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CARTER HOLT HARVEY Abstract Founded in 1899, forest products group, Carter Holt Harvey (CHH), is a leading employer in New Zealand with over 11,000 people in 33 separate businesses across the Southern Hemisphere. Such has been the group-wide impact of its HR function on people and performance improvement programmes over three years, that it was spun off from the group in spring 2001 as a stand-alone business called Mariner7. CHH talent management directions/interventions are now provided by the outsourced former department, in addition to the development of a range of on-line tools. This case study details: - the business, employment and political context of CHH and the talent issues faced Š especially in sourcing good people from very scarce markets or competing against a 'brain drain' in the southern hemisphere - how talent is positioned in the organization, along with its strategic focuses - the deployment of a talent management development system, supported by the Talent Manager suite of software tools - how high potentials are identiŽed, tracked, assessed and developed as CHH builds a pool of successors for future leadership positions. Insights are provided by Mariner7's general manager of HR service delivery who was project manager in the former corporate HR function at CHH before it was split off. Her role with colleagues is to provide talent management and leadership direction, solutions, tools and consultancy support for the parent organization and external clients. Key Talent Propositions and Practices are discussed. If you are a subscriber, click here to read the full case study. Click here to find out how to subscribe. |
