Wednesday, March 14, 2007

Talent a big challenge(part-1)

“Keeping developing talent is a big challenge”
(Gouri Agtey Athale)

GLOBAL corporations have taken over from the British Empire in at least one respect: the sun never sets on their empires, either. Some-one, somewhere, is always at work in these empires.

This applies as much to the $ 12.4-billion Eaton Corporation, with employee strength of 65,000, customers in over 125 countries. Keeping this in mind, Eaton's vice-president (HR), Susan Cook, believes it is critical to have the right person for the job.

"This is a global corporation and we don't ever close: someone somewhere is working during 24 hours, which makes it critical we have the right person in the right job, to handle issues locally. Finding keeping and developing talent is the big challenge everywhere, for everyone just that it may play out differently in different parts of the world. The scope of the job is getting more complicated," Ms Cook said.

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