Danger - talent zombies!
Featured in the Talent Management training manual
By Adelaide Shone
Category: Management
Credit price: 3 download credits (Single user)
All people are a potential source of talent. This is a recurring theme in ‘the war for talent’. It is asserted that the manager can unlock this latent talent for the benefit of the individual, the team and the organisation. Sometimes it is quite easy to spot those staff members who are highly motivated, those who give a little extra. Equally, it can be easy to spot those who are de-motivated, possibly negative about their role and the direction of the organisation. Sometimes, the de-motivated staff even eclipse the motivated staff as they absorb so much of the managers time, which is spent trying to engage them. Talent zombies can be described as those who once had talent, which is probably still there, but dead, just for the moment! They are staff who often quietly get on with the job and perform consistently well, but those who may not be marked as high-fliers. What if those who perform consistently well could perform consistently better? What if the manager could take time to get to know these staff, to understand their career aspirations, or simply just why they come to work and what could give them more satisfaction in the work they do? It may be that they can benefit from development opportunities, greater responsibilities or project work, but the bridge to them needs rebuilding and it’s the managers’ job to recreate the link.
In this training activity, the participants explore people-management skills by preparing for and then playing a game. The aim of the game is to trade-off information whereby teams compete against each other to devise the most creative and innovative initiatives that can still deliver benefits. The practical nature of the training activity requires participants to work together reaffirming important key skills, such as team building, planning and negotiating, and communication.
Who is it for: This training resource is intended for use by trainers to enable participants to look for signs of latent talent in an organisation.
- Themes:
- Management skills,
- Motivation,
- Talent management,
- Team building,
| Resource Type: | Activity |
| Min Group Size: | 4 |
| Max Group Size: | 20 |
| Typical Duration: | 01:30:00 |
| No of Pages: | 11 |
Resources: View standard resources for Fenman training activities
Additional resources: Stopwatch, Books and articles on management skills (optional).
Purpose: This training resource is intended for use by trainers to allow participants to discuss a wide range of skills, scenarios and development issues. The emphasis of this training activity is not on exploring each theme in significant depth. It works by encouraging the group to play a game, a little light-hearted competition, with a serious learning aim. This training activity can also be used in a training programme on management skills, motivation, and team building.
Download the training activity, Danger - talent zombies! as featured in the Fenman training manual; Talent Management