Grace Njoki Kenya,
The ability to identify and nurture talent and to find the best employee is very fundamental for every organization.
Talent is an inner quality that emerges effortlessly. That is why finding the best role for each employee is very important.
Employers should understand that different employees are good at different things at time. Therefore, they should be smart when selecting candidates to fit in different roles within their organization.
Employers should also have qualitative information. This include current and future skills requirement of all employees. This will help them plan effectively for what to expect in the future and their immediate needs.
Talent management is a constant process that involves attracting and retaining high quality employees, developing their skills and continuously motivating them to improve their performance.
Talent management is very important because it makes the employees feel engaged, skilled and motivated, allowing them to work in the direction of the company’s business goal that leads to high business performance and client satisfaction.
No matter how skilled your employees are, you need to help them grow and achieve their goals as well as the company’s.
Firms do not need to hire talent from outside when they can use the ones nurtured inside. This will motivated employees internally and will enhance organizations culture and work trends.
Hiring from outside is not a bad idea. It has various advantages and disadvantages. However, adaptation and success rate of externally sourced employees will pick differently .This may lead to slow integration of the existing and the incoming work force especially on issues of culture, perception and modes of operation.
Clear work processes and procedures of talent management provide a road map on how to nurture and grow new talents for a successful business.
These new talent can be identified internally. The following virtues will help you identify whether there are talents amongst your workforce that are worth to be developed;
- Positive Energy and right Attitude at work
- Positive in Teamwork
- Excellent Customer relations and Care
- Effective communication Spirit
- Inventiveness and Creativity
- Entrepreneurial spirit
- Commitment to organization culture.
Remember that ‘Great Managers are also great Talent Agents.’
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