A Knowledge Base for Total Talent Success

Welcome to the ClearCompany Talent Success Maturity Model and a library of insightful, practical best practices that you can apply to mold the model to your needs and drive your organization toward achieving its business goals.

If you’re unfamiliar with Talent Success Maturity, there’s a great introduction to the theory and practice at beginning of this library.

Each chapter offers insight, strategy, and best practices from experts and thought leaders to help HR and talent management leaders shape their company’s path toward hiring, developing, and retaining more A-players.

We’ll be adding articles continuously. So check back often.

I’m Interested in Best Practices for:

Recruiting

• Best Practices for Offer Letters
  With insight from

  Libby Sartain
• Building Job Descriptions (and Postings!) That Sell
  With insight from

  Libby Sartain
• Building a Consistent Interview Process
  With insight from

  Libby Sartain
• Candidate Communication
  With insight from

  Libby Sartain
• Reporting and Record Keeping: What You Need to Know
  With insight from

  Libby Sartain
• Building a Sourcing Plan for More Effective Recruiting
  With insight from

  Libby Sartain
• Fast and Accurate Candidate Screening
  With insight from

  Laura Kukulan-Baker
• Measuring Quality of Hire
  With insight from

  Kyle Lagunas Libby Sartain
• Recruit Better with Roles
  With insight from

  Laura Kukulan-Baker
• The Interview Scorecard: Predicting Success in the Role
  With insight from

  Matt Norman
• Building and Running a Successful Referral System
  With insight from

  Libby Sartain
• Pipeline Analysis: Optimizing Your Process From Source to Hire
  With insight from

  Matthew Stollak
• Moving to a More Mature Recruiting Model: What It Looks Like, Why It Matters
  With insight from

  Matt Norman
• Field Guide to Fully Automating Your Recruiting Process
  With insight from

  Katie Bond
• Using Job Goals to Boost the Candidate Experience and Hire Better
  With insight from

  Libby Sartain

Onboarding

• New-hire Packets: A Compliance Checklist
  With insight from

  Laura Kukulan-Baker
• Step-by-step Guide to a Great, Repeatable New-hire Process
  With insight from

  Laura Kukulan-Baker
• Quality of Onboarding
  With insight from

  Laura Kukulan-Baker
• The First Day: Easy Steps To a Great Experience
  With insight from

  Laura Kukulan-Baker

Performance Management

• Types of Performance Assessments and Their Uses
  With insight from

  Matt Norman
• Employee Performance Review with Competencies
  With insight from

  Matt Norman
• Managerial Performance Review with Competencies
  With insight from

  Matt Norman
• Manager 360 Performance Review
  With insight from

  Laura Kukulan-Baker
• Addressing Problems with a Performance Improvement Plan
• Checklist for Nondiscrimination Compliance in Performance Assessments
  With insight from

  Andy Porter
• The 9-Box
  With insight from

  Andre Lavoie

Goals

• Getting Started with Goals
  With insight from

  Colin Kingsbury
• Creating Goals
  With insight from

  Matt Norman
• Cascading Goals
  With insight from

  Matt Norman
• Using Goals to Improve Performance Reviews
  With insight from

  Andre Lavoie
• Company Mission and Vision
  With insight from

  Andre Lavoie