Are You Talented at Talent Management?

Patti Gilchrist, PMP, is a Senior Technical Manager with more than 20 years of IT experience. Visit her website at www.freepmstudy.com

  Talent Management  

To remain competitive in today’s global economy, talent management is more critical than ever. The challenge of recruiting top talent for your organization is daunting enough. Perhaps even more challenging is retaining talent. What happens once you have finally landed that superstar employee that you just paid a lot of money to recruit? Does your organization have a robust talent management and retention model?

Perhaps as a project manager, you are asking, “What specifically can I do? What role can I play to help keep team members motivated and happy?” The “TALENT” model can help to get you started in developing an environment that motivates and inspires talent…

Treat people with respect
One would think that this goes without saying--that it naturally happens as part of any professional environment, right? Yet this is often an issue--and one that often goes undiscussed and/or unaddressed. If the environment feels more like a Rodney Dangerfield stand-up routine (with everyone complaining “I don’t get no respect, no respect at all!”), then this is an issue in your organization. As a project manager, do your part to create an atmosphere of mutual trust and respect.

Alignment people to business objectives
Make sure individuals on your team understand the vision and how their contributions on your project align to the…

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