Just What Are You Doing With Your High Potential Employees?

by Tim Sackett 据华尔街日报的一篇报道称，只有28%的老板告知员工在公司内的能力排名，其实，对于那些高能力的职工来说，告不告知他们其实并不重要，因为他们完全能预测出自身在公司里的排名问题，那么，我们的企业又该如何对待这些高能力员工呢？

The Wall Street Journal had an article recently saying that only

28 percent of companies tell their employees what they are ranked in terms of future potential (i.e., High Potential, Low Potential, etc.). From the article: According to a report released Monday by consulting firm Towers Watson, just 68% of companies formally identify high-potential employees, and only 28% actually tell the employees they ve been labeled as such. The survey was based on a study of 316 companies across North America. This is really a missed opportunity, says Laurie Bienstock, co-author of the report. You need to wonder how are fostering the development of these high-potentials if they re not informing them. Don t you just wonder? What you need to do with your Hi-Po s Let me tell you a little HR secret Laurie: employers don t need to tell Hi-Po s they are Hi-Po s because Hi-Po s already know they are Hi-Po s. That s one reason they are Hi-Po s they have great self-awareness. What employers need to do with Hi-Po s is the following: Pay them. Above market, above average and (above low potentials within the same work groups) and make sure they know it. Challenge them. Give them lead positions on projects, putting them in positions to communicate to senior leadership and shine, getting them into the organizational circle of trust. Treat them differently. Yep, that s right HR Pros treat your Hi-Po s differently than you treat your Low-Po s, because they expect, they want it, they ll appreciate it. It will tick off your Low-Po s, and that s a good thing you need your Low-Po s to be uncomfortable because you re in charge of making your organization s talent better. You re not running a charity event. The other fact from the article that only 68 percent formally identify employee potential is surprising to me, and not that it s low but that the number seems high to me. Hi-Po, No-Po, Low-Po, etc. is a big HR shop game that is a luxury for most organizations. Is it critical for successful succession planning? Yes. It is also something that takes a ton of organizational resources to accomplish and maintain. Once you get that data, you then have to do something with it, and keep doing it. That usually means the development of an entire group within HR, depending on how big your organization is. You gotta have a Hi-Po plan So, 68 percent seems like an inflated number. I m guessing the survey was given to only large corporations. Should you tell an employee what they are ranked? I have and I would, but it really depends on the culture and engagement of your organization. The one thing I will tell you is this: if you have no plan on what you are going to do with this data, don t start, because it will be a waste of time. I see so many HR Pros run down this path of determining who their Hi-Po s are without any idea of what they are going to do next. It s like Hey! We found out Joe and Lynn are our Hi-Po s! Isn t that great?! No, not really, and so what? The real work comes after the identification in developing your Hi-Po s into their next level position and building succession, because the real work is not in the identifying. This was originally published on Tim Sackett s blog, The Tim Sackett Project. 管理新知 您可能感兴趣的文章 Can You Quiet the Difficult Co-Worker and Not Lose Your Job? 2012-03-14 这些公司管理“恶疾”，你所在的公司有没有沾上？

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