Content about Nancy Q. Smith

July 25, 2011
Soapbox: A Strategic Approach to Role-Based Talent Management

Talent management can be approached tactically or strategically. The ultimate goal is to create a high-performing organization for today and tomorrow. A tactical approach to talent management focuses on the processes, systems, and components, while a strategic approach to talent management begins with desired business results. The whole must be more and produce more than the sum of the parts.

By Nancy Q. Smith

We are designing a talent management system. Our first priority is to…

How would you complete that statement? The most typical answer is:

“Design quality components of a talent management system and identify a technology provider.”

What we don’t often hear is this:

“Decide what business goals we’re going to support and ensure the talent management system we design results in the achievement of those goals and equips us for near- and longer-term needs.”