Professional Development: Identifying The Best Talent Fit
Posted on Mon, Jul 12, 2010 @ 03:00 AM
Getting the right people on the bus. This is a phrase we often hear from executives concerned about leadership and management development. Making sure that you have the right people in your organization is critical to efficiency and growth.
But getting the right people on the bus doesn’t solve your problems if they aren’t in the right seats. The right person in the wrong place is just as unproductive as the wrong person in the right place.
Putting the right person properly placed requires a combination of knowledge and insight. Knowledge means getting to know your staff. Not just how well they do their jobs, but how well they communicate. How effectively they work as part of a team. How well they manage conflict.
Management Skills. Promoting an individual because of strong technical skills is a frequently used strategy. But management requires a completely different set of skills—people skills necessary to effectively move others to higher levels of performance.
Hidden Gems. So be on the lookout for the hidden gems. These are often the individuals who handle conflict effectively. Those who can inspire others to do more. Those who can reduce problems instead of creating them. And those who can get more work done through other people instead of doing it themselves.
These are the people who will be most effective as they move up the management ladder, because they are the ones who will be most likely to shine.
