Importance of the Talent Management for the Organization

 

What is Talent Management?




Talent management defines as the Methodically organized strategic process to right talent onboard and help them to grow with their capabilities and help the company to grow keeping organizational objectives in mind.

According to Armstrong (2014, p.264) he defines talent management as “the process of ensuring that the organization has the talented people it needs to attain its business goals”. In the Strategic Human Resource Management. Talent Management has a major feature, as it's ensure that organization has the most talent people to facilitate the company objectives as per the  (Armstrong, 2012, p.653).

According to McCauley and Wakefield (2006,p.4), “Talent management processes include workforce planning, talent gap analysis, recruiting, staffing, education and development, retention, talent reviews, succession planning, and evaluation”. Importance of this is it ensure that right process are in place to attract to  the best fit for the organization. Cook and Maccaulay (2009, p.37) states that talent management is the foundation for retaining an organization. PWC (2012-2015) state that, “HR leaders need to mobilise talent to help businesses grow”.

In order to transform the organization vision into reality, they are depending on the talented pool of people (McCauley and Wakefield, 2006, p.4).

For an example, apparel retailer want to transition his business model, from simply supplying cloths to delivering customers a truly service-based experience. To achieve this goal, company management understand that they need new associates and managers. Therefore, they use the applicant tracking tools for asses and tracking which help them to hire the best candidates with real time performance data which helps to supervisors to get a smarter decisions. 

(Talent Management Orientation Guide 2015, p. 30). Phillips (2014, p.17) describes ‘talent’ as a group of leaders, technical experts and key contributors in an organization that leads to the success of a growing competitive business.


Why we need this?


Talent Management take the time to develop their employees and keep them engaged tend to be innovative and profitable. Those who are unbale make a better development in the company, that are unable to source or retain talent generally, have low customer satisfaction and limited growth potential.




In the Strategic Talent Management, it involves the foreseeing of human capital and setting out a plan to meet it (Cappelli, 2008, in Beardwell and Claydon, 2010, p.163). As there are huge competition between the companies, it increase the requirement of human capital. This made it provide number of human resource to the organization to achieve the targets while acing the competition (Muntean, 2014, p.301). 

Talent Management align with the job analysis. It is targeting to attract the talent for the relevant job role. As per the The Centre for innovation in Public Service (2006, in Seldon, 2008, p.3) primary target of the Human Capital Management (HCM) is, creating  performance aligned workforce by embracing HCM systems, polices, procedures, and practices that are aligned with an organization's strategies and ensure that they are internally stable.

According to the The United States Patent and Trademark Office (2011-2015, p.12) highlight that “Talent management requires closing all competency gaps in mission-critical occupations and making meaningful progress in closing competency gaps in all agency occupations”.

As states by McCauley and Wakefield (2006, p.5), “HR executives and managers must work together to link the business strategy with the talent needed to execute it”.


Key Component on Talent Management

In order to build talent strategy that drives organization forward employers generally require below components,

  • Align talent goals with larger business objectives
  • Employee expectation fulfillment and deliver the promises that gave at the hiring stage to employee
  • Rely on data to make good decisions for better workforce.


What does Talent Management include

Engaging talents to optimize productivity and fuel growth is not a singular task. Below employer responsibilities need to be fulfill at the Talent Management.

Planning Workforce

By defining the set of skills. most talented strategies begin. That will be required to chive the objective of the business.

Recruitment

Acquiring talent consists of representing the employer brand effectively, it helps to determine the where the right candidate can be reached prescreening applicants and interviewing promising prospects.

Onboarding

Work place culture will introduce to the employee through a structured onboarding program. This help them to get connected with their teams and work comfortably.

Training and development

Employees are able to request learning opportunities and it is their responsibility for seek those opportunities. Many workers expect from their employers to provide the tools, guidance and guide which they need to their career.

Training and development

To build strength of employees', reviews and check-ins with team leaders will do a great help and it reduce the employee turn over rate. This will help employers to meet the key business objectives.

Compensation and benefits

It is important to have the fair compensation. when employers want to attract the retain talent, holistic view need to be taken of the perks and benefit they offer beyond the paycheck.

Succession planning

When preparing for the next step in the employee journey, whether it’s career advancement, retirement or resignation, can help people transition to new roles quickly and limit disruptions.

Benefit of Talent Management


Businesses become employers of choice and by making the brand a central component of their talent strategy, attract talent organically.

Minimize disruptions


As employees are leaving and these unexpected departures making the gaps in coverage. But with the talent pipeline, it is possible to fill up the open positions quickly without any impact to the operations.

Improve productivity

For develop skills of the employees', Continuous strengths-based coaching helps for them and this will help to reach their full potentials. This will cause to increase the efficiency.

Reduce costs

Retaining valued team members and keep them engaged is normally cost effective when comparing to training new hires.

Innovate

Talented teams can be developed a new method for problem solving and make the advancements in technology.


What is the talent management process?


This include finding the correct people for the relevant job roles and helping them to finding and discover their strengths. With this they can work and lead effectively. Employers who is handling this properly following below steps,

Recruit

Source candidates externally or internally by using a appropriate method.

Example:
employee referrals, social networks, job boards, etc.

Hire

Narrow the candidates and select the best fit for the organization by using analysis tools, prescreening questionnaires, test of skills and interviews.

Engage

Teams need to be keep focus and connected with engagement tools which help to identify the potential risks and top performers at the organization.

