Talent Management Consulting

We find talent gaps from the executive team to the front line, assess people against the roles your strategy needs, and build the plans that close the gaps. Delivered with the organizational psychologists of Daniels Consulting Group.
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Definition

What is talent management consulting?

Talent management consulting helps a company decide which roles and capabilities its strategy depends on, measure the people it has against them, and build the hiring, development, and succession plans that close the gaps. BD Emerson delivers this work with our Andersen Consulting colleagues at Daniels Consulting Group, a firm of organizational psychologists founded in 2002. The work runs with senior management and human resources and covers talent gap analysis, assessment of employees against future needs, definition of new value-creating roles, faster recruiting and onboarding, targeted development, and performance measures. Organizational psychologists design the assessments, so decisions about people rest on valid, job-related evidence. Most engagements follow a change in strategy, a merger, a new operating model, or a technology program that changes what roles require.

Services

What talent management services are included?

Talent gap analysis
Talent assessment
Role and capability design
Succession planning
Recruiting and onboarding
Performance measures and development

Talent gap analysis

We compare the capabilities the strategy requires with the people in place, from executive leadership to the front line. The analysis names the roles at risk, the skills in short supply, and the gaps that will slow the plan first.

Talent assessment

Leaders and employees in critical roles are assessed against the future requirements of those roles using structured interviews and validated assessment tools. Each person receives feedback, and the company receives a clear view of readiness.

Role and capability design

New strategies create new work. We define the value-creating roles the organization needs, the capabilities each one requires, and the profile of a person who will succeed in it.

Succession planning

For each critical role we identify ready-now and ready-later successors, the development each needs, and the roles with no successor in sight. Boards and executive teams get a succession view they can review each year.

Recruiting and onboarding

Hiring profiles, interview guides, and onboarding plans shorten the time it takes a new hire to reach full contribution. Onboarding is built around the requirements of the role.

Performance measures and development

Performance metrics are set for the redefined roles, and targeted training closes the gaps the assessment found. Managers get the tools to coach to the new expectations.

Our approach

Our approach

01

Define what the strategy requires

With senior management and HR, we identify the roles and capabilities the strategy depends on, including the ones the current organization does not yet have.

02

Assess the talent in place

Leaders and critical employees are assessed against those requirements. The results show strengths to build on, gaps to close, and risks to manage.

03

Build targeted action plans

Each gap gets a plan: develop the person, move the person, hire, or redesign the role. Plans carry owners and dates and sit inside the business plan.

04

Embed and measure

Hiring, onboarding, performance, and succession practices are updated, and progress is tracked through time to fill, time to productivity, bench coverage, and retention of critical people.

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Do you have the talent your strategy requires?

Speak with BD Emerson and Daniels Consulting Group about the roles your plans depend on, the people in them today, and the gaps to close.

Our Advantage

Why BD Emerson for talent management

Assessment designed by psychologists

Daniels Consulting Group's organizational psychologists design and interpret the assessments. Decisions about selection, promotion, and development rest on job-related evidence that stands up to scrutiny.

Tied to the strategy

Talent work starts from the strategy and the roles it creates. Every recommendation connects to a business requirement, which keeps the work away from generic competency models.

Ready for the change ahead

Technology programs, AI adoption, and acquisitions change what roles require. BD Emerson runs those programs, so talent plans reflect the work as it will be.

How We Work

How we run talent management engagements

The sequence runs with senior management and human resources from the first strategy review to updated people practices. Each stage produces a document the company keeps.
Reviews

What our customers say

Great consulting firms for scaling security, compliance, and appsec.

Outstanding partner in Technical and Cyber Due Diligence

Appsec maturity and application hardening.

BD Emerson helped us simplfiy our compliance management.

BD Emerson did such a phenomenal job. What started as privacy support quickly became a full partnership across compliance, engineering, and even business operations. They’re embedded with our team. They understand our product. They move fast. They’re simply invaluable.

Adam Ben Jacobs

CTO @ OneStep GPS

Great consulting firms for scaling security, compliance, and appsec.

Outstanding partner in Technical and Cyber Due Diligence

Appsec maturity and application hardening.

BD Emerson helped us simplfiy our compliance management.

BD Emerson did such a phenomenal job. What started as privacy support quickly became a full partnership across compliance, engineering, and even business operations. They’re embedded with our team. They understand our product. They move fast. They’re simply invaluable.

Adam Ben Jacobs

CTO @ OneStep GPS

We had a hard time finding the right company to partner with in support of our compliance journey. Some vendors sell the idea that they do the work, but then you end up doing everything. The ambiguity is what killed our last project. BD Emerson’s team has such great technical knowledge and understands the standard so well that they made us comfortable with moving fast. This has led to us closing major enterprise customers that were previously out of reach because of security and compliance.

Tom Watkins

CEO @ AMI AssetTrack

Lead an enterprise initiative to overhaul the organization's technology stack from ecommerce, corporate tech, and corporate security.

Supported ISO 42001 exercise and served as internal auditor.

