In this episode of The HR Uprising podcast, Lucinda challenges the term ‘Talent’ asking whether it may be counterproductive and suggests 5 reasons why it should be used with caution if not considered to be a myth. 

Lucinda challenges our thinking around talent management and introduces a number of examples where we may want to think differently around talent. Finally, having presented the health warning around using the term talent, she shares how we can make it more meaningful and develop a talent management strategy in 5 simple steps. 

As ever you can access the full podcast series from www.hruprising.com and other resources are also available from there. 

KEY TAKEAWAYS 
Most companies don’t know what ‘Talent’ looks like – Do you know what the measure is for it? How do you know who’s got it and who doesn’t? 
Talent is situational – A person’s talent can be useful in a certain role, but not on the other. Would it be better if you nurture the strengths of the people that you already have? 
It is elitist and may demotivate the majority – Most of the time, you have to identify a talent pool, and most of the time,  it’s 10% of the population. 
Talent doesn’t necessarily correlate with performance – From experience, even though you’ve hired the top performing people for your company, there is only a little difference that it makes for the overall performance of the company. 
It makes organisations lazy – The company relies much on these people who they labelled their ‘talents’. 

BEST MOMENTS 
“Think about what’s motivational for the majority of the organisation.” 
“If you don’t have these cultures and behaviours in place, literally, recruiting for talent is like filling a leaky bucket.” 
“A high-performance culture is everyone’s responsibility.” 

VALUABLE RESOURCES 
 The War For Talent by Ed Michaels, Helen Handfield-Jones, and Beth Axelrod 

ABOUT THE HOST 

Lucinda Carney is a Business Psychologist with 15 years in Senior Corporate L&D roles and a further 10 as CEO of Actus Software where she worked closely with HR colleagues helping them to solve the same challenges across a huge range of industries. It was this breadth of experience that inspired Lucinda to set up the HR Uprising community to facilitate greater collaboration across HR professionals in different sectors, helping them to ‘rise up’ together. 

“If you look up, you rise up” 

CONTACT METHOD 
Join the LinkedIn community - https://www.linkedin.com/groups/13714397/  
Email: Lucinda@advancechange.co.uk  
Linked In: https://www.linkedin.com/in/lucindacarney/  
Twitter: @lucindacarney 

