TALENT Discovery - Accelerating potential to infinite possibilities!!
Subramanian Sivakumar - a Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Pratian Technologies and he is also the CEO of the World Research Centre, a deep tech global research and investment ecosystem of the future & the Member of Board Of Directors for many Research Centers across the globe.
Subbu is also a serial entrepreneur with over two decades of experience in the IT industry. He has extensive cross-cultural leadership experience having worked with Fortune 500 companies, across large Global Enterprises and startups in all major geographies. He has been a Digital Business Specialist, Innovator, Architect, Mentor, Strategy Consultant, and Investor.
Few questions I ask Subramanian Sivakumar on how to focus on Talent Discovery program and a whole spectrum view to the individuals based on each one’s potential, they discover and recommend the right fitment is as follows: Time Stamps: 5:03m to 56:30m
- A little background about Subramanian Sivakumar? 5:03
- Why it is important to focus on Talent Discovery? 9:03
- How did Pratian benefit from Talent Discovery? 13:22
- Will this discovery help to identify the right people? 15:41
- How does the Talent Discovery Platform make hiring easier? 18:25
- Will it deliver excellence to the individual as well as the organization? 20:39
- From your experience, can you give insight on What Every organization should be mindful of… while looking out for talent ? 22:58
- What is the approach and is there any model/framework you recommend? 27:57
- What would be the roadblock? challenges in this journey and even the acceptance from the organization? 29:28
- It’s just not the organization building this culture & the candidate getting scaled on the skill …There are managers ….what should they Know in this process & what is their role? 31:36
- Is there an intent evaluation – what is the approach you follow? 33:52
- Would you also give a career path for the individual? 35:15
- How can one understand how the behaviors of the candidate will impact the performance of the candidate? 37:17
- Would this also give the report and compares it to the benchmarked model of a particular job role? 38:06
- Can you give an aerial view of the Skill Assure program & how it works? How that translates into business continuity? 39:14
- What is the success ratio going through this model? 41:56
- Is there any example that you want to share (maybe your client or employee) about SkillAssure where you delivered something truly unique? 45:34
- Would this discovery help for reinforcement or continuous learning too? How about upskilling or cross-skilling? 47:49
- Is there anything else you would like to add, that will be of value to my listeners? 50:45
- Do you also want to share what Pratian is doing? 51:45
- How do you see talent strategy trends in 2020 and what are the key elements of a successful talent strategy? 54:24
"Powerful question" to my guest to unveil for my listeners. to engage, enlighten and empower (& that’s the mission of my podcast too) Timestamp at 56:31 Mts to 1:03 hr.
- According to you, what is the “STAR” moment?
- What “inspires you” to do everything that you do?
- If you owned the company, what’s one thing you would do differently in learning?
- What are the three most important things you would like to accomplish right now?
- if I may ask you, What are your strengths
- What’s the best book you’ve read this year? or anytime you recommend for my listeners.
- What are the characteristics of the best boss role models or mentors/coach you ever had? What made that person great?
- Are there any tools that you use on a daily basis to be a better you?
- In continuation, are there any habit you are practicing which has made you successful in whatever you do
- Your advice to people who are new and want to accelerate their career, and are there any core skills you recommend?
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