11 • Continued from previous page Workforce planning during challenging times is a must. Financial and headcount constraints will impact on the ability to recruit; essentially this means that more will have to be done with fewer people. Maximising the use of the existing workforce has all sorts of implications for HR – training, performance management, relocations, selective retention initiatives in some areas and selective redundancies in others. One of the most important is to ensure that workforce plans are in place to align HR capacity in terms of numbers and skills with Public Sector mission, vision and service deliverables. Integrated Talent Management Talent Management is often described as the systematic attraction, identification, development, engagement/retention, and deployment of talents1 (Public Personnel Management, 2017). Integrated talent management is an organisation's commitment to recruit, retain, and develop employees. integrated approach to recruitment, retention, succession planning, performance management, compensation, employee development planning and learning. • According to Deloitte (A New Talent Management Framework, 2010) the goal is not only to make the Human Resources function operate more efficiently, but more importantly to create an "integrated system" for managing people which allows for the rapid and effective response to organisational needs. • In a Resilient Organisation, the practice of Integrated Talent Management is key to sustaining an organization’s initiatives and performance and to ensuring it meets its mission even in the face of turnover and other workforce challenges. The system must enable the identification and development of individuals who would be able to step in and step up in times of crisis. Managing the system in a transparent and equitable way will enhance the organisation’s capacity to be resilient and generate productive results and outcomes, even when faced with adversity. • Sustaining such a system, will require the public sector organisation to foster an environment that encourages high performance, continuous professional development, and recognises existing talent and the transfer of knowledge to future talent. It is an 1 Source: Public Personnel Management, December 1, 2017 • Continues on next page
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