“Scientific Talent Management”

For over 30 years book after book, article after article has shown that the "secret sauce" for success in the marketplace has been a first class talent management process - having a pipeline of full of the right people in the right jobs.  Does your organization an integrated and consistent process to identify and optimize your talent? How flexible are your people, can they change as your business strategy changes?  Does your organization have in place a process that identifies your true high potentials?  Does the organization have an integrated plan to find, engage and retain your best people?

Research has shown that organizations can gain significant benefits and improve their bottom-line if the sales force  is aligned with  the business strategy. How well does your present sales force support the current business strategy?  Does your organization have the capabilities to successfully hire  new sales people who can succeed?  How do you know?  The sales assessment process will allow you to align your sales force and hire  the people you need to succeed.

Organizational alignment and talent management only work when your executives and managers are fully equipped to execute your business strategy.  How do you know if they have the right management competencies needed to both succeed sustain that success?  How do you develop those mission critical competencies? Does the senior team play well together?  Are your future leaders developing the management competencies they need to deliver result today and to succeed at the next level?  Is your organization attracting and retaining the senior executive talent needed today and in the future?

Lominger certifications are the key to an integrated talent management system.  Lominger certifications provide the skills, knowledge, and common language needed to drive an integrated talent management system.  Do you know what certifications your HR professionals and managers need to execute your talent management strategy?  Is it time to review and update the Lominger certifications that your team currently processes?  Do you have a plan in place to provide the Lominger certifications that you need going forward?

An integrated, science based human resource function can have a significant impact on the bottom-line.  To reach that goal your organization needs a fully trained core of human resource professionals.  How well do your HR professionals understand the business goals?  Can they articulate and execute an integrated HR strategy to achieve those goals?  Do they have the interviewing skills to ensure the right people are hired?  Do they have an on-boarding process to help newcomers succeed? Can they provide targeted feedback to coach and develop people in your organization?  Are they seen as a business partner by senior management?

Over the last 15 years or so talent management has moved from a combination of best practices and best guesses to a field solidly grounded in good research.  A fully integrated talent management approach builds on this foundation of research to maximizes its impact and effectiveness.  How much is your organization taking advantage of this knowledge base?  Do you have people in your organization tasked with keeping up with the latest research?  How does your organization move from research to execution?  Is your organization getting all the leverage it can from your talent management data?  Can you leverage that data with an in-house analytic capability using the latest version of SPSS?  

The Myers-Briggs Type Indicator (MBTI) assessment is designed to measure preferences in how people perceive the world and make decisions.  How does your MBTI profile impact the way you manage? Does your team have the optimal combinations of types to be a high performing team?  How does the combination of senior management profiles influence their working together?

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