Interpret policy, advise on employee operations and help resolve disputes
HR professional with over 15 years’ experience as a generalist HR practitioner in SME and corporate organisations. Until April 2011, Elizabeth was HR director of a Dutch owned multi-national organisation providing infrastructure, environmental and buildings consultancy services. Reporting directly to the CEO and seated on the UK board, Elizabeth provided strategic HR services and led a team of four HR professionals providing generalist HR services to 800 employees in the three business lines across six offices in the UK during a period of intense structural redevelopment due to both economic change and mergers and acquisition.
Professional, pragmatic and resourceful, Elizabeth believes in commercially-focused HR solutions that are flexible and tightly aligned to business needs. She has a high degree of integrity and conducts her business with a flexible, positive and straightforward approach.
. Prior to the 1990s, talent was mostly a label for stars in the entertainment and sports arenas, but it became increasingly used in the workplace during the 1990s, when management consultancy firm McKinsey conducted research into talent management practices and it became clear that, in a knowledge-based environment, the calibre of an organisation’s talent was critical to its business success. The McKinsey studies went on to coin the phrase “The War for Talent”, which described the challenge organisations face in attracting and retaining high calibre people as demand outstripped supply.
is about the stars in your organisation, that is, those individuals with the right natural aptitude or skill – or in organisational language, the right style and competencies – to bring about business success. An organisation needs to have a clear view of the style and competencies it needs to bring about success in its own environment and it needs to ask itself important questions in this context about how to identify, develop and retain talent.
is simply a collective noun or an overarching strategy or programme that encapsulates all the people management processes related to the hiring, performance, development and retention of the most talented people available. It is about aligning these processes to identify talent, develop and reward it so that it may be utilised effectively and retained for the long-term. Talent management is best linked succession planning, which is the strategic identification of potential business and knowledge/technical leaders for future.
In summary, talent simply refers to the “star quality” for your organisation. Identifying and defining that effectively can help attract the right people and help you make the right investment decisions to realise talent potential and retain talent in your organisation for the long-term.
Optimise HR is an independent provider of practical HR solutions for the SME employer. Our approach is straightforward and pragmatic, offering you a wide range of flexible HR services tailored to your needs.
