544: Start Finding Overlooked Talent, with Johnny Taylor, Jr.

Coaching for Leaders

Dave Stachowiak

Education, Business, Management, Self-improvement, Careers

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🗓️ 6 September 2021

⏱️ 40 minutes

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Johnny Taylor, Jr.: Reset Johnny Taylor, Jr. is President and CEO of SHRM, the Society for Human Resource Management. Johnny is frequently asked to testify before Congress on critical workforce issues and authors a weekly column, "Ask HR," in USA Today. Johnny was chairman of the President's Advisory Board on Historically Black Colleges and Universities and served as a member of the White House American Workforce Policy Advisory Board during the Trump Administration. He is the author of the new book Reset: A Leader’s Guide to Work in an Age of Upheaval*. In this conversation, Johnny and I highlight the current challenges in discovering talent and the populations that have been historically overlooked. We discuss what SHRM’s research and experience are showing to help leaders make better decisions on finding talent. Plus, we explore how to best handle incentives, so that we create the kind of culture that we will value inside our organizations. Key Points Both line managers in organizations and human resource professionals agree: finding a deep enough talent pool is a big problem. Historically, attracting overlooked talent felt right, but may not have been essential to be competitive. Those times are ending for most organizations. Studies show that organizations who discover talent in older workers, differently abled workers, veterans, the formerly incarcerated, people of color, and LGBTQ populations see positive, long-term results. The incentives for finding overlooked talent often are transactional. To ensure sustainability, leaders must establish this as a value in their organizations. Resources Mentioned Reset: A Leader’s Guide to Work in an Age of Upheaval* by Johnny Taylor, Jr. Interview Notes Download my interview notes in PDF format (free membership required). Related Episodes How to Get the Ideal Team Player, with Patrick Lencioni (episode 301) Hire the Formerly Incarcerated, with Shelley Winner (episode 447) How to Support Women of Color, with Minda Harts (episode 506) Discover More Activate your free membership for full access to the entire library of interviews since 2011, searchable by topic.

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0:00.0	The competition for talent is as tough as it's ever been.
0:04.8	It's critical for today's leaders to find talent in places they may have historically overlooked.
0:11.3	On this episode, the president and CEO of the Society for Human Resource Management
0:16.6	on how to discover the talent you want and need.
0:20.8	This is Coaching for Leaders, Episode 544.
0:26.3	Greetings to you from Orange County, California.
0:37.3	This is Coaching for Leaders, and I'm your host, Dave Stahovjak.
0:42.2	Leaders aren't born.
0:43.7	They're made.
0:44.7	And this weekly show helps you discover leadership wisdom through insightful conversations.
0:50.8	So much about leadership is about talent.
0:54.8	It's not just the talent we have, of course, more importantly, it's the talent that
0:59.3	we bring into our organizations, the talent that we develop.
1:03.4	And never in history has there been a more challenging time of really finding great talent.
1:09.6	Today, we're going to be making the invitation for all of us to do a better job at finding
1:16.3	talent and especially finding talent in the places that are traditionally overlooked.
1:20.7	I'm so glad to welcome today's guest, Johnny Taylor Jr.
1:24.6	He is the president and CEO of SHIRM, the Society for Human Resource Management.
1:29.9	With more than 300,000 members in 165 countries, SHIRM is the largest HR professional organization
1:37.2	in the world, impacting the lives of 115 million workers and families every day.
1:42.9	Johnny is a sought-after voice on all matters affecting work, workers, and the workplace.
1:48.1	He's frequently asked to testify before Congress, on critical workplace issues, and authors
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