A recent survey reveals that numerous organizations aren’t necessarily ready to promote their current talent to higher-level positions within their company.
The survey was conducted by a talent consulting group that polled more than 100 senior-level executives from 49 countries.
Over half of the surveyed population revealed that their organizations don’t have the right kind of talent to succeed in a changing industry environment. With that said, almost a third of the respondents said that the companies they worked for aren’t ready for any kind of global change due to the company’s leadership.
While many of the surveyed people said they wouldn’t necessarily promote their current talent, over half of them did say their talent had the right experience to succeed in the business world. Some human resource experts feel that it isn’t quite fair for these respondents to make these kinds of statements about their employees because a person needs training and development for what they do and not for who they are. This mindset would mean that with the proper training, any worker could be promoted.
One HR expert said that companies need to find and develop talent that “possesses the right blend of competence, experience and personal traits” in order to groom employees for promotions.