Talent Management is in danger of becoming a content-free notion unless we can bring scientific talent measurement to bear. Our take is that Talent can be measured, managed and even mapped.

1. Talent
Isn’t mysterious. It can be
measured, managed and
mapped.

2. Talent
And you can neutralise it.
(Oops)

3. Talent
Loves what it does. And
yes, you have to pay for it.

4. Talent
But be very afraid when it
becomes all about the
money.

5. Talent
Following the money
usually takes people away
from their talent.

6. Talent
ement
Manag
Is as much about keeping
people in their ‘zone’ as it
is about retaining them.

7. Talent
ement
Manag
(The formerly-great aren’t
much use to you. No
matter how much they
cost.)

8. Talent
Is all about passion.

9. Talent
So how are you
measuring* that?
*Remember Management
101? You cannot manage
that which you do not
measure…

10. Talent
We* measure ten key
motivators.
* find us at elaura.com

11. Talent
We are still waiting for two
people to score the same.

12. Talent
More importantly, those
ten scales give us absolute
clarity about engagement
and motivation in a
specific role.

13. Talent
(…whether it is the CEO
or the janitor*we are
looking at…)
*Not just being clever. Send the CEO and
the janitor on a week’s holiday, then
check whose absence impacts your brand
soonest…
Which is fine, because if you are the CEO,
you should be working on a 25+ year
horizon anyway. But the janitor counts.

14. Talent
Which is fantastic. Except
for one thing.

15. Talent
You can neutralise talent.
(Remember that?)

16. Talent
All it takes is a
little stress.

17. Talent
(Really. Stress.
You believed all
that stuff about
stress* being
good for you?)
*Challenge is good for you. Stress
poisons your system and your
behaviour. But that is another story.

18. Talent
So we measure what will
stress people too.

19. Talent
We use nearly 40 scales
for that.

20. Talent
And no, we haven’t seen
any two people the same
on these measures either.

21. Talent
But don’t worry - we can
turn that into a simple
narrative for each
individual.

22. Talent
And here’s the point.
(Whew!)

23. Talent =⨍(
)-

24. Talent
Is a function of passion
and motivation
unhindered by the
corrosive effects of stress
arising from needs unmet
and unmanaged.

25. Talent
Simples. So if you aren’t
measuring and managing
all of that equation, in a
reliable and efficient
manner…

26. Talent
…perhaps we should talk.
!
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27. Talent
corporate@elaura.com
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elaura