5 C’s for Great Talent
Tanmay Vora
What do you look for when you look for talent?
Competence is the key to solving problems but competence alone is not sufficient for success. In current context, I would define talent as a combination of competence, commitment, learning agility, attitude/character, communication skills, ability to collaborate across different cultures, critical thinking and creative problem solving.
Back in 2010, I interviewed John Spence on this blog when he released his new book titled Awesomely Simple – Essential Business Strategies For Turning Ideas Into Action. The book offers great ideas to simplify work life which I often refer.
In the same year 2010, American Management Association released result of their Critical skill survey which outlined Creativity, Communication, Collaboration and Critical Thinking as key skills for future success.
In the book, John defines business success as a combination of culture and great talent, and further offers 5 C’s of Great Talent, which I found very useful.
Here is a quick sketch note version of 5 C’s of Great Talent.
Related Reading at QAspire: Skills For Future Success in a Disruptive World of Work
Not sure how you would sketch a sixth ‘C’. Curiosity is the first thing I look for. Closely followed by Grit.