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Are Competencies enough to Assess Talent?

May 24th, 2013

At Zircon, Dr Amanda Potter and her team of Occupational Psychologists are increasingly finding that clients want us to design Capability models rather than Competency models for talent assessment. Recent research by Zircon Management Consulting Ltd has found that in the last three years 27% of FTSE 100 organisations are moving away from competency frameworks to capability models. Furthermore, 52% of organisations are using a combination of capability and competency models… » Read more: Are Competencies enough to Assess Talent?

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Two fifths of employees don’t believe business values are worth the paper they are written on

May 16th, 2013

At Zircon, Dr Amanda Potter and her team of Occupational Psychologists have been researching the importance of values on personal and business success. The Zircon team acknowledge that there is a need for mutual values between the organisation and its employees in order to achieve Cultural Fit. Values often reflect a person’s sense of what is “right or wrong”, and can impact upon their attitude and behaviour, including how a person interacts with others in their environment. » Read more: Two fifths of employees don’t believe business values are worth the paper they are written on

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Dr. Amanda Potter at the Learning & Skills Conference

May 8th, 2013

Dr Amanda Potter of Zircon, recently presented the findings of the extensive research into FTSE100/Fortune500 organisations which reveals that talent management strategies are not being well enough communicated throughout larger organisations and that competencies alone are no longer enough to make effective hiring, succession planning and development decisions. » Read more: Dr. Amanda Potter at the Learning & Skills Conference

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Universities no longer advertising free unpaid internships and work placements

May 3rd, 2013

At Zircon we strongly believe in the wealth of experience that internships and work experience placements can bring to the future careers of students which is why we welcome students into our environment as much as we can. Not only does it help the students to affirm their career choices but they can also bring diversity into our workplace which we always welcome. » Read more: Universities no longer advertising free unpaid internships and work placements

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More Mr Nice Guy – Why ‘Nice Companies’ Can Be More Successful

April 26th, 2013

Within Zircon, Dr Amanda Potter and her team of Occupational Psychologists are constantly working hard to remain up-to-date with current research within the realms of Occupational Psychology. Being a specialist organisation in Talent Management, Zircon are aware of the growing importance of having successful leadership and a flawless reputation to their clients. » Read more: More Mr Nice Guy – Why ‘Nice Companies’ Can Be More Successful

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Are Competencies Dead? A Case for Values, Capabilities

April 24th, 2013

Within Zircon, Dr Amanda Potter and her team of Occupational Psychologists are finding that more and more organisations are looking to adopt a values or strengths-based recruitment process. We are often asked, “How can we assess Cultural Fit?” and “Does adopting a strengths-based or values-based approach to selection mean we have to lose our competency framework?” » Read more: Are Competencies Dead? A Case for Values, Capabilities

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Happiness and Success: A Linear or Circular Relationship?

April 19th, 2013

Are positive people more successful or are successful people more positive?

Within Zircon we work with our clients to identify the critical success factors and differentiators of success for their employees. When discussing success, it is often presumed that success in life stimulates the onset of positivity and happiness; however a recent article written in the Appreciating » Read more: Happiness and Success: A Linear or Circular Relationship?

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The Future of Talent Management: What does the future look like? Part 2

April 4th, 2013

How can organisations sell the importance of TM to their shareholders when they do not measure the financial impact of their TM strategy?

Here is the next part of this series of blogs summarising our 2012 findings into the Future of Talent Management.

Whilst the review and assessment of TM strategies are recognised as important few organisations measure the ROI. Indeed, only 5% of Leaders said their organisation had a valid and reliable measure of return on investment (ROI) of their TM practices. 44% say they never measure the ROI of their TM practices, 26% are not sure and 25% have a process but do not consistently use it. In addition to this only 2% consistently assess the impact of TM strategy on Total Shareholder Return (TSR) with 53% reporting it is not assessed at all, 25% being unsure, 14% reporting it not applicable and the remaining 6% reporting it being assessed on some strategies. » Read more: The Future of Talent Management: What does the future look like? Part 2

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The Future of Talent Management: What does the future look like? Part 1

February 19th, 2013

Organisations will increase their focus on TM over the next three years, however they do not have adequate budget to attract, recruit, develop or retain talent.

Here is the next part of this series of blogs summarising our 2012 findings into the Future of Talent Management.

The majority of Leaders who completed the survey recognised that the focus on TM had increased over the past 3 years. 82% of the Leaders said they have had an increased focus on TM in the past 3 years. A high percentage of individuals from HR (91.5%) and from Talent (83%) supported this statement, however only 68% of Business Leaders concurred. » Read more: The Future of Talent Management: What does the future look like? Part 1

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The Future of Talent Management: Key Findings Part 15

February 1st, 2013

TM strategy does not explicitly consider the well being of the employees.

Here is the next part of this series of blogs summarising our 2012 findings into the Future of Talent Management.

35% of Leaders believe that their TM Strategy does not fully consider the well being of their employees, this includes 42% from HR, 28% from the Business Leaders and 30% from Talent. This implies that many Leaders and particularly HR Leaders do not see the TM strategy explicitly considering the well being of individuals. » Read more: The Future of Talent Management: Key Findings Part 15

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