Nurturing Talent the ‘Suzlon’ way

A well-structured talent management process not only helps in setting up a

leadership pipeline but also helps to differentiate between rewards amongst
different talent segments, performance management, L&D etc.
The paper talks about the efforts taken at Suzlon energy for their talent management
process which can be broadly divided in to the following stages:
- Identification and segregation of talent in different clusters
- Formulating development & engagement plan for employees
- Tracking individual development
Since most of the training happens on the job that makes each employee a valuable
resource of the company and hence measures should be taken to retain and train
them for a better future for the organisation.
The TM process at Suzlon has two parts respectively; Assessing and finalizing of DAP
and engagement process.
DAP begins with an assessment which is then audited by an external consultant.
Following that, the report is shared with the respective employee. Global Talent
Management (GTM) then collates the report along with other data pertaining to
demographics into an IDP form. One on one discussions are carried out employees
and their progress is monitored by the BU/HR heads. In the engagement process the
nine block model is used, based on capability and performance. After this step a
track is laid down for each segment. This gives insights to make decisions about the
development and retention strategies for each segment.
The talent management process at Suzlon is based on the ISER framework
- Identifying the right talent
- Segmenting the talent in to different blocks
- Unique engagement strategies for each talent block
- Focus on development and retention by using appropriate interventions
For taking stock of the development of key talent, the following teams have been set
up;
1. Regional Talent management committee
2. Global Talent management committee
These bodies collaborate with the GTM to plan all the developmental activities which
ae to be carried out including coaching, mentoring etc.