Dr Harrington is a recognised global expert on organisational performance. Tom Peters, stated, “I fervently hope that Harrington’s readers will not only benefit from the thoroughness of his effort but will also ‘smell’ the fundamental nature of the challenge for change that he mounts.”
Talent management, to attract, retain and develop quality people, is a strategic issue that has been identified right around the world, particularly post GFC.
Talent Management in sales and client engagement is at the heart of competitive advantage. Our services enable sales leaders to objectively measure how salespeople are engaged, managed and individually developed are critical to differentiation and success.
Objective measurement in sales and talent management is unique. Benefits include:
Recent studies show that traditional employment processes involve a 26% statistical accuracy in selecting a candidate or promoting an employee.Business surveys also indicate that that typically the performance of 25% of employees in a business is inadequate.
Your sales team is important—and ensuring you are replacing or adding talent with the right behaviour, skills and capabilities for the job is critical. You don’t have time for a trial run, or test the waters to see if a new hire will be able to “swim with the sharks”. You need to know that information when you hire, not six months later.
Here are a few things to keep in mind the next time your calendar is booked with interviews for that open sales position:
When it comes to your sales team, you need to ensure that you have the right talent, you understand what great looks like for your organisation, and you know exactly who you need to hire.
The formula for maximizing the talent of your human capital builds on:
As a company’s market evolves, so do its business issues. Today, employees may struggle with productivity. Tomorrow, they may struggle with change. Business leaders increasingly face unprecedented complexities, arising from doing business in a diverse, and rapidly changing local and global economy. Effective performance demands new and innovative leadership and coaching methods that adequately prepare leaders for the key roles they will play in their organizations’ success.
Building competitive advantage in a changing economy and marketplace is essential for survival. That’s why your leaders, from executives to individual contributors, need effective talent management practices to propel your organization to new heights.
To further support talent management capabilities, we also offer leadership programs and consulting services that:
We provide services to create objective data that is used by clients to recruit, retain and develop talent, including:
We help clients profile their top performers to understand their “hard-wiring” that makes them so successful in their roles.
The High Performance Role Benchmarks deliver objective data that can be used to assess and improve performance of other individuals in the organisation. The following Table illustrates the critical success factors that define high levels of performance.
Profiles International’s assessment measure the match or “fit” of an individual for the physical, emotional and skill requirements required to be successful in a particular role.
The statistical accuracy of these assessments is 81% compared to a 26% likelihood of an accurate employment decision by assessment through resume and interview. Benefits include:
Reports are automatically generated for coaching between manager and team member, as illustrated: Sales Capabilities
This assessment tool builds on High Performance Role Benchmarks and JobFit assessments by also providing assessment of the unique skills required for sales related activities, i.e.
Sales managers are providing coaching recommendations to improve performance for salespeople in these critical sales success factors.
Team assessments help organisations diagnose and improve performance at a team level. There are a number of outputs, including what motivates individual team members as illustrated.
