Talent: Right Seat on the Bus
Jim Collins (2001), in From Good to Great, clearly describes
the critical importance to organizational success of having the right
people on the bus, and having those people in the right seats based
on their talent. Buckingham and Vosburgh (2001) further explored
this in an article entitled “The 21st Century Human Resources
Function: It’s the Talent, Stupid!” Consider also McKinsey’s classic
1997 report and later book (Michaels, et al, 2001) on The War for
Talent; clearly this is a prime area HR must own and leverage.