GUIDED SPONSORSHIP: THE ULTIMATE TOOL FOR INTERNAL TALENT SOURCING

摘要

For decades now business leaders have been told that targeted mentorship programs are the key to successful talent development and retention. Make your best people feel appreciated and supported, conventional wisdom goes, and they will progressively rise to the top (and stay there). Yet despite the widespread implementation of such programs, research shows that high-potential employees are increasingly dissatisfied and disengaged from their jobs. A 2010 study from the Corporate Executive Board revealed that 25 percent of employer-identified high-potential employees plan to leave their current companies within the year, as compared to only 10 percent in 2006.