Comments on: You’re fired. No, sorry. You’re hired. http://www.successfactors.com/blogs/business-execution/youre-fired-no-sorry-youre-hired/ Execution is the Difference. Thu, 04 Feb 2010 07:42:47 -0800 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: Nat Boughton http://www.successfactors.com/blogs/business-execution/youre-fired-no-sorry-youre-hired/comment-page-1/#comment-238 Nat Boughton Wed, 07 Mar 2007 16:19:27 +0000 http://blogs.successfactors.com/workforce-performance/uncategorized/youre-fired-no-sorry-youre-hired/#comment-238 The key is that most organization do a terrible job of design jobs. Most organizations "job descriptions" are years old, and focus on what an HR rep feels are critical to the job. For example, Company X has 2 Director of Product Management jobs open, and using the job description we are going to hire very similar individuals. What organization must do is define what the activities, outputs, competencies, and business objectives are and then identify the best candidates that have complimentary skills so that we have A players in the positions where sum is greater than either individual is on their own. Next we have to make sure that we are also hiring for the future skills of the organization and needs of Product Management not just for today. The key is that most organization do a terrible job of design jobs. Most organizations “job descriptions” are years old, and focus on what an HR rep feels are critical to the job. For example, Company X has 2 Director of Product Management jobs open, and using the job description we are going to hire very similar individuals. What organization must do is define what the activities, outputs, competencies, and business objectives are and then identify the best candidates that have complimentary skills so that we have A players in the positions where sum is greater than either individual is on their own.
Next we have to make sure that we are also hiring for the future skills of the organization and needs of Product Management not just for today.

]]> By: Dennis Stevens http://www.successfactors.com/blogs/business-execution/youre-fired-no-sorry-youre-hired/comment-page-1/#comment-237 Dennis Stevens Sun, 04 Mar 2007 18:07:24 +0000 http://blogs.successfactors.com/workforce-performance/uncategorized/youre-fired-no-sorry-youre-hired/#comment-237 Max, In some cases its not just a matter of retention. There are many cases where talent is moved out of the company because it is talented. I know of a company that brought its top young talent from each division onto an ERP project. Many of these managers they had sent through MBA school. This team spent almost a year becoming intimately familiar with the business and defining the future processes of the company. Then they worked together to perform an ERP selection and plan the implementation. At this point they found they were going to be short on their numbers and so they cancelled the project and laid off the project team. I wonder how powerful this management team would have been in a few years after they completed this shared experience. Instead they systematically removed their top talent from the business. The company has not yet recovered. The lack of competency based talent management is staggering. Dennis Stevens CEO, Synaptus <a href="http://www.synaptus.com/Talent-Management.php" rel="nofollow">www.synaptus.com</a> Max,

In some cases its not just a matter of retention. There are many cases where talent is moved out of the company because it is talented. I know of a company that brought its top young talent from each division onto an ERP project. Many of these managers they had sent through MBA school. This team spent almost a year becoming intimately familiar with the business and defining the future processes of the company. Then they worked together to perform an ERP selection and plan the implementation. At this point they found they were going to be short on their numbers and so they cancelled the project and laid off the project team. I wonder how powerful this management team would have been in a few years after they completed this shared experience. Instead they systematically removed their top talent from the business. The company has not yet recovered. The lack of competency based talent management is staggering.

Dennis Stevens
CEO, Synaptus
http://www.synaptus.com

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