A Leadership Short — A Talent Mindset
Unleashing Talent Management #2
Self-inflicted wounds
Each year companies devise more creative hiring practices and work harder to keep their best talent.
And each year, they struggle to hire and retain talented professionals.
They are quick to blame the talent shortage while ignoring their role in the ongoing workforce gap problem.
Winning the war for talent requires a talent management strategy that focuses on attracting talent that aligns with your organization’s needs, culture, and values and then cultivating that into high-performance.
A talent mindset values talent
Building and sustaining high-performing teams is directly related to how much ownership leaders take for talent management.
Valuing talent gets you valuable talent.
You won’t attract top talent if you don’t create an environment that values and requires top talent. Valuing talent is evidenced by a talent mindset and a robust talent management program.
Unfortunately, many hiring managers rely on the same old hiring practices.
Unleash your talent acquisition
But an excellent strategy for finding and retaining talent is through increased diversity. This means broadening your talent search to include non-traditional talent pools and offering these candidates opportunities to learn new skills and grow throughout their time in your organization.
Very talented candidates with immense potential might not have the specific experience or skills to take on certain roles. But someone with ambition and the right “soft” skills has potential and shouldn’t be ignored.