Perform

Employee performance monitoring and data collection for make more informed workforce decisions.

Recognize

compensation equitably management and pr0ovife rewards for the top performers.

Plan

By allowing employees to make advance their career through creating succession plans when openings become available.


The talent management model

Below are the pillars of  a successful talent strategy,






Talent management strategy


Need for an evolved talent strategy, has identified by the today's Organizations. It is not just align to business goals, but there are more valuable out comes.

  • Make workplace culture a top priority

When the work place culture is a happy and peaceful environment, employees feel like they belong to that organization. They contribute more and stay longer period at the same company.

  • Provide plenty of growth opportunities

When employees do not see the progress of their career, or right support they will leave the company. Therefore, organizations need to consider to provide the right support to pursue them.

  • Ensure that employees are using their strengths

Get better understanding what employees can do and their abilities and matching individuls to the rolls and which they can provide their best to make the work success.

  • Compensate workers fairly

Specific to their industry, it is difficult to employers to have accurate, real time benchmarks on compensation data and if they want to attract geographic region and retain in demand talent.

  • Hire diverse talent

Diversity can be improved problem solving by new approaches and it shows that an organization represents the it serves community.


Talent management planning and best practices

  • Make decisions based on data

Employers can deliver Strategic talent initiatives based on reliable, accurate and timely data.

  • Rely on technology

With the support of Talent Management system easily assess skills and qualifications, onboard new hires, employee strength management and reward top performers through recognition.

  • Outsource payroll and HR

For this it is able to get support from some HR outsourcing providers with recruitment and talent strategy. With outsourcing business leaders have more time to focus on improvement of the company.
 

Conclusion:

Talent management is essential thing that in order to build a stable workforce for any organization. It is development of the company and with the new job opportunities are opening, It is essential to  developing staff potential within the company for business profitability and sustainability


References:

'TALENT MANAGEMENT ORIENTATION GUIDE' (2015) Workforce, 94(3), pp.30-33, Business Source Complete, EBSCOhost, [Online]. (Accessed: 24 March 2015).

Phillips, D. (2014) ‘Anchoring Talent Management to Business Performance’, Journal of Property Management, 79(3), pp.16-20, Business Source Complete,EBSCOhost. [Online]. (Accessed: 3 April 2014).

Beardwell, J. & Claydon, T. (2010) ‘Human Resource Management: A Contemporary Approcach. 6th edn. Harlow: Pearson Education Ltd.   

Muntean, S. (2014) ‘Talent Management and Its Contributions to the Performance of the Multinational Organisations’ Revista Academiei Fortelor Terestre, 19(3), pp.300-306, Academic Search Complete, EBSCOhost. [Online]. (Accessed: 2 April 2015).

Ng, E. & Burke, R. (2005) ‘Person-organisation fit and the war for talent: does diversity management make a difference?’ International Journal of Resource Management, 16(7), pp.1195-1210, Business Source Complete, EBSCOhost. [Online]. (Accessed: 3 April 2015).

Cook, S. & Macaulay,S. (2009) ‘Talent management: key questions for learning and development’, Training Journal, pp. 37-41, Business Source Complete, EBSCOhost [Online]. (Accessed: 16 April 2015).   


Comments

  1. So true Succession planning helps employees transition to new roles quickly, minimizing disruptions. Talent management attracts organic talent, fills gaps quickly, improves productivity through strengths-based coaching, and reduces costs by retaining valued team members. Businesses become employers of choice, attracting talent organically, and minimizing disruptions. Continuous strengths-based coaching also enhances efficiency. This is good blog!!

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  2. An Interesting Article.
    Talent management means finding and growing the right people for a company. It involves steps like hiring, training, and planning for the future. By focusing on a positive work environment, fair pay, and using data, businesses can build a strong team for success.

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    1. Yes. With Talent Management we can grow the knowledge areas of employees and it will increase the productivity.

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  3. Informative article on talent management. by matching employee recruiting, development, and retention with the company's objectives, talent management ensures that the appropriate people are in the right jobs.

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  4. Nice facts, As per (ld, 2011) HR departments that are successful link talent processes like workforce planning, onboarding, career pathing, internal talent mobility, peer feedback, recognition, and mentorship that were traditionally isolated to individual subfunctions or business units. These companies develop an adaptable and comprehensive talent management plan grounded in a distinct ideology and tenets that bolster their corporate goals.

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    1. Yes, Companies should implement the proper training plans for increase the learning opportunities for employees to get the best from them.

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  5. Interesting facts. Talent management includes deliberate efforts to draw in, nurture, keep, and maximize the potential of staff members. Talent management guarantees a trained workforce capable of fostering innovation, accomplishing goals, and maintaining competitive advantage in dynamic business environments by coordinating individual capabilities and aspirations with organizational objectives.
    Below Article has more information that you can gain knowledge on retaining talent .

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    Hiltrop, J. M., 1999. The quest for the best: human resource practices to attract and retain talent. European Management Journal, 17(August 1999), pp. Pages 422-430

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  6. The goal of talent management is to identify and develop an organization's future workforce. It entails actions like recruiting, educating, and making future plans. Businesses can create a strong team for success by emphasising a healthy work atmosphere, paying fairly, and utilising data.

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    1. Yes, if there are no any growth in work life, employees will leave the company. Organizations are always should seek the opportunities for making the best for employees work life, education etc.

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