Learning: The Magic of Making Training FUN

I had the privilege of speaking to the CEO Forum in Jakarta, Indonesia. My keynote revolved around the subject of Leadership: Pathway to Greatness. I based my session on the work of Jim Collin's - Good to Great and Kouzes & Posner's Leadership Practices. Though both were Western models, I used them as a reference point to highlight Asian best practices. I did not touch upon much of Jack Welch's thoughts though. Interestingly when I brought up the subject of getting the right people on the bus as an important element to achieve Level 5 leadership, the President of one of Indonesia's leading airlines highlighted his situation. It was not about getting the right people on the bus but it was about getting rid of the poor performers. To him, that was the most challenging role as a CEO particularly in a highly political situation. He referred to JackWelch's focus on getting rid of the 'C' players if all the attempts to move them to 'B' or 'A

Is Talent Management the exclusion of many as a large number of consulting professionals seem to preach? Is the view that Talent will always be restricted to a few while the majority of the workforce will remain average appropriate? These questions dominated the agenda of the recent HR Forum in Jakarta, Indonesia. The event organised by Yayasan PPM, Indonesia, this week was a lively one. As the key note speaker, I had to bring the subject to the ground level in Asia. Firstly, anyone with the right learning opportunity can perform to the required standards. Secondly, any one who is able to connect his/her passion with his/her practice(work) is able to exceed expectations. Thirdly, we have to be careful to with the understanding of the word talent. It is not meant to be exclusive but Talent Management is a HR response intended to address the business strategy by focussing on a selected number of profesisonals who are adding value to the organisation. Fourthly, it is about attracting,