Talent Management Training and Consulting: Improve Performance

“You truly exceeded everyone’s expectations with your talent management training and consulting expertise.

I wanted to let you know how much I enjoyed working with LSA on the design and delivery of our employee experience for new employees. I’ve been getting tons of positive unsolicited feedback.”
Steven Gray | US Enterprise Services | Microsoft

“Congratulations on your pro-activity in establishing this program and developing such an effective New Employee Orientation course.”
Farhat Ali | President and CEO | Fujitsu

“LSA has a very unique and powerful talent management training and consulting methodology.

LSA’s ability to overcome skepticism, obtain executive support, and create an aligned talent strategy that provides measurable business impact is second to none.”
Noelle Van Vlierbergen | Human Resources Director | AKQA

Anyone who has managed people knows that having the right people in the right roles at the right time is a critical ingredient for business success. They also know how difficult it can be to ensure that talent management training and consulting approaches translate into measurable business results.

Done well, talent management is far more than an HR initiative. It is a business performance lever that can influence profitability, customer satisfaction, innovation, new product development, and sustainable growth. In fact, CEOs consistently rank the availability of high-performing talent alongside revenue growth and cost management as a top business priority.

We agree. Talent, revenue, and costs are deeply interconnected. According to Fortune research, 82% of the World’s Most Admired Companies say talent is more important than technology for driving growth.

So why do so many organizations still struggle to select, develop, engage, and retain the talent they need to execute their strategy?

Some experts point to HR’s lack of influence at the executive table as the fundamental problem. Our experience suggests that the challenge is often more basic — and more actionable.

Even relatively sophisticated organizations frequently lack a consistent, systematic, and strategically aligned approach across four critical areas:

Employee Branding, Staffing, and Interviewing
Attracting and selecting people who have the capabilities and cultural fit required to succeed.
New Employee Orientation and Assimilation
Accelerating the time it takes new hires to understand expectations, build relationships, and contribute.
Career Development
Building the skills and experiences employees need to perform today and grow into tomorrow’s critical roles.
Employee Engagement and Retention
Creating a healthy and high performance environment where high performers are motivated to contribute, develop, and stay.

The organizations that get talent management right do not treat these areas as disconnected HR programs. They create an integrated talent management system explicitly linked to business strategy, organizational culture, and the capabilities required for future success.

Talent Management Training and Consulting That Improves Performance and Engagement

LSA combines proven talent selection, career development, new employee orientation, and employee retention solutions to help your organization attract, select, develop, engage, and retain the high-performing talent required to execute your unique strategy, strengthen your culture, and achieve your business goals.

Please select from one of the Talent Management Training and Consulting links below to learn more:

ATTRACT & SELECT TOP TALENT
Employee Branding, Interviewing, and On-Boarding

Strategic Employee Branding, Staffing and Recruiting

Behavior Based Interviewing Training for Hiring Top Talent

Leadership Simulation Assessment Center

New Employee Orientation On-boarding to Accelerate Speed to Productivity

People Manager Assessment Center

Sales Leader Simulation Assessment Center

Sales Rep Assessment Simulation

ASSESS & DEVELOP TOP TALENT
Career Development and Progression

Training Needs Assessment

Leadership Simulations

People Manager Simulations

Customized Training Programs

Career Development for Managers to Develop Top Talent

Career Development for Employees to Navigate Careers

Sales Leader Simulations

Sales Rep Simulations

Training Measurement

ENGAGE & RETAIN TOP TALENT
Employee Engagement and Retention

Employee Engagement Surveys

Organizational Health and Alignment Surveys

Leading for Employee Engagement for Managers

Retaining Top Talent for Managers

Retaining Top Talent for Individual Contributors

External Employee Exit Surveys

To speak with an LSA Expert to learn how our Talent Management Training and Consulting expertise has helped leading organizations across multiple industries succeed, please contact us.

Related Information

We have partnered with LSA for years. Our organization’s learning needs have increased, decreased, and increased again over time.

The beauty of LSA’s business model is its flexibility and depth of their expertise.

When we need strategic or tactical outside help that we can trust, we use LSA knowing that we can depend on outstanding quality advice and targeted solutions every time. You cannot go wrong with LSA.

Margie Bunting
HR Manager

LSA’s action-learning leadership approach has been very beneficial to me, our leadership team, and the entire organization.

The balance of development and results has been excellent.

We have made huge progress, and I was also able to identify 2-3 high potentials while having the extra benefit of people stepping up to carry key strategic projects forward.

The experience was better than anticipated. I could not be more pleased.

Heather Feltman
President & CEO

Having a training outsourcing partner like LSA to support our talent management needs has been a real blessing. In an emerging company where typically you can’t afford the infrastructure necessary to provide a full range of offerings, having an external partner like LSA has been a blessing.

They deeply understand our business and our culture. They do a great job on a wide range of customized training, consulting, and coaching solutions for us.

For us, they are definitely better than having our own internal Training and Organizational Development function. They always do what it takes to hit the mark.

Chris Wells
Vice President, HR and IT

We looked to LSA Global as a consulting partner to help us explore innovative and scholarly approaches to promote employee engagement and sustain the unique high performance culture we’ve built over the last decade. LSA helped us perpetuate coaching as a discipline across the organization by integrating our core values, goal setting, and performance management.

