Each day of August, the Institute will feature one initiative from the TalentNZ Menu of Initiatives. The Menu showcases four integrated work-streams – grow, attract, retain and connect.
Today we are showcasing ‘Retain 1. Use the talent we have’. For examples of this initiative, please see the Menu of Initiatives website. If you know of an organisation or initiative that should be included as an example on the website, please email us at talentnz@mcguinnessinstitute.org.
Retain 1. Use the talent we have
This is about:
- Using the talents we have, as an individual, organisation, industry or in the wider community. This is fundamental to retaining talents. What we do not use, we tend to lose.
- Areas where we might work harder to use the talent we have include the aged, the parent at home, the student leaving full time education, the unemployed or the expert who stagnates in an organisation. Once talent becomes unengaged it requires a powerful idea or experience to plug them back into the ecosystem.
- From a business perspective, if we utilise the talents that are within our reach, we create a significant opportunity to optimise the ecosystem.
About TalentNZ
The Menu of Initiatives is part of our Project TalentNZ and focuses on how best to identify and distribute tools for councils, businesses and communities to design their own unique strategy for creating a talent-based economy. TalentNZ builds on Sir Paul Callaghan’s vision of making New Zealand ‘a place where talent wants to live’. Sir Paul outlined the reasons why his vision is important in a 20-minute video at the Institute’s StrategyNZ workshop in 2011. The focus of the Menu is on the ‘how’ – we are testing Sir Paul’s assumptions and exploring ways New Zealanders might turn this vision into a reality. To learn more about the TalentNZ project see www.talentnz.org.
Connect with TalentNZ
We want to build New Zealand’s talent-based economy. If you want to join us on this journey, please connect with TalentNZ. By connecting you will receive our monthly TalentNZ newsletter, which outlines recent developments, research and resources related to creating a talent-based economy, and which keeps you informed about upcoming TalentNZ events. Please also share this link with anyone you think may be interested.