There are many views on what is talent and lately, this concept is everywhere. Having talent or talents means different things for businesses, which is why there are a lot of ambiguities about it. Industries leaders have different views on talent depending on their needs. For most of them, talent is either a characteristic of people or a synonym for people. What is or isn't talent? Talent can also be about high potential or an inclusive approach where all employees are talented. If all employees are talents before we recruit talents, we need to answer a question. What exactly can we classify as talent? The answer gets complicated and we need criteria to decide what talent is or is not. Almost everyone has an inner hidden talent waiting to be unravelled. However, having talent is just the tip of the iceberg because cultivating it requires support and constant effort. Yes, you can! The real obstacle is to say, yes you can and step out of your comfort zone. With a bit of courage, support from peers and a fair amount of discipline the growth path can begin. Hidden potential can be discovered step by step. We, the people, are ruled by inner faiths and beliefs and we stumble and fall as low as our faith let us. And because we are governed by our faiths and beliefs, we reach as high as our set of unconscious limits let us. The path to personal and professional growth is available to everyone as long as there is an interest in pursuing it. Some of the talents we possess are innate, but some can be learned. Whether our paths are successful or not, depends on surpassing the obstacles we encounter along the way. But, most of all it will depend on the resilience we prove in following the chosen growth path. Helping people to believe in their potential and achieve their objectives is a good way to engage their creativity and capacity to innovate in the organizational environment. Encouraging this optimistic attitude is almost mandatory if, we are committed to pursuing a positive organisational culture. Support and encouragement are vital for people precisely because the belief in their success is proportional to their efforts and persistence to surpass challenges. Talent as outstanding performance Obviously, both companies and people can reach higher levels of performance by developing new competencies. There is another problem to tackle, talent assessment, do we have it or not, can it be learned or improved? Talent can be an inborn ability, high potential, mastery, organizational fit, competencies, or capabilities. It can be all these things together, but in the end, both we and the employers are aiming for an outstanding performance. Inborn talent or not, adopting a positive yes-you-can mindset in which skills can be acquired, allows us to grow the untapped potential within. By nurturing a continuous learning environment, where challenges are viewed as opportunities to expand capabilities rather than a lack of performance, employers can optimize the competencies…
