夜色直播 CEO and Co-Founder Cailtin MacGregor Gives Advice and Insights for HR Leaders on the RecruitingDaily Podcast
As organizations adapt to constant change and disruption, the ability for them to tap into the full potential of their workforces has never been more critical. Our CEO Caitlin MacGregor recently joined William Tincup on the RecruitingDaily Podcast to talk about the importance of talent resilience and mobility.
They touched on Caitlin鈥檚 advice for HR leaders in 2021, how to understand what drives and drains your employees, and the importance of moving employees into new opportunities internally to keep them engaged and resilient.
On Caitlin鈥檚 advice for HR leaders in 2021...
Caitlin and William talked about 2020 being the year of survival, where companies were doing everything they could to make sure their employees were safe, healthy and supported through a challenging year. And in light of that focus, 2020 was also the year where HR leaders became .
鈥淲hat this has done for the first time,鈥� Caitlin said, 鈥渋s made every CEO aligned to the fact that their people are really at the core of their business.鈥� This shift in focus at the executive table has created the perfect opportunity for HR leaders to take a bold path forward in 2021, and to focus on setting every employee up to thrive.
鈥淭hey鈥檙e going to thrive with you, or they鈥檙e going to thrive without you,鈥� William reflected. 鈥淪o, if you don鈥檛 provide them with those opportunities, and if you don鈥檛 set them up for success and set them up to thrive, then someone else will.鈥�
On the importance of understanding what drives and drains employees...
To help employees thrive at work, Caitlin talked about aligning employees鈥� natural talents with the needs of a job. She talked about the fact that, when employees are playing to their strengths at work, they鈥檙e more likely to feel energized and engaged.
鈥淭he only way to get an accurate measurement of what drives and drains somebody is to have them go through a psychometric assessment,鈥� she shared, before explaining that 夜色直播鈥檚 assessment measures personality, problem solving ability and social intelligence to reveal what makes each employee uniquely exceptional. She explained that 夜色直播 empowers organizations to identify the behavioral needs of a role, while also measuring an employee鈥檚 talents, and then allows them to compare the two to reveal how well a person is suited for the job.
鈥淚鈥檝e taken the assessment, and I had a wonderful experience,鈥� said William, before revealing that his top 夜色直播 Talents were Decision-Making, Adaptation and Innovation.
On what companies need to do to succeed when it comes to internal mobility...
鈥淎 lot of companies don鈥檛 know their existing people,鈥� Caitlin quipped. 鈥淚n the past, it was a lot easier if you had an open rec to go and buy that resource from outside and bring them in, rather than build the resource by enabling your existing talent.鈥�
Caitlin explained that, when it comes to moving talent across the organization, companies should focus on aligning people to roles where they have the potential to succeed, even if they鈥檝e never done a similar job before. She explained that the way to understand how someone is going to perform long-term on the job is to understand what the behavioral needs of the job are. With those data points, companies can uncover hidden gems in their talent pools who have the potential to succeed in a role, if they鈥檙e only given the opportunity.
On the importance of helping employees grow...
Caitlin talked about the importance of giving employees opportunities to feel like they are accomplishing something in order to avoid burnout, and that taking on new opportunities is key to fostering that sense of growth and movement.
鈥淧art of why 2020 was difficult is that we all need wins,鈥� Caitlin shared. 鈥淲e all need to feel like we鈥檙e doing something, and if we鈥檙e doing the same thing day in and day out and we don鈥檛 feel like we鈥檙e growing, we鈥檒l burn out. We need to provide our employees the opportunity to keep growing.鈥�
Check out the full interview with Caitlin and William.