Attracting and retaining the best people in organisations is a challenge leaders and business owners are facing in our fast-changing economy. The Round Table discussion with some of the leading experts in leadership, published by Management Today in November 2016, provide us with some insights on how to prepare for it and some ideas on how to cope with this concerns.

Below is what, I think, are the highlights:

– focus on internal talent economy to built a sense of business reciprocity

– give people purpose and they will self-organise to deliver

– find talent through diversity beyond just gender or ethnicity

– become a ‘personal’ organisation by looking at different propositions for career pathways and reward strategies

– leave behind the factory metaphor and avoid compromising with your working life(for both leaders and employees)

– leaders make better decisions when they involve others at different levels other than their own

– it is good to say ‘ I don’t know the answer to this’

– generate employees’ trust by engaging with them, make good connections and surround yourself with a broadly    diverse team to expand horizons.

The role of leadership is evolving. Leaders must engage closely with their teams, not only at their levels, but at all levels in the organisation to be able to understand their employees’ strengths and ensure talent is retained and nursed.

It would advantageous to tackle on our team’s passionate interests and divert their passion into the organisation to develop new skills, capabilities and leadership to match the requirements of our changing economy.

For a more comprehensive reading of the full article follow this link.

Dr Larry Smith’s text on the subject of finding our true directions and real purpose in achieving our goals would be a lovely  Christmas gift to encourage some thoughts and set directions in the new year:

Also here, is TED talk on the same subject: Why We Will Fail to Have a Great Career  Enjoy!

I wish you a lovely and peaceful Christmas and a prosperous New Year!

We participate to the Amazon Associates Program. This means that if you buy any of the books from our links here, we will receive a small percentage of its price. This will help to offset a little the cost of maintaining our site and it is greatly appreciated.