotify.com/show/3IactJCFZlahQH3gIxN0ZE?si=8f504ac9e19e42bb
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