1. THE TARGET
Where Talent Acquisition and Talent Management Meet

2. A New and Powerful Book
by Stephen J. Blakesley
• A book for those who want to improve
their performance
• A book for those who want to help others
to improve
• A book for organizations with both people
and performance needs
• Finally, a book for both manager/executive
and employee

3. 14 Powerful Chapters
Part 1 Part 2
• What is superior performance? • Too Busy to hire good people
• Who can be a superior • No Clarity
performer? • Defining Competencies
• Job Fit – the power of it • The Interview
• Job Competencies • The Environment
• Work Strategies • Talent is Worthless,
• Emotional Competencies Performance is Priceless
• Organization Emotional • Now Coach?
Awareness

4. Chapter I
Superior Performance-What is it?
Superior Performance has 3
essential parts!

5. Chapter II
Who Can Achieve Superior Performance?
• Changing Outward
• Changing Inward

6. Chapter III
Job Fit – The Keystone
• Two Powerful Tools
• PBJD
• ICP

7. Chapter IV
Job Competencies - Can They Do It?
• Hard Skills
• Soft Skills

8. Chapter V
Work Strategies – How They Do It
• Use it or lose it
• How to maximize performance

9. Chapter VI
Emotional Competence – The Passion For It!
• Self Awareness
• Self Management
• Other Awareness
• Other Management

10. Chapter VII
Organizational Emotional Intelligence
• The Environment
• Building Leaders vs. Leading Managers
• Hiring Passion
• Team Building
• Work/Live Balance
• Self Awareness
• Compensate Fairly
• Commit

11. Chapter VIII
Too Busy?
• Are they really too busy?
• What is really important?

12. Chapter IX
No Clarity
• How do we know?
• Who can tell?

13. Chapter X
Defining the Competencies
• Knowing what they are
• Know how to use them

14. Chapter XI
The Interview
• Candidates know the most
• At least 1/3

15. Chapter XII
Environment, What Environment?
• Most leave managers not companies
• Everyone wants to get better

16. Chapter XIII
Talent is Worthless, Performance is Priceless
• I don’t know how to use it
• I need to know why

17. Chapter XIV
Now Coach?
• Even the most talented need coaching
• Not everyone is equipped

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every hiring manager in your
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