What would happen if...?

You wake up tomorrow, work out, and head into the office. You pour a coffee, make eye contact with your colleagues whilst exchanging pleasantries, everyone seems so alive today! You remember making a mental note of this.You read a few emails as you relax into your chair before preparing for your weekly board meeting. The communications coming through email appear to be very positive, light hearted and almost excitable. Where am I?

Business Intelligence says, Year on Year growth and attrition is less than 1%, share price up 4% this month, your business unit in Germany has just opened and Spain has just smashed its targets. The new Apprentice programme has kicked off and the People and Culture team have booked you in to deliver a speech to the new intake.

You make your way to the boardroom and realise your leadership team are all on the same page. Each challenging the norm but synchronised in the direction and best interests of the business.

Key takeaways from today’s board meeting which is focused on Talent and Attraction:

• It’s only getting easier to attract and engage with talent over the next 5 years

• You have a sustainable and effective solution to meet your resourcing needs

• You have all the available market intelligence to make the right hiring decisions

• Your brand is strong, it is attracting all the right people – you are the industry employer of choice

• You have a recruitment solution to meet every level of recruitment within the business

• You are able to grow into new regions as you have a clear global mobility solutions

• You are fully compliant and can operate in markets that were previously closed to you

• Your culture is lived and breathed by every employee

• Your apprentice and graduate scheme is highly rated and raising industry standards

• Attrition is lower than ever before and now below industry levels of attrition

• Your Learning and Development programmes are seen as a benchmark for quality within the industry

• With real-time and predictive data, can measure every activity relating your human capital

How often is this the case? If this is your world, I am deeply pleased. If not…? Well the GOOD news is we have the solution to realising your goals! With our Total Talent Management approach we consult with leaders on every aspect of their business to help them bring to life what a successful talent strategy looks like and how to execute it.

What is Total Talent Management? You may ask. Total Talent Management looks to drive efficiencies in an organisation’s talent management strategies and to implement solutions to improve quality, increase compliance and reduce costs. According to Spendmatters.com, it is a concept that has been greatly discussed over the past 5 years by solutions providers and analysts and now BPS World are making it a reality for their clients.

Within my role I have the unique opportunity to speak with Board Members, Founders and Senior Leadership teams of organisations operating in multiple countries. Unfortunately, over 75% of the conversations I have magnify the lack of planning and thought that has gone into a talent strategy. Reactive measures are being put in place instead of strategic planning and execution.

My favourite saying to demonstrate the current state of over 75% of businesses is:

 “If you always do what you’ve always done, you’ll always get what you’ve always got”

Isn’t it time to part of the other 25%? Any business with the right attitude and vision can achieve the above.

If you need assistance in carrying out an audit of your existing talent processes to understand how a Total Talent Management solution can help you, please contact our subject matter expert Matt Grady on 01628 565761 or matt.grady@bps-world.com