How to find and harness your employees’ hidden talents
Creating a knowledge map is a simple way to help your team to plan and accomplish their work more efficiently.
Angie, an HR director colleague of mine, oversees project managers spread across many divisions at a utility company. Needing someone for a large data project, she realized that none of the project managers she knew had relevant expertise, and she began the time-consuming process of recruiting someone new. During a chance discussion with a colleague, she learned there was someone working in another division who had deep expertise in large data projects. Angie was able to connect with him, bring him in to advise on the new project, and knew she could call on him as a resource in the future.