Doris is an expert on talent management and succession and brings her passion and real-world experience to create a relevant, practical and engaging learning experience for participants.

I recently went through a Talent Review-Succession Workshop with Talent Benchstrength Solutions, LLC and had a wonderful experience. I learned so much from Doris, from the other attendees, and from the numerous resources given to us. I gained a lot of ideas for future improvements of our processes. What I learned in this workshop will continue to impact me in the future and I know for a fact I’ll continue to open up my workbook throughout the years.

Whether you are just beginning to formulate a talent strategy or you are seasoned in conducting Talent Reviews (or anywhere in between!), this webinar has something for you! The webinar is full of useful templates, tools, and resources to meet you wherever you are and guide you through your Talent strategy. Doris is an engaging presenter and relates the content to real-world challenges. She approaches the content from a practitioner’s standpoint rather than from a purely academic one. Refreshing! This webinar was a well-spent 8-hour investment. Treat yourself to this webinar. You won’t be disappointed.

Doris’ style and energy kept my attention literally the whole time. No brain vacations for me.

Feb. 2020 Live Workshop Participant

The Talent Benchstrength E-Learning curriculum outlines an approach for any size organization. It provides a flexible framework to develop your strategy, identify success measures, build a plan and practical steps to execute on that plan. The unique 9-box approach focuses on employee engagement and development at all levels of the organization rather than focusing on just high potentials.

Doris’s class gave me the language and confidence to be able to make the business case for why talent risk management is a real asset to any organization.

I’ve been involved with Talent Management tools and practices for over fifteen years with various Fortune 100 companies. Figuring it was time to reassess whether there was anything else I could learn to supplement our current succession planning process, I attended Doris’ Talent Review-Succession seminar. I was pleasantly surprised with what I encountered. Not only did I find a treasure trove of resources, the seminar actually led to significant changes in how we approach talent reviews and succession planning. I highly recommend this seminar for anyone desiring to elevate their current succession planning and high potential development practices.

This was probably the best training I have ever attended. Your attention to detail, materials, and ability to present in a reachable manor far exceeded my expectations. You were engaging, informative, and real. I would recommend this course to anyone in HR regardless of the size of your company. Succession planning is key to my success as an HR Business Partner with UC Davis Health and I am grateful for the empowerment I feel and skills I acquired as a participant in your course. I look forward to implementing what I learned in my department and now have the confidence and tools I need to demonstrate the value of Succession Planning with our Executive Leaders and get a great strategy in place. Thank you for sharing your craft, you are truly gifted at what you do!

Doris facilitates great workshops! Having just gone through implementing our company’s Talent Benchstrength strategy, it was refreshing and insightful to hear her talk through the steps, 1 by 1. It was also helpful in formulating ideas and suggested tweaks we could do to make our delivery of talent reviews even better in years to come! Many facilitators I’ve had before have been self-promoting and egotistical about their intellectual property, yet Doris is incredibly focused on not only helping others logistically pull together talent review meetings, but also developing into confident facilitators. Her patience and instruction were beyond measure!

I recommend the Talent Review-Succession Strategy Seminar to talent professionals looking to either introduce a talent strategy or take what you have to the next level. Doris has a unique perspective on the topic and generously shares her wealth of knowledge.

Doris is the foremost expert in creating true development of talent and maximization of that talent that inspires engagement of people. If you want to learn about excellent tools for building a top performer organization, this course and her materials deliver.

Doris’ Talent Review Session gave me a great insight on how to implement a Talent review process, the session takes you from the very beginning – of understanding the organisation’s culture and goals – to the very end, on how to show ROI on the reviews. The sessions are very engaging and interactive, Doris encourages participation throughout the session and shares best practices throughout. Doris is a wealth of knowledge and shares lots of examples of practical application. The tools provided will set you up to start running talent review session immediately. I would recommend the course to anyone in talent.

You will get your full value back within the first two hours of participating in this workshop. Doris offers a depth and breadth of expertise around this subject, along with a library of practical, easy-to-use resources and tools. No matter where a company might be in their journey to embedding a valuable talent benchstrength culture, Doris provides the roadmap with how to get to where you want to go with a no-nonsense, practical approach.

With Doris, there is no one better than her in delivering on developing talent, succession planning, and identifying high potential individuals to help organizations succeed in managing their talent management process. Doris simplifies the overall talent management process and provides participants with the necessary tools in a simple format to enhance talent development, risk management with succession planning, conducting talent review meetings, etc. Thank you, Doris!

I learned a lot from Doris in this workshop, despite many years of experience in the OD and HR worlds. I highly recommend this experience for anyone who seeks to assist business leaders in workforce planning.

Feb. 2020 Live Workshop Participant

I really enjoyed the course and was shocked I actually learned something new within the first 10 minutes! The 2-day course was packed with great information. Doris is very knowledgeable and passionate and that shows in her teachings.

Doris has created a great guide for any HR professional to be able to understand and implement a Talent BenchStrength process that will succeed at any company.

Doris is a subject matter expert in Talent Review & Succession Planning Management. Her rich experience, combined with her consultative mindset, makes Doris a trusted resource to ‘students’ in her workshops and a valuable partner to any organization in enhancing their talent management strategy.

Very practical and valuable information, the content goes from high level strategy of Talent Management and Succession down to practical details. A great opportunity to exchange experiences with other HR professionals and to expand the network.

Doris is a great facilitator and has deep knowledge of Talent Management practices in a variety of industries. I recommend her highly.

Doris is clearly a go-to succession, talent bench-strength expert. She has developed a program, process, and materials that go beyond the philosophical approach so often offered. She equips those who attend her workshop with everything they need to apply what they learn in a meaningful way, and she stands ready to support as needed. Her goal is to teach people to become self-sufficient.

The practical application of this seminar far exceeded by expectations. I was delighted to see that the tools and processes that Doris shared and taught had applicability far beyond the talent review/succession planning process; but could be used as resources for ongoing development and coaching for our managers.

The content provided in Doris’ Talent Review-Succession Workshop is very detailed and practical, and connects every aspect of talent management. Doris’ experience in the world of talent management added lots of value to her facilitation of the workshop. I feel this is a must attend program for any talent management professional seeking to add value to their own personal career and to their organization.

Doris Sims Spies is a true master of talent reviews and succession planning. Without hesitation, I highly recommend her to any person, whom, and any organization that, is serious about using best practice and evidence based methodology for succession planning. The best part for me, is that I now have a solid system, structure and process to implement into my organization. The two days were enjoyable, and evenly balanced between gaining information and engaging in group activities. Finally, she had numerous handouts, books, workbooks, etc. for you to use and take back to your job.

I would highly recommend Doris Sims Spies’ Succession Planning Workshop to any HR practitioner who is contemplating implementing any type of Succession Planning at his/her organization. The class is well designed, full of content and practical application. I have been to seminars which are far more expensive and walked away less prepared. Doris does a tremendous job!