Steve Van Remortel:
Founder/CEO MyTalentPlanner, Inc. & Stop The Vanilla, LLC
Founder/CEO MyTalentPlanner, Inc. & Stop The Vanilla, LLC
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Recent Vistage Program
“Steve, thank you for delivering such an insightful and impactful presentation to our group. Your message hit home for many of us—especially the reminder that talent planning is not just a function of HR but a strategic leadership imperative.
Your clear framework gave us practical tools we can apply immediately, and the way you integrated the DISC assessment brought a fresh perspective to how we evaluate and align candidates to roles. Many of our members commented on how helpful it was to see DISC not only as a personal development tool but also as a strategic hiring lens.
We truly appreciated your energy, depth of knowledge, and willingness to engage with our members’ specific questions. You left us with actionable strategies and a renewed focus on building intentional, high-performing teams.”
Clarence Williams
Vistage Chair
Vistage Speaking Programs
Talent Planning: Mastering the People-Side of the Business to Fuel Growth
You know it. You’ve felt it. Another bad hire or a key person walks out the door, and suddenly the quarterly plan, the new product launch, our revenue goals – all of it is at risk. No strategy saves you when the seats are empty or the wrong people are in them.
80% of turnover is due to a bad hire and turnover in many industries (like manufacturing) is 30 to 40%. This costs companies hundreds of thousands of dollars per year. And when you combine this with the approaching generational cliff, Gen Alpha is roughly half the size of every generation before them, the talent pool is about to shrink by 30 million. And there are already 6.5 million open jobs in America right now. The competition for great people has never been fiercer, and it’s only going to get harder.
Here’s the uncomfortable truth: most leaders have a financial plan, a marketing plan, a strategic plan – even a plan for their 401(k). But they don’t have a Talent Plan.
That gap is costing you.
This workshop changes that. Built specifically for Small to Medium-Sized Businesses and manufacturing leaders, this highly interactive Talent Planning Workshop gives you a clear, practical, behavioral-science-based approach to finding, keeping, and growing the people your business needs to thrive, not just today, but three years from now.
You’ll learn how to:
- Build a multi-year Talent Plan aligned to your business strategy
- Hire right the first time, and stop paying for expensive mis-hires
- Retain your high performers before a competitor poaches them
- Create role clarity and accountability that drives productivity
- Identify and develop the next generation of leaders inside your own organization
- Build the kind of culture and reputation that makes recruiting easier
We don’t fish for you. We teach you to fish – so you can do this yourself, in your own organization, long after the workshop ends.
What you’ll walk away with:
- A practical 3-year Talent Plan for your leadership team
- A working knowledge of how behavioral science helps you develop, update and execute your talent plan.
- The tools and confidence to master the people side of your business, not just react to it
The leaders who plan for talent don’t just survive the coming shortage. They own it.
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Steve Van Remortel Biography:
Steve Van Remortel, a certified Vistage speaker, is an award-winning author, speaker, advisor, entrepreneur, SaaS founder, investor, and thought leader in Strategy and Talent Planning. As the founder of Stop the Vanilla, LLC in 1999, Steve trains small to medium sized businesses (SMBs) on how-to build a great place to work by increasing communication, retention, succession and productivity through talent planning period.
Prior to founding Stop the Vanilla, LLC, Steve led a manufacturing company from $4.5 million to $30 million in five years, gaining invaluable experience in resolving people-related issues—the number one factor limiting business growth. This journey inspired him to develop Talent Planning and launch MyTalentPlanner Inc., a software solution that helps SMBs to attract, hire, develop, and retain talent aligned with their vision.
As a Vistage speaker, Steve trains leaders on how to nurture a thriving and engaging culture by investing in developing the total person. Steve holds a Master’s in Strategic Management and a BA in Marketing and Organizational Communications. As a Certified Professional Behavioral Analyst (CPBA) in four behavioral sciences, he brings unique expertise in strategy and talent development, speaking at Vistage workshops and events across the nation.
About Stop The Vanilla
In your business, you have plans for everything: marketing, sales, finances—even personal plans for vacations and retirement. But why is there no Talent Plan to address the most significant obstacles to growth, like employee turnover, bad hires, ineffective performance reviews, low productivity and a lack of succession planning?
Stop The Vanilla and MyTalentPlanner Growth Accelerator System train leaders on how to create a proactive three-year talent plan for your leadership team, department teams, and every individual team member to fuel growth.
Through the Growth Accelerator System (GAS) you create practical retention strategies to keep your high performers engaged, development plans that grow the total person, consistent performance feedback, skill gap analysis to improve the team and goals and “ActOn” plans to work “On” the business and get more done. You identify upcoming promotions and hires, and design succession plans to build future leaders. With a clear, prioritized roadmap, your team/organization will move seamlessly from where it is today to the team it needs to be to achieve your goals and dreams.
Through software, consulting, speeches, workshops, training and podcasts, we help leaders master the skill of talent planning to win the battle for talent and grow their people and organization. If you’re ready to get more done and dominate your industry, let’s make a talent plan together.
Because whoever wins at talent, wins their industry.
Testimonials
Steve spoke to both our groups and his topic and discussion around Talent Planning was embraced by the groups on every level. He had the ability to engage with the group and kept them focused on the topic of hiring, retaining, succession planning and providing meaningful tools to implement systems to do the same. He was a great presenter with some impactful insights and reminders around how to build high-performance leaders and teams. I strongly recommend adding Steve to your speaker list.
Tom Klein , Vistage Chair San FranciscoSteve Van Remortel did a great job helping my Vistage CEO group and I learn how to talent plan which involves forecasting future talent needs, analyzing workplace data, and implementing strategies to fill talent gaps. It ensures the right people are in the right roles at the right time, aligning with business goals for long-term success. Well done, Steve! Thank you, kindly.
Nancy Capistran , Vistage Chair BostonFor more information on hiring Steve Van Remortel as a Vistage speaker, complete the request form or call us at 920.676.0318.