07/09/2026
Your Organisation May Not Have a Talent Shortage. It May Have a Talent Visibility Problem.
How much do you really know about what your people can do — beyond their job titles? Someone in Finance may be brilliant at automation. An administrator may have exceptional project-management skills. A colleague hired five years ago may have developed capabilities their current role has never allowed them to use.
Yet when a new capability is needed, organisations often look outside. Sometimes the talent isn't missing. It's simply hidden.
We are very good at knowing where people sit , their role, grade, department and reporting line. The bigger opportunity is knowing what people can actually contribute.
- Who has skills we're not using?
- Who could step into something bigger with development?
- Who could solve a problem elsewhere in the organisation?
Before searching outside for capability, perhaps we should become better at seeing what's already inside.
👉🏽 Reflection: Do you really know what your people are capable of?