In this episode of The HR Uprising podcast, Lucinda challenges the term &lsquo;Talent&rsquo; asking whether it may be counterproductive and suggests 5 reasons why it should be used with caution if not considered to be a myth.&nbsp;
Lucinda challenges our thinking around talent management and introduces a number of examples where we may want to think differently around talent. Finally, having&nbsp;presented&nbsp;the health warning around using the term talent,&nbsp;she shares how we can make it more meaningful and develop a talent management strategy in 5 simple steps.&nbsp;
As ever you can access the full podcast series from&nbsp;<a href="http://www.hruprising.com/">www.hruprising.com</a>&nbsp;and other resources are also available from there.&nbsp;
KEY TAKEAWAYS&nbsp;
<ul>
<li data-leveltext="" data-font="Symbol" data-listid="3" aria-setsize="-1" data-aria-posinset="1" data-aria-level="1">Most companies don&rsquo;t know what &lsquo;Talent&rsquo; looks like&nbsp;&ndash;&nbsp;Do you know what the measure&nbsp;is&nbsp;for it? How do you know who&rsquo;s got it and who doesn&rsquo;t?&nbsp;</li>
<li data-leveltext="" data-font="Symbol" data-listid="3" aria-setsize="-1" data-aria-posinset="2" data-aria-level="1">Talent is situational&nbsp;&ndash; A person&rsquo;s talent can be useful in a certain role, but not on the other.&nbsp;Would it be better if you nurture the strengths of the people that you already&nbsp;have?&nbsp;</li>
<li data-leveltext="" data-font="Symbol" data-listid="3" aria-setsize="-1" data-aria-posinset="3" data-aria-level="1">It is elitist and may demotivate the majority&nbsp;&ndash;&nbsp;Most of the time, you have to identify a talent pool, and most of the time,&nbsp; it&rsquo;s 10% of the population.&nbsp;</li>
<li data-leveltext="" data-font="Symbol" data-listid="3" aria-setsize="-1" data-aria-posinset="4" data-aria-level="1">Talent doesn&rsquo;t necessarily correlate with performance&nbsp;&ndash; From experience, even though you&rsquo;ve hired the top performing people for your company, there is only&nbsp;a&nbsp;little difference that it makes for the overall performance of the company.&nbsp;</li>
</ul>
<ul>
<li data-leveltext="" data-font="Symbol" data-listid="3" aria-setsize="-1" data-aria-posinset="1" data-aria-level="1">It makes organisations lazy&nbsp;&ndash;&nbsp;The company relies much on these people who they labelled their &lsquo;talents&rsquo;.&nbsp;</li>
</ul>
BEST MOMENTS&nbsp;
<ul>
<li data-leveltext="" data-font="Symbol" data-listid="2" aria-setsize="-1" data-aria-posinset="2" data-aria-level="1">&ldquo;Think about what&rsquo;s motivational for the majority of the organisation.&rdquo;&nbsp;</li>
<li data-leveltext="" data-font="Symbol" data-listid="2" aria-setsize="-1" data-aria-posinset="3" data-aria-level="1">&ldquo;If you don&rsquo;t have these cultures and behaviours in place, literally, recruiting for talent is like filling a leaky bucket.&rdquo;&nbsp;</li>
<li data-leveltext="" data-font="Symbol" data-listid="2" aria-setsize="-1" data-aria-posinset="4" data-aria-level="1">&ldquo;A high-performance culture is everyone&rsquo;s responsibility.&rdquo;&nbsp;</li>
</ul>
VALUABLE RESOURCES&nbsp;
<ul>
<li data-leveltext="" data-font="Symbol" data-listid="4" aria-setsize="-1" data-aria-posinset="1" data-aria-level="1">&nbsp;<a href="https://www.amazon.com/War-Talent-Ed-Michaels/dp/1578514592">The War For Talent by Ed Michaels, Helen Handfield-Jones, and Beth Axelrod</a>&nbsp;</li>
</ul>
ABOUT THE HOST&nbsp;
Lucinda Carney&nbsp;is a Business Psychologist with 15 years in Senior Corporate L&amp;D roles and a further 10 as CEO of Actus Software where she worked closely with HR colleagues helping them to solve the same challenges across a huge range of industries. It was this breadth of experience that inspired Lucinda to set up the HR Uprising community to facilitate greater collaboration across HR professionals in different sectors, helping them to &lsquo;rise up&rsquo; together.&nbsp;
&ldquo;If you look up, you rise up&rdquo;&nbsp;
CONTACT METHOD&nbsp;
<ul>
<li data-leveltext="" data-font="Symbol" data-listid="1" aria-setsize="-1" data-aria-posinset="1" data-aria-level="1">Join the LinkedIn community -&nbsp;<a href="https://www.linkedin.com/groups/13714397/">https://www.linkedin.com/groups/13714397/</a>&nbsp;&nbsp;</li>
<li data-leveltext="" data-font="Symbol" data-listid="1" aria-setsize="-1" data-aria-posinset="2" data-aria-level="1">Email:&nbsp;<a href="mailto:Lucinda@advancechange.co.uk">Lucinda@advancechange.co.uk</a>&nbsp;&nbsp;</li>
<li data-leveltext="" data-font="Symbol" data-listid="1" aria-setsize="-1" data-aria-posinset="3" data-aria-level="1">Linked In:&nbsp;<a href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/lucindacarney/">https://www.linkedin.com/in/lucindacarney/</a>&nbsp;&nbsp;</li>
<li data-leveltext="" data-font="Symbol" data-listid="1" aria-setsize="-1" data-aria-posinset="4" data-aria-level="1">Twitter: <a href="https://www.twitter.com/lucindacarney">@lucindacarney</a>&nbsp;</li>
</ul>

Welcome to the HR Uprising Podcast. 

This engaging podcast explores HR ‘hot’ topics and challenges through conversations with relevant experts and real-life HR; O.D. or L&D professionals.

HR Uprising is about creating an inclusive forum that enables us to share and learn from experts and everyday professionals. HR Uprising is all about learning through collaboration; taking evidence-based action and helping colleagues to have the confidence and skills to rise-up through their organisations by delivering real, lasting business value.

Hosted by Lucinda Carney a Business Psychologist; Experienced HR Change Agent; Entrepreneur; Speaker and Coach. There are two types of show format the ‘In focus’ episodes where Lucinda delves into a specialist topic in some depth and the ‘Conversations with’ series where we interview experts and people like you. Our hope is that shows are both informative and fun. 

You can access more information on each Podcast including resources or links mentioned in the show at our website www.hruprising.com. 

If you are a forward-thinking HR; L&D or O.D. professional who has a success story or challenge that others can learn from and you would like to be featured in future podcasts you can get in touch through one of the routes below.

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