The cost of disengagement in Australia is $33.5 billion p.a. and the personal impact includes social and health issues So the question is, as managers and leaders, how do we discover talent? How do we develop it? How do we give people the opportunity to use it to do what they do best at work, so that they are engaged?

1. Ann Rolfe
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2. "The person born with a
talent they are meant to use
will find their greatest
happiness in using it"
Goethe
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3. Britain’s Got Talent provided
Susan Boyle with an
opportunity. She took it and
the world is a better place for
that.

4. We’re not all going to sing with
a voice that rocks the world but
each of us has, as yet
unrealized, potential of some
kind. We all have unique talents
that will enable us to soar and
bring people with us.
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5. but it’s never been more important to
identify and develop talent in the workplace.
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6. An unprecedented rate of change, means 40%
of jobs will disappear, replaced by new and
different roles.
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7. 70% of students are being educated for
roles that will not exist in 10 years.
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8. People are living and working longer and we all
will need to learn, unlearn and relearn skills in
order to thrive.
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9. Learning is more efficient when
it builds on natural talent.
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10. Innate talent – a natural predisposition to enjoy and
excel in some areas more than others, allows us to
learn quickly and easily and develop capability.
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11. Just as some are naturally gifted in singing, sports or art and
if given the opportunity to develop can excel, all of us have
talent that can be unlocked and utilized in the workplace.
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12. There is evidence that those who have the opportunity to use
their talents in the workplace are more engaged, more
productive and have a better quality of life than those who
don’t
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13. The cost of disengagement in Australia is $33.5
billion p.a. and the personal impact includes
social and health issues

14. So the question is, as managers and
leaders, how do we discover talent?
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15. How do we develop it? How do we give people
the opportunity to use it to do what they do
best at work, so that they are engaged?
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16. Can we encourage and support
people to live up to their potential?
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