Can you answer, in an instant, the following questions about your organisation: Who are our High Potential individuals? Who have we missed? Which of our High Potential individuals have an increasing risk of leaving us? Which of our Succession Plans are at greatest risk of failing to deliver? Which high performers must the organisation focus …
As an HR Business Partner, you need to know where the pipeline of future talent is going to come from within your area of the company. Do you have sufficient internal talent to drive the future growth of the business, as set out in your strategy? What are the gaps between the resources you have …
Once people start to use a 360 questionnaire and realise the value of gaining the insight into how others see them, it’s sometimes easy for them to make the (incorrect) leap in thought process that the more 360s they do, the quicker they’ll develop and acquire the skills and behaviours they’re looking for. So how …
Talent Management has broadly existed in various forms for many years with organisations using such processes as succession planning and competency frameworks to identify and develop their high potential performers. The term itself was coined in the late 1990s, gaining particular momentum as firms tuned into the fact that having a consistent and focused approach …
Increasingly we are hearing from organisations that are moving away from highly bespoke, tailored models of leadership effectiveness within their organisations to using generic, cross-sector criteria for assessing their top people, finding talent and developing their pool of leaders. One recurring theme among these generic models is learning agility. This is not a new concept; …
In Part 1 of this blog we explored the difficulties of identifying those with potential. So how can we at Head Light help? Some organisations are very clear on what ‘potential’ looks like and in our experience, there are a number of attributes which tend to predict success in higher-level roles. Common ‘HiPo’ indicators are: …
Have you considered how the HR processes in your business ‘condition’ your employees? Do you take a close look at the impact that they have on the psychological contract and engagement? Do you consider the extent to which management practices support your employer brand? Do your processes such as appraisal reflect how your business is, …
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The structure of a 360 degree feedback session can help or hinder the conversation – but what works well? We’re currently working on a Good Practice Guide, but as a starting point, take a look at the following outline and the question prompts which we have found to be useful: 1. Contracting – to gain trust, …
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In many organisations, the HR team is able to identify those with high potential – and knows how to develop this. But for some organisations, spotting high potential can be a tricky business – and especially so for line managers as traditional career paths no longer, if they ever, necessarily enable the leaders of the future to rise …
Want to know what the key benefits to moving to on-line 360 as highlighted in our recent survey? Some are obvious, some less so. Read on. Reduction in administration time 77% of organisations in our recent survey have observed this time saving. It seems that some of this time is ‘re-invested’. More time spent on …
