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TalentQuest Expands Geographic Footprint, Service Offering and Software Distribution Channel with New Strategic Alliance, Estrella Partners Group
ATLANTA, July 15, 2009 - TalentQuest, a human capital management and software solutions firm, today announced that it has entered into strategic alliance with Estrella Partners Group. This new partnership provides TalentQuest with an additional distribution channel for its software solutions, including selection assessments, competency management, goal setting, performance reviews, 360 surveys, compensation management, and organizational surveys, and will enable the firm to more efficiently address client needs throughout the Southwestern United States.
In an ongoing commitment to anticipate client needs and be prepared to effectively and efficiently deliver its broad spectrum of talent management products and services, TalentQuest has recently made a concerted effort to establish partnerships with like-minded, synergistic organizations, as in this case with Estrella Partners. This effort has resulted in more than a dozen partnerships with high-quality organizations throughout the U.S.
“Partnering with established and respected organizations like Estrella Partners allows us to remain flexible and able to address a broader population’s needs, both in terms of geography and in terms of service area,” said Kevin Sessions, president of TalentQuest.
While many experts have predicted that the U.S. economy would show signs of recovery this summer, it is unclear as to when the positive effects of these changes – if they do, in fact, occur – will be felt. Many believe that even when the economy does rebound, consumer spending will have changed permanently and that many organizations will continue to be faced with an abundance of operational issues. With these operational and process changes, talent attraction, talent management and talent retention will become increasingly critical to long-term success.
TalentQuest will extend to Estrella Partners and its clients its comprehensive talent management software solutions, ranging from competency management modules and selection assessments, to performance management and compensation planning. In turn, Estrella Partners’ consultants will offer TalentQuest’s clients guidance around sustainability including organizational audits and environmental assessments; risk management consulting services including operational risk, business continuity, incident response planning and crisis management; and program management services including strategic planning, cost reduction and interim CIO services. Both firms have decades of combined experience that cover organizations of every type and size and a wide variety of industries.
“TalentQuest’s software solutions are exactly what we have been seeking to solidify and streamline our clients’ talent management processes,” stated Al Uretsky, Managing Partner of Estrella Partners Group. “TalentQuest’s solutions will add a new level of client value and performance evaluation in an area that we believe is key to long-term organizational success. As more and more organizations want to ensure they have the ‘people processes’ in place to emphasize performance and engagement with their most valuable asset, their employees, TalentQuest will be a strong, value-added partner.”
“Estrella Partners’ specialization will enable us to serve our clients in new and important ways. The firm embodies the same organizational values and commitment to peak performance that TalentQuest has strived to embody for more than 35 years,” Sessions added. “From their commitment to excellence to their philosophy of partnering with clients to develop tailored talent management solutions, they are an ideal TalentQuest partner.”
About TalentQuest
TalentQuest has been strengthening organizational performance and advancing leadership for more than 35 years by blending the art of consulting with the science of technology. The company’s consultants and organizational psychologists deliver fully-integrated human capital management consulting and talent management solutions that span the entire employee lifecycle—from talent selection to leadership succession—enabling organizations to maximize the value of their investment in people. The company provides strategy alignment, assessment and selection, management and talent development at every level to enable clients to increase profitability and competitive positioning, and achieve peak performance.
About Estrella Partners
Estrella Partners Group LLC is a consortium of proven, senior-level executives who possess the ability to understand their clients’ complex business problems, develop creative solutions to these problems, and effectively help them implement these solutions. Each member of the Estrella team contributes a unique combination of skills and style to Estrella Partners. Each was selected not only because of his or her abilities and openness to collaboration, but above all, because of their inherent commitment to client service and dedication to client success. For more information, please visit www.estrellapartners.com.
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