Talent management is a conversation. Here are three questions you might have and books to read that will help you explore and find answers. The backdrop of the whole talent management conversation is self awareness and community. Here are two tools that will help create the awareness you need as an individual and sharing it with others will create the community you will need to support your own journey.
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Development Tips: Communication that Creates Momentum
Communication is a critical skill at all levels of leadership/followership. The book Great on the Job offers some solid advice to help people manage themselves into a good spot as they start a new job. Here are four ideas of how a leader could use this content to help their whole team develop in some of these key areas using this book. Talent management is about great conversations, and Great on the Job provides some tools to help that happen in a variety of situations.
Listening – Add This 360 Habit
360 feedback tools help leaders listen, but they are events, not habits. Here is one way to listen well and create a great talent management conversation without having a special 360 assessment. Habits like these make you a more effective leader by giving you real-time feedback.
Process vs Solution – What does my focus say?
Talent management is about focusing on a process that brings people together to have a great conversation. It could be about performance, career, development, a new job, or a multitude of other topics. The input all connects, and the tools are time and commitment. Here is a quote and some thoughts that sum it all up when it comes to talent management, trust, and business outcomes.
3 Simple Habits To Help Strengthen Teams
Are there things about you that people do not know? We all know the answer to that question – but is anything on that list that they need to know? Maybe you love to problem solve. Maybe you led a team of 20 people at one point in your career. Maybe there is some part of the business you want to learn more about. Maybe you get 150 emails a day and prefer phone calls. Talent management is about great conversations. Here are some tips that leaders/teams can use to share that information.
Friday Fun – The cumulative effect of Happy moments . . .
Happiness research tells us it is not the big things, but the cumulative effect of little moments that matters. If we impact each other in positive ways, then lots of good things happen in our teams and our business. Fridays are not the only day to smile, but a good day to try some purposeful things to impact the lives of others. This is talent management, and it is fun.
Tracking Our Happiness – My experience + an exercise for leaders
Talent management is not about training, it is about awareness, individual ownership, and an ongoing partnership between leaders and followers to get better. I joined an HBR study on happiness and here is some reflections on what I have learned.
Onboarding Equation . . and 4 Ways to Influence it
Talent management is a lot of things, but great conversations during transition is a big part of it. Chip Conley shares an equation in his book Emotional Equations that captures the essence of Selection AND Onboarding the right way. Whether it is an internal leadership transition or a new hire, use this formula to manage your talent to a successful start.
Time – How to have this discussion
Leadership and talent management is about helping organizations and people succeed. Time is almost always a barrier, and here is a classic tool from Stephen Covey that can help sort through things.
trU Tips 17+ – Three comments that drove me to write it
Talent management and leadership is about lots of things, but at the core it is about an understanding of ourselves, a willingness to share our perspective(and listen to the perspective of others), and a commitment to the time it will take to get a solution. The habits are core to the talent calendar.
Universal truths: Relationships and Leadership
Parenting, friendship, and leadership. Developing as a person or helping develop the talent in your organization has similar truths that go between them. Here are a few connections I have found that transcend work and home life.
They asked: Hi Po selection, Hiring the right people, Succession Planning
Talent management related question from a group of SHRM leaders / Human resource professionals. Focused on hi-pot development, succession planning, and selecting the right people. Some great talent management questions and, from my experience doing keynote, probably the three topics most asked about. This is post 2 of 2.