Forever keen to keep our clients updated with the latest management thinking and techniques, we are proud to launch ourIndigo Facebook page.
As well as getting bite size updates from us, you will see that, when you become a fan of the page, you can comment and start communicating with other members of the group. So after your workshop you can catch up and link up with delegates and contacts you may have met at your event. We will also be publishing all of our most recent Indigo Earlysavings on this page. So if you are looking to make your training budget go that bit further, make sure you subscribe to our updates.
Finally, if you would like to get specific workshop email updates, or the de Bono Message, why not choose what areas interest you in our free newsletter service by signing up here.
Of course in all of this technology it is important to stress that we love talking to you. So if you are fed up with Facebook, tired of Twitter and bored of Bebo - why not call us on 020 7924 8760.
Recent talent research points to fantastic savings that can be achieved whilst ensuring you retain the very best talent in your organisation.Figures from the Association of Graduate Recruiters, for example, show if a business can increase retention from 50% to 70% it can on average save 15% of its total recruitment spend. How much could you save your company?
The key to making these kind of savings is having a good understanding of who the talent is within your organisation and ensuring you have processes in place to retain them.
However, research carried out by Taleo suggests that organisations simply don’t have the appropriate data to know who their talent are.Their research suggests that 82% of HR leaders questioned recognised the importance of having data on talent ‘bench strength’ whilst only 41% of them felt theyhadaccess to reliable data on it.
It’s clear that ‘parachuting’ talent in to the organisation is more expensive than ‘growing your own’.Not to mention the risks involved in terms of cultural fit in bringing people in from outside. But if you don’t know who and where your talent is how can you hope to retain them?
5 Tips For Growing Your Own Talent
1.Spot your talent early - put in place schemes at all levels within the organisation to spot talent.Make sure you don’t lose really good talent because you only focus your search from middle management up.
2.Assess potential not performance - it’s easy to make the mistake of assuming individuals who perform well in their current role will have the potential to progress through the organisation.To effectively identify your talent, assess key characteristics that research suggests predict potential.
3.Understand what talent looks like in your world - talent is context specific, whilst there are generic areas which help us to identify potential, this has to be put in the context of your own strategy and challenges.
4.Keep them engaged - once identified the next thing to focus on is keeping hold of your talent.Play to their strengths, ‘high potential’ individuals like to be constantly challenged with ‘real’ development opportunities that allow them to show others what they can do.
5.Coach them to deal with potential derailers - some of the characteristics which make your people talented, if overplayed, can become derailers.Help your talent to be more aware of these potential derailers.With greater understanding individuals can recognise and amend their behaviour.
So what are you doing to nurture talent and drive the future of your organisation?
Dan Redland
If you would like to discuss talent strategy and how Indigo Assessment can help, call 020 7924 8760 or email me at DanielR@indigoassessment.co.uk
Indigo’s Robin Ryde is delivering his renowned Thought Leadership workshop in London today. Through a combination of years of research and natural flair for business insight, Robin is at the forefront of the leadership discipline.
If you have watched any of the world cup in South Africa (or any news programme!), you would of heard the Vuvazela in all its glory. Reports tell us it reaches 127 decibels – louder than a chainsaw. And, most significantly, much louder than the human voice.
You are probably asking yourself – how does the Vuvuzela relate to leadership? Well, during the Thought Leadership workshop Robin talks about one of the fundamental principles of leadership: amplification. Some leaders do not realise the power and affect their words and actions have on others in their organisation. Because of their position, everything they do is amplified and then analysed. This is especially true in times of uncertainty. This amplification effect is not always fully understood. But to be a great leader you need to embrace it and use it effectively.
So how, as a leader, do you make sure your words and actions make the right impact? Robin’s workshop gives you practical tools for taking your team on the journey with you. He teaches you to be a leader who can walk into a room, guide their team with their thinking and then leave the room with everyone feeling stronger, more positive and energised to achieve their shared purpose.
To find out how loud your personal Vuvuzela is and to discuss how to engage your team’s hearts and minds, please contact Indigo’s James Arnum-White, on 020 7924 8760.
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If you are looking for Leadership Development? See Robin’s brand new workshop “The A-Z of Leadership” - CLICK HERE FOR DETAILS
The human brain is designed to recognise. I described in detail how the brain does this in my book “Mechanism of the Mind”.The leading physicist in the world liked my book and commissioned a team of computer experts to simulate what I had described. They reported that the system worked exactly as claimed.
So if the brain is a recognition machine, this means that most of our thinking is judgemental. This has serious consequences - especially in international affairs and Leadership.
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