Talent & Leadership Development Manager

Description

For nearly 40 years, one Company has represented quality & leadership
- Highland Homes - where building careers goes hand in hand with excellence in new home construction. Highland’s employees thrive in an atmosphere of appreciation & confidence, contributing their unique ideas to the Company’s overall success.
Employee Owned. Customer Focused.

Highland Homes is currently accepting resumes for a Talent and Leadership Development Manager to join our team. This position is responsible for managing the strategic direction of various Talent and Leadership Development programs, procedures, and systems. The TLD Manager manages employees on the Talent team in addition to members of Leadership Development Programs which they are responsible for, ensuring the team is delivering exceptional service and results.

The primary goal for this role will be to develop our Employee Owners with the vehicle to do so through coaching engagements and the management and development of Leadership Development Programs aligned to our Core Values.

Job Duties and Responsibilities:

• Hire, train, supervise, motivate and evaluate staff with supervisor approval.
• Conduct regular staff meetings to share information, problem solve and solicit ideas for improvement.
• Develop, design and facilitate engaging and relevant talent and leadership development solutions for different levels within the organization that align with company needs utilizing various delivery methods.
• Coach and provide direction for different functional leaders within the company at various levels.
• Participate in developing department goals, objectives, and systems.
• Partner with management to determine leadership and coaching needs and the appropriate delivery approach while ensuring all development solutions are aligned with individual, team and company needs.
• Incorporate the company leadership framework into all current programs and processes (annual and pre-reviews, individual development plans, coaching engagements, leadership development programs, etc.).
• Build and manage the succession planning process for all levels of the company.
• Facilitate annual talent reviews with each division to showcase potential talent and understand current bench strength with senior leaders in the company.
• Identify and partner with third party vendors in our assessment of Employee Owners and then execute the subsequent individual development and coaching.
• Continually evaluate program effectiveness to measure, track and support continuous improvement of learning solutions along with employee engagement and retention.
• Research, analyze, prepare, and present a variety of reports and articles appropriate to the work.
• Provide best practice knowledge and solid data to assist and advise in decision making.
• Partner proactively with Human Resources to support leaders in achieving their goals and talent strategies.
• Stays abreast of talent development technologies and systems to provide innovative development solutions.
• Performs other duties as assigned.

Required

Minimum Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s Degree, preferably in Organizational Development, Business, Human Resources or Other Related Field. MS or MBA desired.
• 7 yrs. of progressive experience in Leadership Development, Organizational Development, Talent Development, or related field.
• Prior experience managing a team preferred.
• Experience building and implementing leadership development programs across different levels and across different functional areas to build bench strength.
• Experience with one-on-one leader and team coaching to build effectiveness with leaders and their team members.
• Ability to use technology in the delivery of different training and workshops to reach the broadest span of Employee Owners.
• Prior ownership for formal and/or informal mentorship programs with an understanding of creation and execution delivery.
• Experience with facilitating content and leadership workshops to every level of the organization.
• Ability to work effectively in team-based environments as well as on tasks, which require high levels of initiative, autonomy and independent thought and action.
• Ability to establish and maintain effective working relationships…