What is the objective behind having the particular Leadership Development and Talent Management cluster in the overall initiative? What is the criticality of the cluster to the success of this initiative? In the journey towards becoming a large multinational organization (Defn: >1Bn$, multiple countries) competitive advantage and challenges can span over one or more levers for internationalization. In each such area it would help companies which are making their Bn$ to learn from “what went well” and “what went wrong” from those who have already undertaken the journey. Moreover companies may face challenges in one given area or other. Hence, logical clusters that are relevant to a growth and internationalization context were created to facilitate knowledge sharing via a set of services ranging from high- involvement to low- involvement services. Organizations seeking to go international and aiming for > 1Bn $ turnover would benefit from experiential knowledge of the other organizations. Since the clusters form distinct levers the organizational knowledge sharing would address issues related to the clusters.   What is the broad approach (framework, process) of the cluster? The framework for the LD&TM cluster is based on the employee life cycle, spanning different stages - attract, retain, develop, deploy and reward. In each of these stages organizations are faced with several choices, which the framework addresses in order to capture distinctive practices.   What would the cluster do to achieve its objectives? There are several services that the cluster seeks to provide to members. The services range from low-involvement services such as “web portal”, “presentations”, “webinars” and "seminars" to high-involvement areas such as “consulting”, “secondment” and “audits”.   What will be the performance indices for the cluster? Primarily we would focus on the frequency of cluster events and involvement in order to measure the effectiveness of the cluster. Going forward, once services are operational we plan to have some diagnostic tools developed that can give pre-post service indicators.   What are some of the innovations that the cluster will bring to the initiative? New benchmark for sharing of tacit knowledge and openness by way of Secondment service that companies would offer to other companies.   What is the road map for the cluster in the next 6 months to one-year time frame in terms of activities (workshops, training programme, site visits etc)? This is being consolidated across companies in the cluster. For specifics, however the broad road map is a) Regular once-a-month cluster meeting of all companies b) Quarterly seminars / Webinars on chosen topics of relevance to international growth c) Portal updates and Interactions d) Facilitated discussions / case studies / consulting services.