Article Series
- The Change Leader
- Turbulence: Threat or Opportunity
- Organize for Constant Change
- Hierarchy Versus Responsibility
- The Responsible Worker
- People Decisions
- Attracting and Holding People
- The Succession Decision
- The Crucial Promotions
- Management as a Human Endeavor
- Performance Appraisals
- How to Develop People
- Shrinking of the Younger Population
- Converting Strategic Plans to Action
- Work
It is highly desirable to have specific objectives for manager supply, development and performance, but also specific objectives for major groups within the non-managerial workforce. There is need for objectives for employee attitudes as well as for employee skills. 1
Do we see managing our talent and engaging our workforce as separate functions? If so, why do we do this even when all studies show that engaged workforces are more productive. If performance management is a key driver of performance and engagement is also a key indicator, does it not make sense that talent management includes engagement?
Engaged employees will also be easier to apply talent management to. These employees tend to track themselves on the right paths and continuously achieve more and grow faster – because they want to. Rather than being managed, they will manage talent on their own.
- Drucker, Peter F. “The Daily Drucker.” HarperCollins, 2004. Page 118 [back]
[...] Systematic HR: Attracting and Holding People “Do we see managing our talent and engaging our workforce as separate functions? If so, why do we do this even when all studies show that engaged workforces are more productive. If performance management is a key driver of performance and engagement is also a key indicator, does it not make sense that talent management includes engagement?” [...]
[...] Different people blame high rates of turnover on different factors, but most agree that talented employees are more likely to stay onboard if their talents are being used: ”If performance management is a key driver of performance and engagement is also a key indicator, does it not make sense that talent management includes engagement? ”Engaged employees will also be easier to apply talent management to. These employees tend to track themselves on the right paths and continuously achieve more and grow faster – because they want to.” (From Systematic HR) [...]