Week 5 Discussion
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Managing Talent
According to Jack, managers should devote a lot of time, energy, and money to your A and A-minus players, and to let your C players go. By contrast, Patty McCord dislikes the term A players and she writes: Sometimes its important to let even people who have done a great job go, in order to make space for high performers in new functions or with different skills.
Discuss your ideas about talent management, using the prompts below:
What do you think about the concept of investing in your A players more than other employees? Is it still relevant in todays business environment?
Do management practices in your organization align more to Welch or McCords approach to talent management?
Based on this weeks articles, describe one change you would recommend in managing talent at your organization. How would this change produce better results?
Post your initial response by Wednesday, midnight of your time zone, and reply to at least 2 of your classmates initial posts by Sunday, midnight of your time zone.
