Chapter 2

How does my organisation compete?

Introduction

You cannot design an effective talent management process if you do not fully understand the long-term aims of the organisation. Without a clear understanding of the specific business strategy for your organisation you could be doing things that are unwittingly undermining the business’s performance, or at best be busy doing something that is not adding any significant value. The key to having an effective talent management approach is strategic alignment: ensuring that everything you deliver within the talent management process directly links to the strategy that the business is pursuing. It is this visible line of sight that ensures your talent strategy gets senior management support and ...

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