Released on: July 9, 2008, 10:22 pm

Press Release Author: Times Business Solutions

Industry: Internet & Online

Press Release Summary: Talent Craft offers global benchmarking Training and
Assessment Solutions to India Inc. from World Leading Organizations

Press Release Body: Talent Craft, the recently launched business enhancement
assessment and training solutions division of Times Business Solutions Limited, a
Times Group company introduces the Miller Heiman Sales Performance Systems for the
first time in India

Speaking on the launch of Talent Craft, Mr. R. Sundar, CEO, Times Business Solutions
Limited said, "Times Business Solutions has already made a significant impact in
enabling corporate India to attain accelerated growth, offering the leading job
portal - TimesJobs.com and executive search solutions through Smart Hire. Talent
Craft is bringing in the next level of corporate empowerment, providing people
development solutions within organisations, right from their induction, through
performance & promotion systems, to succession planning for leadership. We feel
privileged and honoured to provide Miller Heiman's world-renowned training
programmes to India Inc."

For over 30 years, Miller Heiman has brought an unparalleled precision to the art of
selling with simple, yet powerful processes and tools that help drive performance,
especially when the sales cycle is complex and the marketplace is demanding.

Miller Heiman also prides itself with expert consultants across the globe who have
walked in the shoes of sales leaders and understand the need to deliver immediate
results and lasting value having been in that position themselves. They also
undertake the world\'s largest on-going study of sales performance best practices,
and have published several best-selling books, including, the award-winning Sales
Performance Journal every quarter.

Speaking about Miller Heiman's association with Times Business Solutions' Talent
Craft, Mr. Michael Light, Regional Director Asia-Pac, Miller Heiman remarked, "We
are extremely excited and thrilled to have found such a reputed organisation in
India to partner with. We are sure that Times Business Solutions' Talent Craft will
be able to leverage our expertise and disseminate our experience, of working
shoulder-to-shoulder with the world\'s leading companies and our comprehensive
research, which has kept us relevant over three decades of change, to Indian
Industry."

Miller Heiman's ability to transform organizations through their programs is
unsurpassed in the industry. They do this by developing enterprise-level sales force
strategies, implementing core sales processes to create new opportunities, win big
deals, and grow key accounts. They also are global leaders in training sales and
support people to maximize their effectiveness, selecting, developing and organizing
salespeople and sales managers.

Talent Craft in its initial operations has successfully delivered public and private
programs for corporate clients and had representations from organizations in
individual capacities for their programs delivered in alliance with Grid
International, Vital Smarts and Dale Carnegie. Talent Craft offers premium solutions
for building capability, capacity and performance of individuals and organizations
by bringing to them global content and solutions.

Talent Craft offers assessment solutions to help reduce the recruitment cycle and
collaborate with organizations to set up assessment centers to separate the best
from the rest. For these solutions, Talent Craft has also partnered with NIIT for IT
domain assessments and Skill Profiler Analytics for Aptitude and spoken English
assessments.

Talent Craft brings cutting-edge management solutions from world-renowned management
and HR development consultants, ranging from Miller Heiman's Sales Performance
Systems, Dale Carnegie's People Management programmes, Leadership series from Grid
International Inc., Personal Effectiveness and Negotiation Skills from Vital Smarts
USA, in association with Aspectum Consulting.

"Talent Craft is a quality source for inputs to develop and retain talent, which
will help organizations to build businesses with speed and quality. The HR community
can expect a partner who has come into existence to take care of their specific
needs, with products and services that are benchmarked as per international
parameters. Talent Craft is a long term value building effort, which will offer
customized & best-in-class learning solutions to people at all levels of
organizational hierarchy." says Yogesh Sood, President and CEO, of Aspectum
Consulting.

As business leaders focus on top-line growth, the value of learning is becoming
better understood and more relevant. Those leaders who understand how to drive
business results in an increasingly competitive, global environment recognize that a
better-trained workforce improves performance, and investing in employee learning
and development is critical to achieving success.

Seventy-five percent of executives said talent management is a critical issue in
global researches by ASTD (the world's largest association dedicated to workplace
learning and performance professionals), and Towers Perrin ATP Track Research. The
increased focus on talent management results from a maelstrom of challenges: the
demographic shift driving a dearth of talent; the globalized talent market; the need
for new, complex sets of capabilities to drive growth; and firms (particularly those
in emerging markets) struggling to attract and retain talent. Increasingly,
executives view talent management not as a "nice to have," but as a critical tool
used in the service of achieving business objectives. This has led learning to move
from plug and play to become more integrated with business strategy.

The corporate giants of the new economy are high on people dependence, and we are
accelerating towards a scenario where - "Money's at a discount and talent's at a
premium"

To maintain their leadership, corporates are actively seeking assessment &
development solutions to acquire and upgrade the skills of their HR Talent in order
to remain ahead and develop their people to take on higher responsibilities and
manage employee attrition, and this is just what Talent Craft provides.

Talent Craft, in its endeavor to 'Simplify Learning' and bring the 'Best in Class'
solutions in assessment and training, will also conduct regular seminars and
knowledge forums on global trends & practices, for the benefit of Indian
entrepreneurs and industry.

Web Site: http://www.talentcraft.in

Contact Details: Times Business Solutions Ltd.
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