Rubrik's privacy and compliance team began with the backbone of BD Emerson. BD Emerson supported building out the privacy program, GRC (ISO 27001, SOC 2, CMMC, FedRAMP), and the appsec function.

We needed a partner who could move quickly, without sacrificing precision. BD Emerson brought the expertise, structure, and speed we were looking for. Their team became an extension of ours, embedding themselves across the organization, guiding us step by step, and giving us confidence in areas we hadn’t tackled before. The internal audit they conducted was so detailed that even the external auditors called it out. Achieving ISO 27001 with zero nonconformities says everything you need to know about the quality of the partnership.

Walid Souilem

CTO @ FGI Worldwide

We had a hard time finding the right company to partner with in support of our compliance journey. Some vendors sell the idea that they do the work, but then you end up doing everything. The ambiguity is what killed our last project. BD Emerson’s team has such great technical knowledge and understands the standard so well that they made us comfortable with moving fast. This has led to us closing major enterprise customers that were previously out of reach because of security and compliance.

Tom Watkins

CEO @ AMI AssetTrack

Lead an enterprise initiative to overhaul the organization's technology stack from ecommerce, corporate tech, and corporate security.

Supported ISO 42001 exercise and served as internal auditor.

Rubrik's privacy and compliance team began with the backbone of BD Emerson. BD Emerson supported building out the privacy program, GRC (ISO 27001, SOC 2, CMMC, FedRAMP), and the appsec function.

We needed a partner who could move quickly, without sacrificing precision. BD Emerson brought the expertise, structure, and speed we were looking for. Their team became an extension of ours, embedding themselves across the organization, guiding us step by step, and giving us confidence in areas we hadn’t tackled before. The internal audit they conducted was so detailed that even the external auditors called it out. Achieving ISO 27001 with zero nonconformities says everything you need to know about the quality of the partnership.

Walid Souilem

CTO @ FGI Worldwide

BD Emerson didn’t just help us meet our compliance goals; they integrated security and privacy into the core of our operations. I highly recommend BD Emerson to anyone seeking SOC 2 or GDPR compliance, or simply looking to enhance their security team and boost customer trust in their product and services. Their dedication and expertise have been invaluable to our success.

Padraig Reilly

CEO, Boxcore

BD Emerson understood our business requirements and worked side-by-side with us. The policies and controls we developed together not only meet compliance standards but improve how we operate day to day.

Matt Meierdierks

IT Manager, Lincoln Industries

From day one, BD Emerson brought urgency, clarity, and a sharp understanding of what truly matters to our business — earning and keeping customer trust. They went beyond helping us meet compliance requirements; they helped build a foundation for secure, scalable growth. That kind of partnership is rare.

Jason Marker

CEO @ LifeLenz

BD Emerson didn’t just help us pass an audit—they helped us build a sustainable culture of security.

Alexey Indeev

CTO Spare

BD Emerson was essential in helping our company navigate the daunting process of leveling up our security infrastructure. BD Emerson’s impressive expertise and confidence throughout the process helped our team exceed HIPAA and SOC 2 Type 1 standards quickly, distilling what can be an overwhelming process into a streamlined, organized effort. From day one they began adding value and getting us on course. With their help we delivered on a massive security overhaul with both extreme efficiency and thorough attention to details. Because of BD Emerson’s support, we’ve increased our clients’ trust in Titan Intake and the life-changing work it accomplishes for those seeking specialist referrals.

Patrick Bruce

CEO, Titan Intake

BD Emerson didn’t just help us meet our compliance goals; they integrated security and privacy into the core of our operations. I highly recommend BD Emerson to anyone seeking SOC 2 or GDPR compliance, or simply looking to enhance their security team and boost customer trust in their product and services. Their dedication and expertise have been invaluable to our success.

Padraig Reilly

CEO, Boxcore

BD Emerson understood our business requirements and worked side-by-side with us. The policies and controls we developed together not only meet compliance standards but improve how we operate day to day.

Matt Meierdierks

IT Manager, Lincoln Industries

From day one, BD Emerson brought urgency, clarity, and a sharp understanding of what truly matters to our business — earning and keeping customer trust. They went beyond helping us meet compliance requirements; they helped build a foundation for secure, scalable growth. That kind of partnership is rare.

Jason Marker

CEO @ LifeLenz

BD Emerson didn’t just help us pass an audit—they helped us build a sustainable culture of security.

Alexey Indeev

CTO Spare

BD Emerson was essential in helping our company navigate the daunting process of leveling up our security infrastructure. BD Emerson’s impressive expertise and confidence throughout the process helped our team exceed HIPAA and SOC 2 Type 1 standards quickly, distilling what can be an overwhelming process into a streamlined, organized effort. From day one they began adding value and getting us on course. With their help we delivered on a massive security overhaul with both extreme efficiency and thorough attention to details. Because of BD Emerson’s support, we’ve increased our clients’ trust in Titan Intake and the life-changing work it accomplishes for those seeking specialist referrals.

Patrick Bruce

CEO, Titan Intake

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