Untapped Talent by Dani Monroe - Book review

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Untapped Talent

Unleashing the Power of the Hidden Workforce

By: Dani Monroe

Published: April 30, 2013
Format: Hardcover, 192 pages
ISBN-10: 1137282223
ISBN-13: 978-1137282224
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan












"I believe this book will help you find and grow the talent throughout your organization that's been undervalued and underdeveloped - the talent that's been untapped. Tapping into it will change you, your organization, and the world', writes leadership, diversity, and performance optimization guide, and President and Fonder of Center Focus International, Inc., Dani Monroe in her transformational and positive results oriented book Untapped Talent: Unleashing the Power of the Hidden Workforce. The author describes how people with talent that can benefit the entire organization, are often undiscovered and not able to develop their fullest potential; and offers practices and exercises to uncover and utilize that hidden talent to create a positive impact.

Dani Monroe understands that every organization contains within it a hidden and overlooked pool of talent. The author provides an overview of this untapped talent base and why it exists in so many otherwise astute companies. Dani Monroe demonstrates how the potential of this hidden workforce can be identified, brought to the forefront, and transformed into a high performance force that will boost overall company productivity. Dani Monroe provides the strategies and tools for leaders within the organization to take the initiative and utilize this already existing talent pool.

Dani Monroe (photo left) recognizes that that leaders and managers don't always possess the skills to identify the hidden talent within overlooked employees. As a result, these untapped individuals are never trained, developed or refined ino the powerful force that is needed by the organization. For various reasons, people are neglected and their latent abilities are not utilized to their fullest potential. Dani Monroe presents the methodology for transforming these hidden employees into top performing individuals.

Dani Monroe points out that the identification of untapped talent within the organization benefits the careers of its workforce. The cultural change resulting from more engaged employees, who are being deployed to their fullest potential improves people's lives, for the organization and and the employees' personal career satisfaction. Dani Monroe shares three overarching steps to finding and tapping the hidden workforce:

* Defining the hidden workforce
* Mining and refining the untapped workforce
* Exemplifying and the role of leadership

For me, the power of the book is how Dani Monroe combines a comprehensive description of the nature of the hidden workforce, with the strategies and tactics for identifying, developing, and utilizing these employees in their new roles. The author offers the wisdom of developing people, who are already part of the organization, to their fullest potential. Dani Monroe illustrates the principles of tapping underutilized talent through the inclusion of research studies, case studies, and anecdotal evidence.

With the high cost to every company of recruiting, training, and retaining top performing personnel, the concept of discovering and refining overlooked talent is cost effective, profitable, and the right thing to do for people. The author shows how tapping underused employees creates a more engaged workforce, as people discover they are valued for their contribution, building a stronger company culture. That revamped culture forms a powerful competitive advantage through higher overall engagement and performance levels.

I highly recommend the insightful and refreshing book Untapped Talent: Unleashing the Power of the Hidden Workforce by Dani Monroe, to any business leaders and managers who are seeking a clear and concise blueprint for finding underused talent within their own organizations. This book provides the practices for transforming that hidden workforce into a dynamic force for competitive advantage.

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