Tag: signals

Are you talking enough about talent?

As a leader, do you have a network of leaders you can discuss talent spotting with? Here are two simple questions I like to ask:

  1. If you looked at 5 (insert position – “nurses”) candidates of comparable skill, experience, and education – what does the truly special candidate exhibit that the others don’t?
  2. Are you scouting talent? If not, how does the firm actively scout talent?
  3. What signals do you, not your recruiters, look for in the market to know that someone highly talented is available?
  4. How are you signaling that you’re open to talking to talent?

If a manager’s products are decisions, then how they decide to spot and scout talent cannot be discounted.

Find a couple of peers, or level ups, and start talkin’.