Printer Friendly
The Free Library
14,529,525 articles and books
Member login
User name  
Password 
 
Join us Forgot password?

United States: Assessments of Global Talent Management Best Practices Reveals Concerns over Leadership, Performance Management, and Staff Retention.


Byline: Mamta03

A new research bulletin based on assessments of more than 550 major organizations in 20 countries reveals substantial issues in talent management strategies compared to current best practices. Leadership succession planning Management Succession Planning
In organizational development, succession planning is the process of identifying and preparing suitable employees through mentoring, training and job rotation, to replace key players — such as the chief executive officer (CEO) —
, performance management, and the ability to adapt and retain staff skills in improving business conditions headed the list of executive concerns. In addition, the research found that more than 60 per cent of respondents In the context of marketing research, a representative sample drawn from a larger population of people from whom information is collected and used to develop or confirm marketing strategy.  believe their organizations talent strategies are not yet aligned with business priorities.

The bulletin Should your Talent Management Strategy Be Regionalized? uncovers extensive evidence of serious gaps in companies HR and talent management capabilities. The bulletin is based on assessments conducted through a unique, multilingual mul·ti·lin·gual  
adj.
1. Of, including, or expressed in several languages: a multilingual dictionary.

2.
 online assessment tool www.talentstrategyassessment.com/ - hosted by StepStone (LSE LSE - Language Sensitive Editor :STPS STPS Sea Turtle Preservation Society
STPS Subject to Prior Sale
STPS Summary Task Planning Sheet
STPS Shuttle Tracking Processor System (NASA)
STPS Superintendent Technical Planning & Services
) (OSE OSE - Open Systems Environment :STP STP or standard temperature and pressure, standard conditions for measurement of the properties of matter. The standard temperature is the freezing point of pure water, 0°C; or 273.15°K;. ). 61% of assessment respondents said that gaps in their leadership pipeline were their most important talent management challenge; this was a key concern for respondents in the US, the UK, China, France, and Singapore. 53% said that developing a performance-driven business culture was a priority, while 50% identified the development of staff skills for a changing business environment as a priority.

The www.talentstrategyassessment.com site continues to be available in English, French, German and Chinese. Companies that complete the assessment will receive a detailed report that compares their talent stategy to current global best practice data in Bersin & Associates benchmarking database.

The report also reveals that many companies may not be doing enough to retain their staff in a forthcoming economic turnaround: only 12% of assessed organizations have a high-impact talent planning system See spreadsheet and financial planning system.  in place, only 11% have best-practice internal recruitment capabilities, and only 11% have good compensation planning systems. Meanwhile, only half of the companies assessed are encouraging their current employees to develop new skills to meet changing business conditions.

It s encouraging that talent management is being pushed higher up the executive agenda in global businesses., said StepStone CEO (1) (Chief Executive Officer) The highest individual in command of an organization. Typically the president of the company, the CEO reports to the Chairman of the Board. , Colin Tenwick. But equally it s clear that there is a lot more to do, especially at a time when we are seeing the first evidence of economic recovery. Talented staff want to work for organizations that offer them well-defined career paths and opportunities based on their capabilities and performance. As the job market eases, companies that want to find, retain and develop their global talent pools need to pay close attention to talent strategies that work for both sides giving people great careers and also enabling great performance.

The assessment results also highlighted that a regionalized approach to talent management was critical to achieving the strongest business impact, as it allows the HR professional to take into account the cultural and economic factors facing the r

Copyright : Euclid Infotech Pvt. Ltd.

Provided by Syndigate.info an Albawaba.com company
COPYRIGHT 2009 Al Bawaba (Middle East) Ltd.
No portion of this article can be reproduced without the express written permission from the copyright holder.
Copyright 2009 Gale, Cengage Learning. All rights reserved.

 Reader Opinion

Title:

Comment:



 

Article Details
Printer friendly Cite/link Email Feedback
Publication:TendersInfo
Date:Nov 6, 2009
Words:457
Previous Article:United States : QNAP Announces Collaboration with Hikvision to Provide High-End NVR SolutionsQNAP VioStor series offers support for Hikvision cameras.
Next Article:United States: Clemson engineering program receives state-of-the-art machining software.
Topics:



Related Articles
Water, Water Everywhere, but Not a Drop to Drink.(Brief Article)
Keeping the good apples: companies must understand what special motivators can drive high-performance employees to stay with the company.(Leading...
Technology talent management: savvy business leaders must develop strategies to keep IT talent.
Human resource management strategies for the retention of nurses in acute care settings in hospitals in Australia.
Leadership and the workforce in Singapore: evaluations by the Singapore Human Resources Institute.(Report)(Survey)
Managing your talent will ease the looming rush to retirement: find the best new employees you can, then give them opportunities to grow--and reasons...
Attracting top talent in a "buyer's" market: to attract and keep top-shelf employees, medtech companies must cultivate human capital, execute a...
Companies with strong leadership capital will outperform in global financial crisis.
Driving sustainable growth through talent at beneficial financial group.
Oklahoma DOC grooms future leaders.(Work Force Update)(progressive employee curriculum by Oklahoma Department of Corrections Correctional Leadership...

Terms of use | Copyright © 2009 Farlex, Inc. | Feedback | For webmasters | Submit articles