Chapter Zero - Gestalt and Talent Leadership

Question 1

What is Gestalt?

Answer 1

Gestalt theory emphasizes that the whole of anything is greater than its parts. That is, the attributes of the whole are not deducible from analysis of the parts in isolation. The word Gestalt is used in modern German to mean the way a thing has been “placed,” or “put together.” There is no exact equivalent in English.

Question 2

Employee Output

Answer 2

Retention, growth or firing decisions based almost entirely on employee output-an aspect that has been proven to be driven by non employee factors.

Question 3

Why organizations are out talented today?

Answer 3

No exhibit top management commitment to Talent Management

There can be no TM without CEO level involvement.

Question 4

Organizations need to ponder

Answer 4

We have swathes of millennials choosing freedom over brand value of the corporations they work for.

Question 5

Achieving Gestalt for HR& organizations

Answer 5

1) HR has to get less busy and more purposeful
2) Silos have to be broken. All managers are accountable for TM.
3) HR will need to connect to new definitions and concepts.
4) Workforce and employees will need to be now looked as talents or potential talents. Hiring and recruiting should be long term.
5) Process focus to progress focus. Concentric and conglomerate learning objectives to help employees upgrade into talents, addressing the skill and knowledge needs of the future.
6) Performance needs will require to be assessed in conjunction with potential