How talent development drives a high-performance culture
Posted by Erik Finch in Strategies, Managing people on Thu, 24/09/2009 - 12:20
- Building a high-performance culture requires planning, diligence and effort
- To be truly successful, an organisation must be able to identify its star performers
- Employers should clearly communicate expectations so poor performers know what they need to do to succeed
- Aim for a unified approach to talent development to maximise productivity and value
The pinnacle of any talent development initiative is, or at least should be, the creation of a high-performance culture. All businesses should aspire to this 'utopia'.
In such an environment, organisations implement a set of workplace values and behaviours that engage employees and drive them to succeed. By so doing, they are able to reduce staff turnover, respond faster to opportunities and threats and significantly improve customer service. And by maximising the productivity - and consequent value - of individual employees, they realise a collective boost to overall performance. In other words, when the workforce excels, it is worth more to the business than the sum of its parts.
Developing this kind of environment is not easy. It requires a sustained effort to get there and ongoing hard work to stay there. Still, a high-performance culture is not just a pipe dream. It is an attainable ideal for all.
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