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The Talent Development Centre as an Integrated Positive Psychological Leadership Development and Talent Analytics Framework

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The purpose of this chapter is to explore the value of an integrated Talent Development Centre (TDC) approach as a dynamic, hybrid, positive psychological leadership development and talent analytics framework within organizations. Specifically, the chapter aims to explore the modern idea of the TDC, its theoretical underpinnings and its practical and procedural application to meet the development demands of inter-connected-, dynamic- and digital organisations. The chapter is structured through three core components: Firstly, an overview is provided on the evolution of the TDC as a hybrid assessment and development centre. The purpose-, function-, and differentiation between assessment—and development centres are presented. Secondly, an argument is made for the adoption of a developmental and learning orientation towards TDC’s—supporting a positive organisational intervention approach while expanding on the theoretical premise of competency-based learning and assessment design. Thirdly, key principles for the successful implementation of a contemporary TDC is put forward; responsive to the demands of a dynamic and expansive work context driven by a number of emerging trends. Recommendations are provided pertaining to the role of TDC’s in integrated succession planning, leader readiness, talent calibration and intervention mapping on both individual—and group level.

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    A full comprehensive discussion of each metric is beyond the scope of this article. Practice friendly guidelines will be referenced and should be consulted.

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    IRR is defined as the extent towards which a single rater can consistently distinguish different items on an assessment scale.

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    IRA measures the extent to which the same value for each observed assessment item is being reported by different raters.

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Stander, F.W., Van Zyl, L.E. (2019). The Talent Development Centre as an Integrated Positive Psychological Leadership Development and Talent Analytics Framework. In: Van Zyl, L., Rothmann Sr., S. (eds) Positive Psychological Intervention Design and Protocols for Multi-Cultural Contexts. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-20020-6_2

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