All organizations have people problems. Indeed, talent management issues are a major source of organizational under performance. A recent Deloitte Report, based on data from over 2,500 business and HR leaders from 90+ countries, shows that employers around the world are poorly prepared to tackle key human capital challenges, such as ‘leadership, retention and engagement, the re skilling of HR, and talent acquisition.
These five specific bad talent habits threaten the effectiveness of modern organizations over and over again. Source: HBR
- Being unaware of actual company culture
- Confusing employee engagement with contentment
- Ignoring the toxic effects of disruptive office politics
- Misunderstanding leadership
- Relying on intuition instead of data
To the extent that organizations are able to accurately evaluate their culture, staff, office politics, leadership potential, they will be more likely to outperform. The best way to achieve that is by following a Talent Mastery Strategy, not by trusting their leaders’ intuition.
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