Title: Characteristics of Highly Talented International Business Professionals

Abstract

Most of the businesses nowadays focus on the improvement of their employees. They want to maximize and utilize their labor resources as the employees do their roles and responsibilities in their business unit. Presence of talent and competencies in a business organization plays a vital role. Global companies train their employees not only to perform what is expected from them. Different training needs analysis is being conducted to identify and measure the capabilities and potentials of their employees. Common practice is the immersion training, wherein employees are being exposed on different roles they want to pursue in the future. They also ensure that talents are being retained by compensating them well and providing their learning needs. Highly talented professionals must have excellent communication skills. They must be able to express an idea in a professional manner. In addition, they can clearly understand the problems that have occurred. They must also have good negotiation skills as this is needed in crucial situations. Their ability to define the root cause ofthe problem and manage conflict will increase the efficiency gap among business units. Strategic orientation is another characteristic of a talent. A talent must be able to take leadership responsibilities and assist the management’s strategic way.