Doing presentation March 30

Presentation – How Can Talent Development Be Accelerated

Background
HR consultant, went through a few different projects based on issues with own company data

Gathered data from clients, leaders didn’t grow as clients expected

*Had lots of problems developing research idea

Plans to finish this academic year – 50/50 (looks like no)

Use DBA for post-consulting career in teaching

Research needs
CEO needs - #1 increase profitability, #2 develop talent

BCG says $40 billion spent on leadership and talent development

-what goes into leadership and talent development? Seems like he’s making it up

-only formal training for senior managers

Nature vs Nurture debate – attribute success to themselves but forget support

Rule of thumb in development – 70% on the job, 20% mentors, 10% training by self

-is this commonly known among HR practitioners?

-companies not sure how to balance financial results and developing talent

Hypothesis: challenging experiences on the job quicken talent development

(shishi no ko otoshi)

Challenging job experiences

-transitioning to manager, change in function, international, taking over job

-forced to face new challenges or make difficult/novel decisions

Categories of challenging job experiences

Defining Competency

-McClelland differentiates average from high performing diplomats

-State found no correlation between job performance and employment test or background

-Cross-cultural, learning speed, positive perspective towards others

Nomological chart

-job experience -> talent development

 -12 moderating vars

-treats psychological safety as most important

Feedback – reduce problem to simpler construct

Data
Online panel from Marketing Applications Inc (300,000 JPY)

All participants were manager level or above

300-10000 employees

Survey tested 4 main vars

Self-reported challenges (established)

Self-reported competencies (new knowledge)

Result
Self-efficacy correlated with improved competency

-low self-efficacy correlated with 0 improvement