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Executive Certificate in Leadership & People Management - Talent Management for Business Leaders

  • Human Resource
  • Leadership & Management
Next Intake: 8 Oct 2025 (Wed)
  • Intermediate
  • Short Courses
  • This module is part of Executive Certificate in Leadership and People Management
Next course starts on
8 Oct 2025 (Wed) See Full Schedule
Fee
SGD2,779.50* (as low as SGD323.85 after maximum funding) Learn More
Duration

3 days

Level
Intermediate

Who Should Attend

Middle to senior level executives who wish to:

  • enhance their leadership and people management skills and
  • extend their competencies to lead with purpose.


Pre-requisites

Participants should:

  • be a Head of Department or senior business executive with more than 5 years of significant direct report managerial responsibilities, 
  • business leaders who demonstrate exceptional leadership potential in their course of work; and
  • have direct reports.


Participants’ Profiles (Intake 1 to 9)

 

Overview

Successful organisations thrive on the sustained competitive advantage that comes from talent management practices that effectively attract, cultivate, position and reward its talent.  Talent management exists to maximise performance in support of the organisation’s goals.  In view of the shortage of top talent as well as stiff competition for talent, organisations are no longer only concerned about developing and replacing top talents.  Organisations have to focus on the attraction and cultivation of their best talent at all levels of the organisation.

In this 3-day module, we will address key human capital issues pertinent to the development of talent management strategies and processes that help organisations achieve sustainable competitive advantage and enhance employee engagement at all levels.  We will explore how an organisation’s business strategy, its values and culture inform talent management strategy.  Following that, we will examine talent management processes that include acquisition, cultivation, positioning and rewarding of employees to sustain a high-performance workforce. Case studies and experiential learning activities will provide the context for us to discuss any leadership challenges in implementing talent management practices at the workplace.

Learning Objectives

By the end of this module, participants will be able to:

  • align talent management with organisational values and goals.
  • attract and retain talent.
  • develop and manage talent pool, and enhance employee engagement.
  • conduct talent reviews.

Topic/Structure

  • A high-performance culture
  • Leadership in talent management
  • Assessing talent and performance
  • Acquiring and onboarding high-potential employees
  • Developing and positioning high-potential employees
  • Successful talent planning and reviews

Assessment

Participants have to meet a minimum attendance rate of 75% and have to complete all assessment(s) required by the course. Only upon meeting the minimum attendance and passing the assessment will participants be issued a Certificate of Completion.

Participants who fail the assessment will be given a chance for re-assessment at a fee of SGD100.00 (excluding prevailing GST). Each participant is allowed 1 re-assessment. The re-assessment has to be taken within 7 calendar days from the end of the course date. It will be held on a weekday specified by SMU Academy and conducted during office hours. Please note that re-assessment fees are not supported by SSG Funding.

Participants who meet the minimum attendance rate but do not achieve a pass for the assessment will be issued a Certificate of Participation.

Participants are required to bring their laptop to access the course materials, class exercises and individual assessment(s).

In order to be awarded with Executive Certificate in Leadership and People Management, participants are required to complete all 6 modules within 3 years.

Calculate Programme Fee

Click here for more infomation about SkillsFuture Credits (Not applicable for Company-sponsored participants)
For PSEA - Available only for Singapore Citizen below 31 (Not applicable for Company-sponsored participants)

Total Program Fee: SGD0.00

Fee Table

COMPANY-SPONSORED

PARTICIPANT PROFILE

SELF-SPONSORED

SME

NON-SME

Singapore Citizen < 40 years old

Permanent Resident

LTVP+

$833.85

(After SSG Funding 70%)

$323.85

(After SSG Funding 70%
+ ETSS Funding 20%)

$833.85

(After SSG Funding 70%)

Singapore Citizen ≥ 40 years old

$323.85

(After SSG Funding 70%
+ MCES Funding 20%)

$323.85

(After SSG Funding 70%
+ ETSS Funding 20%)

$323.85

(After SSG Funding 70%
+ MCES Funding 20%)

International Participant

$2,779.50

(No Funding)

$2,779.50

(No Funding)

$2,779.50

(No Funding)

All prices include 9% GST

Please note that the programme fees are subject to change without prior notice.

Post Secondary Education Account (PSEA)
PSEA can be utilised for subsidised programmes eligible for SkillsFuture Credit support. Click here to find out more.

Self Sponsored

SkillsFuture Credit

Singapore Citizens aged 25 and above may use their SkillsFuture Credits to pay for the course fees. The credits may be used on top of existing course fee funding.

This is only applicable to self-sponsored participants. Application to utilise SkillsFuture Credits can be submitted when making payment for the course via the SMU Academy TMS Portal, and can only be made within 60 days of course start date.

Please click here for more information on the SkillsFuture Credit. For help in submitting an SFC claim, you may wish to refer to our step-by-step guide on claiming SkillsFuture Credits (Individual).

Workfare Skills Support Scheme

From 1 July 2023, the Workfare Skills Support (WSS) scheme has been enhanced. Please click here for more details.

Company Sponsored

Enhanced Training Support for SMEs (ETSS)

  • Organisation must be registered or incorporated in Singapore
  • Employment size of not more than 200 or with annual sales turnover of not more than $100 million
  • Trainees must be hired in accordance with the Employment Act and fully sponsored by their employers for the course
  • Trainees must be Singapore Citizens or Singapore Permanent Residents
  • Trainees must not be a full-time national serviceman
  • Trainees are eligible for ETSS funding only if their company's SME status is approved prior to the course commencement date. To verify your SME's status, please click here. 

Please click here for more information on ETSS.

Absentee Payroll

Companies who sponsor their employees for the course may apply for Absentee Payroll here. For more information, please refer to:

AP Guide (Non-SME Companies)
Declaration Guide (SME Companies)

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Trainers

Dr Jeff Staples
Managing Director
Swire Healthcare
Dr Jeff Staples
Managing Director
Swire Healthcare

Dr. Staples serves at the Managing Director of Swire Healthcare and is currently based in Shanghai, China.

Dr. Staples is an accomplished results-focused health system executive with nearly 20 years of turn-around management and organizational leadership in Southeast Asia, the Middle East, and China, including acute care hospitals, academic medical centers, and ambulatory care centers. A champion for excellence, with a passion for innovation-driven high performance, Dr. Staples excels in strategic planning and execution in large-scale, complex, multi-site health systems and integrating diverse hospitals into a cohesive system.  Dr. Staples has been instrumental in two $1B+ IPOs, on the LSE and NYSE.

Dr. Staples has a B.A. from Wesleyan University, an MBA from San Francisco State University, and his MD from Columbia University.

Additional Details

Programme Registration

Registrants are required to submit the following supporting documents via the registration system at the point of registration:

  1. Highest qualification certificate (scanned copy); and
  2. Updated Curriculum Vitae detailing managerial experience and number of direct reports; and
  3. Complete organisational chart showing the registrant's position;
  4. Any other supporting documents e.g. company's recommendation letter

*Applications will be reviewed by our Programme Admissions Committee. The decision made by the committee is final and no request to review the decision or reveal the considerations leading to the decision would be entertained.

 

Certified Professional Business Manager (CPBM)

This programme is part of Certified Professional Business Manager. Participants who successfully complete 6 courses/modules with a minimum of 15 training days, from a list of qualifying programmes (terms and conditions apply) within 5 years (of which a maximum of 3 LPM modules can be counted) will receive the Certified Professional Business Manager (CPBM). For example:

Please click here for CPBM details and list of qualifying programmes. 

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