Let us start from the definition of TALENT (which we find in a simple dictionary) as the intellectual gifts that give value to an individual, thus the set of these values constitute HUMAN CAPITAL in an organization, whatever its type. Like all values, Human Capital considered as an intangible asset can be measured by finding the difference between the company's market value and its book value.
It is for this characteristic that, as Human Resources professionals or officials of an organization, it is our responsibility to recruit, develop and retain personnel that increase this value and that contribute to achieving the objectives of the organization aligned with the established strategy.
In our days, a new era has been christened as the Age of Talent, that is, the time when capital and technology are no longer sufficient for an organization to stay current and survive in today's globalized environment, but rather that it is now essential to have the capacity for innovation and talent.
This is due to the fact that the technological changes that have occurred throughout history have forced industries to decrease the personnel of production operators while increasing the number of technical personnel, middle management, sales personnel, as well as managers and directors..
The following information was presented in a table presented at the Hay Group Annual Customer Conference:
We are, therefore, capable of redefining TALENT in our days as: the capacity put into practice of a committed professional or group of professionals who achieve superior results in a given environment and organization.
It is this same redefinition that will help us raise what we call our responsibilities:
Capture:
Through an adequate selection and based on a strategy to attract human resources with superior performance and talent. We see that it is necessary to define and implement adequate policies in this regard. To do this, you must avoid certain paradigms as sources of selection, exhaust all possible and from different perspectives, but not without first having searched in your organization; Discover your talents! Use the job skills approach, assess knowledge, properly assess your staff.
In addition, it must publicize its achievements as a company, highlight what the organization coincides with the individual, communicate the prospects and future plans for the company and for the worker himself.
Develop:
You must invest in your human talent, duly reward your capacity for innovation. It is necessary for the organization to promote and practice the development of a free flow of information to the worker.
Practice open and participatory communication in the organization in both directions, but especially knowing how to listen.
Encourage the worker a favorable attitude to pour out his talent, to transmit his knowledge at work.
Enable the worker to hold different positions with an adequate rotation policy for interesting professional development.
The worker must have some flexibility in choosing the content and sources of the training courses.
To hold back:
Intimately related to the strategy proposed to attract. It is necessary that factors such as a good work environment, a coherent organizational culture in accordance with the new times, an interesting and equitable remuneration system and an organization that honor this term are generated and properly managed, that is, that be an entity with an ordered structure and operation (it does not mean rigid, since it has been shown that flexibility and horizontality are better motivators), add adequate attention to the most personal needs of the worker and their family and make their work not routine, that always present a challenge, an opportunity to be better and feel better.
All of the above, under good management, in addition to other particular variables in each company, will create an environment that workers can hardly leave. This will help them join a great team, even when they are dissimilar in profession, but with an acquired commitment that will bear fruit in benefits of the organization and the human resource itself as an integral part of it.
Finally, I emphasize, at the risk of looking boring, that we must always remember and remind those who share responsibilities with us, that the goal is to make the talent gathered in an organization work like clockwork, but more importantly it is to do it intelligently.
