Developing Top Talent

in the Organization
Nurturing Employees
 Introduction

 There are many reasons why the organizations should engage in nurturing the
rising starts within the organization.
 Among the reasons include the facts that these rising stars will in near future
have a positive significant in the company’s results.
 This paper examines the best practices that have to be incorporated for hiring
top talent in the organization. The paper also examines the process for
developing top talent from within the organization.
 Best Practices for Hiring Top Talent

 There are various practices that have to be adopted when hiring the top talent
from within any given organization. This section focuses on several practices that
were recognized by Jimmy Taylor. The following are some of the Best practices:
 Process-Before engaging in hiring the top talent within the organization, the
organization should ensure that they have an appropriate and thoughtful
recruiting plan. The recruiting process that has been customized based on the
needs as well as the size of the organization. This will ensure that the employees
are able to acquire the knowledge, skills as well as knowledge that can enable
them perform the role of the position they are being employed for (Thorne &
Pellant, 2007).
 The organization should ensure that they invest in high-skilled recruiters while at
the same time constantly training them. This will make them more effective in
their new roles/position while at the same time providing dividends.
 Best Practices for Hiring Top Talent

 Correlating and working with the Manager- The entire organization should work closely with
the managers through creation of a strong, consultative relationships with the company’s
hiring managers so that they can be able to get or find the best candidate for the position.
 The company should also enact the Service Level Agreement-This will ensure that all the
roles are effective assigned to the right person. This will help in easing the communication
while at the same time improve results thus helping in building a strong hiring manager
relationship.
 Ensuring effective Assessment-The assessment tools should be use to assess or evaluate the
effectiveness of the recruitment, this will help in identification of the best candidates
through the sourcing as well as the screening process.
 Recruitment is very important for the hiring process, the implementation of these best
practices that have been discussed here will ensure effectiveness as well as successful hiring
of the top talent within an organization. The paragraph that follows examines the process of
hiring (Thorne & Pellant, 2007).
 Process for Developing Top Talent from Within the
Organization.

 The various processes of developing the top talent from within the organization are as discussed
below. It is also important to note that developing typically go hand in hand with training.
Therefore, the developing process will typically incorporate training. The following are some of the
process of developing the top talent from within the organization:
 Delegation of roles and duties- Leaders may help in developing talent through delegation of duties
and tasks which are able to challenge the persons being developed, this will help in ensuring that
these individuals are able to learn something new. However, delegation has to incorporate
discussion, explanation, as well as coaching, this will enable the individual to learn thus performing
the tasks at a higher level.
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 Coaching and Mentoring- Coaching is essential because it will help in providing advice as well as
suggestions for improvement. This is also the best strategy to show the employees that you care
about their development as well as the aspirations for their growth (Hunt & Weintraub, 2002).
Additionally, an opportunity should be provided for these people to learn while at the same time
grow. Both coaching and mentoring help in providing strategies for skill building as well as
development of the top talent within the organization.
 Process for Developing Top Talent from Within the
Organization.

 Setting an Example-Setting a good example is important because it will

significantly influence the behavior of the employee. Setting a good example is
important as it help in ensuring a continuous improvement while at the same time
the good example is able to show the employees the significant of developing
leadership strengths. This is important considering the facts that as soon as the top
talent see the leaders sharpening and developing their skills, they are also able to
follow the same patterns and steps and they will be able to look for the
development opportunities.
 Identifying the Targeted Training- This implies that the training which targets
particular sections, for instance, team work et cetera, may provide the employees
with essential building blocks. This will help in ensuring that the employees are
able to see a relationship between what they learn as well as what they practice in
training and what they experience at work, thus they will be able to utilize
whatever learned skills on their daily tasks (Hunt & Weintraub, 2002).
 References

 Hunt, J. M., & Weintraub, J. R. (2002). The coaching manager: Developing

top talent in business. SAGE.
 Thorne, K., & Pellant, A. (2007). The essential guide to managing talent: How
top companies recruit, train & retain the best employees. Kogan Page
Publishers.