b'STR AIGHT FROM THE EXPERTSBill HendrichExecutive Leadership Coach Talent Development in Real LifeT alent Development IRL starts with finding tal- extremely high standards for what those unique ent. If you do that well, the opportunities aretalents are and an unwillingness to compromise greater,andthechallengesaremoreeasilythose standards when hiring. And the third key handled. If you do not do that well, the challengesis to have the discipline to relentlessly search are greater, and the opportunities are fewer. Thisfor those individuals year-round even when a holds true in every undertaking that involves peopleteam is fully staffed. Belief in talent, uncom-and performance. promising standards on what talent looks like foreachposition,andrelentlesslyrecruiting If it were only so easy to justtalented people to hire: these three keys of suc-do it well! cessful recruitment and hiring will put together a Talent Recruitment Searching for Talent:Talentedisanadjective meaningpossessingspecial aptitude.Talentisdefined as an exceptional natural abil-ity, especially in a particular ac-tivity. Everyone has some level of talent, but not everyone is talented. Thus,thefirstkeytosuccessfulhir-ing is to honestly believe that talented teammembers(thosewiththere-quired talents and possessing that spe-cial aptitude) are the foundation of success. The second key is to have 94 Talent Development in Real Life'