Merge Gupta-Sunderji, Founder at Merge Speaks LLC (http://www.mergespeaks.com), joins us to discuss talent management trends you can use in 2011... Read the Transcript

Merge Gupta-Sunderji Founder Merge Speaks, LLC http://MergeSpeaksc.om

Merge Gupta-Sunderji turns managers into leaders. A professional speaker, author, and radio commentator, Merge gives people specific and practical tools to achieve leadership and communication success. Over 41,000 leaders in eight countries have attended her keynotes and workshops. With more than seventeen years of firsthand experience, Merge offers a unique blend of realism and humour that consistently engages and entertains her audiences!

Continuing our look forward towards 2011 and beyond we turn our attention towards the evolving trends that will affect your talent and workforce strategies in the coming years. In 2011 more companies will create a system of switching employee tasks to keep employees interested. It includes rewriting job descriptions benefitting both the employee and the company. We will explore the trend of social media backlash and what that means for you. When information becomes too much, human instinct pushes life for simplicity. Executives will determine what skills need to be in place in the workforce in order to be successful. The trend that we will follow is companies laying out their employee skill needs and beginning to strategize how to ensure that required skill sets are in place when the times comes that they need them. Companies need to pay close attention to the many forms of communication their employees use today in order to interact with them in ways that are familiar. It is about the company understanding the power of evolving media, ensuring they are keeping up with it to talk to their employees and customers. A way to think about innovative strategies include incentive programs like peer to peer, game-based, and other ways. It is clear from the trends listed above that companies need to pay close attention to their employees to ensure that they are prepared to be part of the company. It is also about making work life enjoyable and rewarding. With more than half of your workforce preparing to walk out when the economy improves, these trends are all about preparation and engagement. To turn these trends into a competitive advantage in 2011, consider the following. Keep star employee tasks fresh to keep them onboard. Prepare for a social media backlash towards simplicity. Anticipate the skills you need tomorrow and grow them today. Prepare to reach employees through evolving media. Focus your innovation on incentive programs and benefits. Look for more on these trends and more right here in 2011.