Managing difficult but talented employees

Abstract

The key to talent management is the leadership which undertakes the activities which are managing creative employees, providing them platform to perform and further developing their skills in an effective and efficient manner. The approach towards leading difficult but talented employees is an altogether a challenging task for the leaders in the organizations. The maximum value of the organization is derived from talented employees. This paper aims at understanding the management issue of managing difficult but talented employees through a case study of an US multinational corporation's subsidiaries in Germany and Ireland. Moreover, the analysis of this case study is done by applying the concept learned from articles and the recommendation is given to the organization.

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Introduction2

Overview of managing difficult but talented employees2

Background of the case study3

Talent management in the German and Irish subsidiaries of a US multinational corporation3

Application of articles on the case study5

Analysis of organization's decisions in relation to the management issues8

Recommendations for the organization10

Conclusion10

Managing difficult but talented employees

Introduction

Overview of managing difficult but talented employees

The people dynamics of the organizations are facing constant change in this era and management must align the strategic plans accordingly. Human resource is considered to be one of the most superior assets of an organization. An employee can be very talented, but yet difficult to manage. The term difficult here means the talented employees are challenge for the organization because these employees have developed their own visions to complete tasks and they cannot remain stagnant on the same job for a longer period of time. The application of the conformist approach on these difficult but talented employees can make them dysfunctional because these employees want to work on challenging projects and tasks. Doing similar tasks daily can demotivate them from the work and hinder their creativity by not letting them the access to work according to their way. These employees require leaders who are effective, leaders the employees can model, and leaders who are worth following, supporting and sharing their organization's vision (Caul & Harvey, 2012, p.25).

Talent management is the anticipation of required human capital an organization needs at the time, and setting a plan to meet those needs (Carpenter, Mason, Talya Bauer, and Berrin Erdogan. Management and Organizational Behavior. 1. 1. Flat world Knowledge , 409. Print.) Proper talent management strategies can help organizations on how to manage difficult but talented employees. Talented employees are individual who do exceptional work; they are creative, energized and always are thinking outside of the proverbial box, thus creating great work products that propel the organization forward. Such individuals stand out from other employees. They get the job done. They perform above their pay grade. These individuals are assets to any organization. Therefore, an organization must know how to encourage and hone such individuals' skill set for the good of the organization. The core issue in the organization is to identify the talent and effectively use their talents; by this the organization will succeed and the talented employees will undoubted ably grow (Caul & ...