The purpose of this paper is to identify processes and practices of talent management and their implementation in Slovak context. Based on the theoretical knowledge base and current research questionnaire survey was conducted to obtain primary data. The survey examines the array of talent management processes and practices in Slovak organizations. The paper presents partial results of the survey concerning the embeddedness and implementation of talent management, more precisely, declaration of talent management strategy and synchronization of talent management strategy with the overall company strategy. When analysing the data gathered there were used descriptive and inferential statistical methods, specific correlation analysis, ANOVA and Student's t-test.