Academic certificate course - online

Strategic competence & talent management

Digital training program: academically certified talent and succession manager

Strategic skills, talent and succession management is not a trend - it is a key response to the shortage of skilled workers, demographic change and the loss of key skills.

Our digital training program is aimed at HR professionals, managers and HR managers who want to strategically shape talent management and actively manage succession processes.

In cooperation with the Vienna University of Technology, you will acquire the "Academically Certified Talent and Succession Manager" certificate in five months - in-depth, practical and 100% online.

You will learn how to:

  • Recognize and hedge personnel risks at an early stage,

  • systematically develop skills and succession planning,

  • identify, retain and develop talent in a targeted manner,

  • and design a sustainable HR strategy to secure your future.

Whether you want to actively tackle the shortage of junior staff or secure important know-how carriers: This program provides the strategic tools to put an end to "flying blind" in terms of HR policy - and to successfully shape change.

What you take away - skills & results

At the end of the program, participants have practical, strategically sound knowledge and skills in the area of talent management and succession planning.

They gain

  • A deep understanding of
    • the elements of effective strategic talent and succession management,
    • how these building blocks can be sensibly designed in the corporate context,
    • which tools, methods and digital solutions have proven themselves in practice,
    • which current HR trends and developments need to be taken into account.
  • Application know-how through direct work on your own company's talent and succession processes.
  • Individual assessment, based on the international Talent Management Index®, to evaluate the current level of maturity in your own company.
  • A concrete master plan that describes how your company can achieve the next level of maturity in talent and succession management.
  • A recognized certificate that proves the competencies developed in strategic HR management - in cooperation with the Vienna University of Technology, the International University of Applied Sciences Munich and Transformation Management AG.

Methodology: Practical. Sound. Effective.

The course focuses on concrete work on talent and succession processes in the participating organizations. The content is not abstract - but is consistently linked to the individual challenges of the participants.

Basis: The PRYSMA® model

The methodological basis is the PRYSMA® model(PRofessionalCompetencY RiSk MAnagement), which is based on the results of our international studies and over 100 practical TMAG projects. It is a clearly structured, experience-based model for strategic talent and succession management.

  • Starting point: Talent Management Index® (TMI®)
    At the beginning of the course, participants analyze the status of their own talent and succession management using the proven Talent Management Index® (TMI®) - as a basis for targeted development.
  • Learning in modules - with direct practical relevance
    Short impulse sequences on the individual PRYSMA® model elements
    • Direct application to your own company situation
    • Exchange & reflection in small groups
    • Individual development steps between the modules
    • Formats & learning methods
  • Participants benefit from a diverse set of methods,including
    • Peer group consulting & sparring
    • Real-time support & coaching
    • SOT sessions (self-organized teams)
    • Podcasts, fuck-up sessions, chat rooms
  • Goal: An individual master plan

At the end, each participant develops a concrete master plan on how to take talent and succession management in their own company to the next level of maturity in TMI®.