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Talent Management Feature


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The line manager’s role is critical when it comes to developing talent. Scott Hobbs advises on how to get managers more involved with L&D


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anagers are busy people and, despite the pace of their lives and the volumes of


workload they face, the vast majority would really like to develop the people who work for them. They know intuitively that if their


team is happy and thriving, good results are not going to be far behind. A number have a passion for development and for seeing people reach their best, but for many the ‘dark art’ of talent management remains either a mystery or a preserve of the senior managers in their organisation. Successful organisations need to have people using their best strengths every day. We need people to rapidly progress through a constantly evolving organisation, so that


they reach positions where they can make their best contribution. How much better would it be if all managers were active talent managers, pushing this forward. But can you turn line managers into talent managers in a single day? More importantly, can you maintain and grow this active talent management culture, without HR having to push it every step of the way? Over the past decade, a focus on talent management has led to the development of potential models, complex tracking processes and software systems. We can now slice- and-dice data, and predict and track career movement, while being careful to ensure fairness and objectivity. The down-side of this advancement is that talent management now seems to have travelled out of the reach


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