Talent Management

Talent management aims at improving the potential of employees who are seen as being able to make a valuable difference for the organization, now or in the future. Moreover, talent management should improve organizational performance. However, talent management strongly focus on (potential) leaders, which can cause organizations to ¿forget¿ the other groups of talents that are critical today. This realization had led to the use of the following definition of talent management talent management means that an organization tries to nurture and develop the people that are defined as having both a high potential and ability¿. Furthermore, talent management does not necessarily mean moving talents upwards in organizations. The most important task for organizations is to make sure talents are situated at the position that suits them best. Also, it is deemed important that talent management is embedded in the organizational culture.