There is a very real war for talent that has been going on for well over a decade, and is still happening today.\u00a0 I have written some articles about it previously.\u00a0 But the war for talent isn\u2019t really happening because of the limited number of people with skills that are available to an employer.\u00a0 To be sure, in some industries and some job classes there are a limited number of people with the skills available right now to be able to do those given jobs.\u00a0 But there are countless of people that are out there who have the potential to acquire those skills.\u00a0 The \u201ctalent\u201d isn\u2019t in the skills, but rather the entire \u201cpackage\u201d of the person.\u00a0 It is their mindset and attitude about work.\u00a0 It is their willingness and ability to learn.\u00a0 It is their desire to achieve something larger than themselves and be a part of something worthwhile.<\/p>\n
What makes this a war for talent isn\u2019t the fact that there are so few people out there with talent, but rather that there are so few organizations out there that can unleash these peoples\u2019 potential.\u00a0 Organizations have archaic systems that create high levels of unengagement and disengagement.\u00a0 These systems take good people and break them down so that they are no longer willing to learn, take initiative, or go that extra mile when needed.\u00a0 Even if the best are hired, it isn\u2019t long before they are like the rest of the organization; unmotivated and disenchanted.<\/p>\n
To win the war for talent, it isn\u2019t enough for an organization to go out and hire the best.\u00a0 It first has to create a culture that will allow the best and everyone else to actually be their best.\u00a0 Create a culture like that, and you might just find that you already have a whole lot of the best already working for you.\u00a0 It is amazing how much energy is unleashed when an organization allows its employees to retain their Personal Power.\u00a0 If the organization has done a good job of amplifying that energy through the Strengths of the employees and the organization; and then focused that energy on the core of the organization, its Purpose, Values, and Goals; then that organization can easily increase performance significantly.<\/p>\n
But it all begins with Trust.\u00a0 If Trust does not exist in the organization then nothing else will work.\u00a0 Employees won\u2019t care about the Vision of the organization, and managers will not care about helping employees to leverage their strengths.\u00a0 As a result, Personal Responsibility will be shirked.\u00a0 Managers won\u2019t trust employees to do the right thing, and employees won\u2019t trust managers to not punish them when things go wrong.\u00a0 After all, when things go wrong it is more likely a system\u2019s issue rather than a conscious decision by an employee to do something wrong.<\/p>\n
Yes, the war for talent continues to rage, but it is a war that is being won or lost not by the acquisition of the best employees at any cost.\u00a0 Rather, it is a war that is being won based on the principles and values of the organization, and whether it places value and trust with its employees.\u00a0\u00a0 Start Building Trust in your organization.\u00a0 Live it on a daily basis with your managers, employees, and customers.\u00a0 If you do this it won\u2019t be long before you find your organization very quickly moving down the Path to Performance\u2122, as everyone will begin clamoring for clarity of the organization\u2019s Vision and people will soon want to use their Strengths to become masters of what they do.\u00a0 At that point Personal Responsibility can\u2019t help but to take hold and flourish in the organization.\u00a0 It has to if managers Trust employees and employees Trust managers.<\/p>\n
So stop focusing on the external issues in this War for Talent and focus on what you can do internally to insure that your organization will win.\u00a0 Make your organization the best that it can be at building the positive relationships with employees, customers, and others that are necessary to move your organization from mediocrity to becoming the best.\u00a0 If you do this, then you will attract those that possess the potential to learn and grow and make your organization exceptional.<\/p>\n
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There is a very real war for talent that has been going on for well over a decade, and is still happening today.\u00a0 I have written some articles about it previously.\u00a0 But the war for talent isn\u2019t really happening because … Continue reading