“The Need to Define Talent and Talent Retention Contextually”
 Mr. Arokia Sagayraj, Head HR, Renault Nissan Technology & Business Centre
 

 

Mr.Sagayrajwas one of the Panellist IIM Raipur’s First HR Confluence on August 25, 2012 (Theme: Managing Talent for Competitive Advantage: From Identifying and Acquiring Talent to its Retention).

In his address to the audience at the Confluence on ‘Talent Retention’ he called for understanding the issues inherent in talent management by analysing the nature of business and its context in which it was situated.
 

 

He drew examples from his work experience and illustrated how talent and talent retention was constructed and perceived differently in different markets as well as sectors. Being closely related to the European market, he focussed his discussion on bringing a comparison between the issues typically faced in the European market as compared to the Indian market. For example, he sensitized the audience on the attrition rate difference in Europe and Asian market. In Europe, attrition rate is negligible and in most parts it is a forced step whereas the Asian story was very different. China like India emerging as economic superpowers had a deart of right talent.

He also illustrated the nuances in Talent attrition. For instance he highlighted that attrition rate is higher for females than for females. This, he believed was a trend that needed to be understood by the companies if they really needed to formulated strategies to correct the flow of talent attrition.

His discussion also involved a discussion of strategies that Renault Nissan follows to retain their employees. What was also made evident was the process through which strategies are formulated and rolled out rather than the mere formulation of strategy. For this he asked the students(who would be future HR Practitioners) to be responsive and perceptive about the viewpoints of other stakeholders like the employees and customers. 

 

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