Are You Managing Talent Effectively?
In an increasingly competitive business environment, everyone is
interested in talent because talent equals commercial advantage. A
business that has people with the capacity to learn faster than the
pace of change; to understand problems they have not encountered
before; spot novel opportunities; and develop new skills ahead of
the field, has a critical competitive edge.
In a recent research study we found that the average company
uses only about 30% of the talent in its workforce. The rest goes
unrecognised or ignored.
But discovering people’s existing competencies, or knowing how
they perform in their existing role, is only the starting
point. Understanding what they can become - their potential
to learn - and making sure that they do so is the real key to
success. This alone creates the organisation’s ability to meet the
challenges of the future.
Potentia measures individual and collective talent clearly and
coherently. It shows the scope of people’s potential and identifies
who will respond most readily to training and development. It also
indicates how an organisation’s learning capacity and future demand
for learning can be matched by aligning corporate and individual
values and by creating the correct career pathways.
It is important to offer development opportunities to all
employees – not just graduates – and to understand the potential of
administrative, operational and supervisory staff. People have
talents that they have never explored fully; people are in jobs
that they have outgrown, or which do not play to their strengths;
managers lack a consistent means for assessing talent. All these
things lead to a pool of learning ability that passes unnoticed or
untapped.
By identifying people who have potential to move ‘across the
boundary’ and succeed in more complex managerial roles, we have
helped many companies to discover an unexpected source of
significant talent. The following are examples of this:
- How can we cut numbers without throwing out the baby with the
bathwater?
- How do we make equal opportunity an organisational
opportunity?
- We have too many training courses for too little effect...
- What kind of people make good Six Sigma Black Belts?
If you would like any further information regarding Potentia
Prelude, please contact us on +44 (0)20 7865 2180 or email potentia@gtuk.com.