We appreciate LSA’s commitment to cutting-edge practices to help keep us a step ahead during this time of rapid change.

Rosalyn Chan
Vice President, Human Resources

LSA has a very unique and powerful methodology regarding learning. Their ability to overcome skepticism, obtain executive support, and create an aligned learning strategy that provides measurable business impact is second to none.

They understand your goals, flex to your needs, and solve problems. They certainly help make my job easier and are a pleasure to work with.

I highly recommend LSA to anyone trying to connect the dots between strategy, skills, knowledge, and results.

Noelle Van Vlierbergen
Human Resources Director

LSA’s ability to assess needs and develop targeted leadership training has been a critical resource for me to help our teams to perform at their peak.

I love that LSA focuses on training that truly makes a meaningful impact on the people and the business.

Noelle VanVlierbergen
Sr. HR Business Partner

LSA Global has been a great partner in helping us move toward being “the leading developer of talent in the service performance management industry.”

I have engaged LSA to help develop best-in-class programs in the areas of: Executive On-boarding, Manager Training, Sales Training and Coaching, Employee Engagement, and Instructional Design.

They have consistently met or exceeded my (very) high expectations and are always responsive to my needs to increase performance, engagement, customer satisfaction, and sales growth.

Mike Normant
Senior Director, Training & Development

We hired LSA Global to design and deliver a customized outdoor experiential new employee orientation program for our recent group of MBA new hires.

The program reinforced WIPRO core values, helped to build relationships with fellow associates, and enhanced the group’s ability to operate successfully in the global world.

I definitely recommend LSA for effective employee onboarding of top talent.

Vishu Venkat, PHR
Talent Acquisition

We partnered with LSA Global to help us invest in our people. LSA custom designed an impactful management curriculum to help upskill our key managers and leaders.

We consider LSA to be our trusted learning and development partner and a valued extension of our team as we rapidly scale. Thank you LSA!

Lisa Bruun
SVP Human Resources

We turned to LSA Global to help take our behavioral interviewing process to the next level in terms of both efficiency and effectiveness. LSA quickly understood our unique culture and challenging requirements.

They immediately helped us to improve our ability to continue to hire top talent that fits our culture and talent management strategy as we rapidly scale. Thank you!

Julie Pearl
Technical Program Manager

As a Training Outsourcing Partner, LSA consistently saves me time and money by understanding what matters to our strategy and what works in our unique culture.

Their practical and outcome-oriented methodology is fantastic and allows us to deploy better solutions faster.

I highly recommend them to anyone looking to raise the talent bar with a true strategic partner.

Tim Bonnet
Director of Training and Organizational Development

We have worked with LSA Global for our learning and development needs and have always had great success.

They helped us recently with targeted and customized Management Training Workshops to fit our unique situation, and they were fantastic.

I highly recommend LSA to anyone that is attempting to help take their leadership and management talent to the next level.

Mary Johnston
HR Manager, BU Radiology Informatics

The refreshing thing about LSA is that they focus on understanding our business situation and helping me succeed instead of selling stuff. Their experts are an invaluable resource that help me deliver higher quality results faster. I recommend them to anyone looking to improve the performance of their workforce.

Stacie Rodgers
VP of Human Resources

We have had a very beneficial partnership with LSA. Their recent Leadership Development Program helped us to identify, develop, and retain top leaders. It was instrumental in helping take our company and our key people to the next level. I would recommend them to anyone looking to truly develop and retain top talent.

Steve Janowsky
Vice President of Operations

Congratulations on your pro-activity in establishing this program and developing such an effective New Employee Orientation course.

Farhat Ali
President and Chief Executive Office

FAQs

Talent management is the strategic process of attracting, hiring, developing, engaging, promoting, and retaining the people your organization needs to execute its short- and long-term business strategy. Effective talent management goes beyond filling positions — it ensures employees have the skills, motivation, and support to drive innovation, improve performance, and stay with the organization longer. Organizations with strong talent management practices consistently outperform competitors in growth, productivity, and employee engagement.

The best talent management strategies are measured by business outcomes, not just HR metrics. Look for improvements in hiring quality, employee engagement, leadership effectiveness, internal promotions, retention of top performers, productivity, customer satisfaction, and business performance. If your talent strategy is aligned with your culture and business goals, these indicators should measurably improve over time.

Many organizations focus heavily on recruiting while underinvesting in onboarding, developing, engaging, and retaining existing employees. Other common mistakes include using one-size-fits-all development programs, failing to align talent decisions with business strategy, overlooking manager capability, and measuring training participation instead of business impact. Successful organizations view talent management as an integrated system rather than a collection of disconnected HR initiatives.

High performers are more likely to stay when they understand how their work contributes to business success, receive meaningful coaching, have opportunities to develop new skills, and see a clear path for career growth. An effective talent management strategy equips managers to recognize potential, provide ongoing feedback, and create development experiences that increase both engagement and long-term retention.

Rather than offering generic talent programs, LSA Global aligns talent management with your unique business strategy, culture, and performance goals. Every engagement is customized to address your organization's specific challenges, helping leaders attract, develop, engage, and retain the talent needed to execute strategy and deliver measurable business results. The focus is always on improving both people outcomes and business outcomes.