Background: The 21st century marks a novelperiod in the employment landscape
where the importance of the explicit value of talent as a competitive weapon rises. HR
executives are frequently held liable for the successful execution of talent management
programs, while it is the line managers who reallyapply this method on a day to day basis.
Aim: this study aimed to measure the effect of application of talent management training
program on nurse managers' leadership effectivenessDesign: aquasi-experimental research
design was used. Setting: this study was conducted at Ain Shams University Hospitals. It
included the five main hospitals namely, Ain Shams University Hospital, El demerdash
Hospital, Obstetric and Gynecological Hospital, Pediatrics Hospital, and Academic Heart
Institute. Subjects: sample size was 80 nurse managers included in this study. Tools of data
collection: three data collection tools were used namely; knowledge questionnaire sheet,
talent management questionnaire and leadership effectiveness scaleResults:one quarter of
nurse managers had satisfactory knowledge in the pre-intervention phase while improved in
the post intervention phase and slightly decline in the follow up phase. No one of the nurse
managers had high level of talent management practice in the pre-intervention phase while
improved in the post intervention phase and slightly decline in the follow up phase.Total
leadership effectiveness level was improved markedly throughout program
phases.Conclusion: the application of the training program had great effect on enhancing
nurse managers' knowledge and practice regarding talent management, total leadership < /div>
effectiveness level was improved markedly throughout program phases.Recommendations:
Encourage the completeinfluence of nurses and the other workforces in organization to
donate their varied talent on the collective journey to talent-advantage.