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
At Zircon we believe in supporting our clients with sound advice based on psychological knowledge on how to develop and grow leaders from within the organisation rather than being bought externally. By informing organisations of the unique requirements that different leadership roles need to have, organisations can apply these to their environment and consequently have an edge over their competitors. » Read more: The Leadership Pipeline: Seven Key Transitional Steps from Employee to CEO
In this current climate Zircon are being asked by our clients “How do you turnaround an organisation to create business success?” According to Kanter, a professor of Business Administration at Harvard Business School the critical elements are smart financial and strategic decision making. However they’re useless if the leaders are not able to restore people’s confidence in themselves and each other. » Read more: How do you turnaround an organisation to create business success?
Managing HR in the mid-sized business: Thankless task or exciting opportunity?’ a report both Amanda Potter and Jacky Griffiths contributed to. While published by Source for Consulting this report provides some interesting information about the disconnect and perhaps more importantly about the opportunities for greater connectivity between HR and Talent Professionals and the Business » Read more: Managing HR in a mid-sized company: A thankless task or exciting opportunity
Are you psychologically fit?
As our summer brings itself to a blissful close and we approach the next period of, the ABP Surrey networking event, let’s cast our thoughts back to the humans and super humans of the Olympics and Paralympics who furnished us with accomplishments and exploits. While we sit and are amazed at their achievements, this alone does not get them over the finish line or solely impact on how they perform. A critical component is how their mental agility or psychological makeup impacts on their success. » Read more: ABP Surrey Networking Event – September 2012
At Zircon we feel strongly about fairness within a workplace and this reflects in us continuously reviewing and monitoring our selection and development procedures/tools to maintain a high level of integrity within our practice. A recent report from Equality and Human Rights Commission (EHRC) revealed that women are at a disadvantage over men at the selection process for board-level positions. » Read more: ‘Male-focused’ recruitment processes holding women back from boardrooms
TM strategies are responsive to external market conditions, but they do not show how they are different from their competitors.
Here is the next part of this series of blogs summarising our 2012 findings into the Future of Talent Management.
Our research suggests that the majority of organisations ensure their TM strategy is not operating in isolation and is therefore flexible, valid, and responsive to market conditions. 78% of the Leaders surveyed confirmed that their organisation’s talent model takes the current market conditions into account. This includes a high percentage of Talent (80%) and HR Leaders (83%). A slightly more conservative 71% of Business Leaders concurred. » Read more: The Future of Talent Management: Key Findings Part 7
At Zircon Management Consulting, Dr Amanda Potter and colleagues specialise in managing talent and providing solutions to organisations on how they can best develop and retain their high potential individuals. A recent article in the Harvard Business Review (HBR) identified how the retention of high potential individuals can be difficult for organisations. They suggested that the two main reasons for this include: » Read more: Do Leaders know how to manage their most valuable asset – their people?
A survey of 551 senior managers in the life sciences industry by RSA (a strategic partner of Zircon) revealed that over three quarters of the respondents are not managing their talent effectively. The survey revealed that:
• 90% of respondents to the survey said that talent management is crucial to their operations,
• 77% are not managing their talent effectively » Read more: Talent Management is Being Neglected
Adapted from Robert B Kaiser (2011)
As Zircon’s Occupational Psychologists specialise in Talent Management, we are very interested in developing Senior Leaders to their highest potential, thus helping them to avoid failure along the way. So, when the opportunity arose to attend an ABP seminar hosted by Robert Kaiser about ‘Root causes of leadership failure’ we jumped at the chance. The key findings from the seminar are summarised below. » Read more: The Root Causes of Leadership Failure
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