talent - not so mysterious after all
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Talent Management is in danger of becoming a content-free notion unless we can bring scientific talent measurement to bear. Our take is that Talent can be measured, managed and even mapped.TRANSCRIPT
TalentIsn’t mysterious. It can be measured, managed and mapped.
TalentAnd you can neutralise it. (Oops)
TalentLoves what it does. And yes, you have to pay for it.
TalentBut be very afraid when it becomes all about the money.
TalentFollowing the money usually takes people away from their talent.
TalentIs as much about keeping people in their ‘zone’ as it is about retaining them.
Management
Talent(The formerly-great aren’t much use to you. No matter how much they cost.)
Management
TalentIs all about passion.
TalentSo how are you measuring* that?
*Remember Management 101? You cannot manage that which you do not measure…
TalentWe are still waiting for two people to score the same.
TalentMore importantly, those ten scales give us absolute clarity about engagement and motivation in a specific role.
Talent(…whether it is the CEO or the janitor*we are looking at…)*Not just being clever. Send the CEO and the janitor on a week’s holiday, then check whose absence impacts your brand soonest…Which is fine, because if you are the CEO, you should be working on a 25+ year horizon anyway. But the janitor counts.
TalentWhich is fantastic. Except for one thing.
TalentYou can neutralise talent. (Remember that?)
TalentAll it takes is a little stress.
Talent(Really. Stress. You believed all that stuff about stress* being good for you?)*Challenge is good for you. Stress poisons your system and your behaviour. But that is another story.
TalentSo we measure what will stress people too.
TalentWe use nearly 40 scales for that.
TalentAnd no, we haven’t seen any two people the same on these measures either.
TalentBut don’t worry - we can turn that into a simple narrative for each individual.
TalentAnd here’s the point. (Whew!)
=⨍( )-Talent
TalentIs a function of passion and motivation unhindered by the corrosive effects of stress arising from needs unmet and unmanaged.
TalentSimples. So if you aren’t measuring and managing all of that equation, in a reliable and efficient manner…
Talent…perhaps we should talk. !
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