Laurie Ruettimann looks at the similarities between the US presidential election and talent management in organisations.
If ever there was a forum where personality and subjectivity come into play — much like the presidential election — it’s the talent management meeting held by your local HR Generalist.
Trust me, I’ve held my share of talent management discussions. We break out the nine-box-grid, discuss performance reviews, and then we hit the 10 AM break, eat a few donuts, and objectivity goes out the window.
Something similar happens during appraisal moderation discussions and the annual pay review. Over here, we tend to prefer Danish pastries and croissants to doughnuts but otherwise, the process is pretty much the same.
Mmmmmmmm…. danish pastries and croissants. I’m not picky!
I love that expression “HR generalist”. Did a post on them some time back.
Our pay reviews are quite different! But I will take the Danish Pastry
At the end of the day you just have to say what the boss likes to hear and not be too much of a threat. The reality in a large organisation is your performance doesn’t matter a jot.