Talent Management: Practices Which Will Make Or Break Your Organisation's Talent Pool
Organisations worldwide invest a lot of resources, time and money in Talent Management to retain High Potentials (HIPOTs). These would highly capable, intelligent, and quick learning resources that we are dealing with. Would a hike in salary package, grade, or designation place them motivated for long? Visualize a goldfish in a tank full of fighter fish. A formula1 car on a heavy traffic road. Shoe polish adjacent to fruit racks in a retail outlet. How repulsive are these images? That's simply how hipots will feel should they have to work in an environment that doesn't suit their culture, aspirations, and capabilities. They are going to feel suffocated and what follows next is the hipot going in search of fresh air. CAPABILITY MISMATCH: Think about it as a situation where your hipot has to report to a supervisor who is low on general intelligence. The manager would most probably take more time concluding a brainstorming session. The hipot may see this extr...