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Taika Waititi confirms that Thor: Love and Thunder will feature two Thors
August 28, 2019 by Liam Waddington
Thor: Love and Thunder director Taika Waititi has confirmed in a recent interview that Natalie Portman's Mighty Thor will not be taking the place of Chris Hemsworth's Thor – instead joining him as a second Thor.
"[She's] a Thor. There's still the other Thor, the original Thor [played by Chris Hemsworth]. She's not called Female Thor. In the comics, she's called the Mighty Thor. …Couldn't be more happy and excited."
Although there are currently no plot details for the film as Waititi is still working on the script, this statement seems to be taking in the film in a different approach from the comics as he claims there will be two Thors. However, in the comics, Jane Foster became the Mighty Thor after the original Thor became unworthy to wield Mjolnir.
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What are your thoughts on there being two Thors? Do you think this is a good decision? Let us know in the comments below or tweet us @flickeringmyth…
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On 3/8/2017 ten friends and I skied in Telluride, Colorado. Here is who showed up: 1. Brady Nilsen, 2. Karl Dohan, 3. Tamara Dohan, 4. Lance Waring, 5. Lise Waring, 6. Brian Wohletz, 7. Mike Chow, 8. Peter Sebestyen, 9. Doug Fults, 10. Katherine Chung, and 11. Brian Wilson (me).
This trip (with this group of friends) is an annual trip we have taken for 21 years. Each year we decide a new location and all meet there. Here is the list of locations and the dates we skied there.
Katherine and I met up Lise in SFO airport to take the same direct flight to Telluride (actually to Montrose which is an hour from Telluride).
Waiting for our flight, we toasted to Lise's (big round number) birthday with champagne!
Katherine is leaning back trying to stay out of my photo.
Our airplane this day was an Embraer EMJ-175.
As the sun goes down we head off from Montrose to Telluride.
Katherine and I arrived one day earlier than most of the group so we could take a direct, non-stop flight. We stayed at the "Camel's Garden Hotel" for a couple nights. The entrance is below.
The next day Katherine and I walked around Telluride. I don't know if it is the same dog, but the last time I was in Telluride there was a husky in this same yard. :-) This guy seems plenty happy sleeping in the snow. This is about half a block from the bottom of the Gondola on South Oak street.
Walking up Oak Street there is a small park and this sign below.
Below is a classic shot of Telluride's main street (Colorado Ave) looking down towards the box canyon. (Toward Bridal Veil Power station).
We have no idea what this bird is. Do you? Email me at: UPDATE 3/17/2017 - Lance says it is a Magpie.
"Fat Tire Bicycles" seem to be trendy, you can rent one here on main street.
An average looking photographer in Telluride getting the same classic shot I took a few minutes earlier.
These two guys with wigs on said they were making a ski movie.
Telluride has a tradition of always maintaining this "Free Box". You leave anything you don't want anymore here and somebody else might come along and claim it for free. Lise (on our trip) wrote a book about it once.
Below is a picture of a totally random house in Telluride that really needs a new coat of paint. I wonder what the owner of this house does for a living?
Katherine on main street standing behind a large statue of a big dog (Great Dane).
Laura Colbert and Lance Waring brought Willa to lunch with us! Lance and Laura live in Telluride. Below is a picture of Laura and Willa. Willa is 3 months old.
From left to right: Lise Waring (Willa's aunt), Lance Waring, Laura Colbert, and Willa. We are right next to "Coffee Cowboy".
A panorama of main street (Colorado Ave) in Telluride. The "Free Box" is on the right.
The Gondola in Telluride is free to ride and provides a wonderfully scenic way to travel between Telluride downtown and "Mountain Village". Katherine and I rode it up to see Mountain Village.
Here we are in Mountain Village getting lunch!
And riding back down the Gondola.
Here is a quick 15 second movie showing a bit of the descent. Click here for the very highest quality.
That night others arrived. Below from left to right is Peter Sebestyen (white shirt), Brady Nilsen, Brian Wohletz, Doug Fults, and Mike Chow (holding glass).
From left to right: Karl Dohan, Katherine Chung, Tamara Dohan, Peter Sebestyen, and Brady Nilsen.
No coffee/tea setup in room. They had complimentary breakfast that was pretty good, but it means leaving the room first thing in the morning.
No refrigerator in room (also no mini-bar). We put a few things that could spoil out in the snow outside, which seems ghetto for slopeside accommodations. I like having the option to have a bottle of water or a glass of wine without leaving the room, and I'm willing to pay for the experience. Luckily in Telluride there is a grocery store just a block away so we stocked our own supplies, but it's sad to put them in the snow outside the room where a dog could find and eat our food supply.
No "deck", really a strange door to nowhere/outside with a bizarre locking system that was confusing and the door always looked "cracked open" because the doorframe was bent.
We thought there was no hair dryer, but it was "hidden" in a drawer in the main room, not in the bathroom.
A picture of the bathroom.
Deep construction in Telluride. I think they are secretly mining for gold (or lead, or whatever they mine for here).
Construction that involves propping houses up on stilts.
Hanging out in the condo.
We went out to dinner at "There" restaurant.
Dinner at "There" in Telluride.
The ski group on the slopes together! From left to right: Tamara Dohan, Karl Dohan (red pants), Brian Wilson (me), Brian Wohletz, Brady Nilsen (red hat), Mike Chow (red jacket), Doug Fults, Lise Waring, Lance Waring, and on far right Peter Sebestyen in red jacket.
At the top of "Chair 10" is a children's area called "Enchanted Forest" which I like, so I took a few people on a tour.
Below is a panorama view from the top of Gold Hill. Very near the center of the photo you can see Telluride Airport's runway (see the following picture with red arrow to point that out).
The view of Telluride Airport (TEX) as seen from the ski slopes.
Seen below is the entrance to "Alpino Vino" which is the highest restaurant in North America at a stunning 11,966 feet.
Another picture of the deck of Alpino Vino in Telluride Colorado.
One last picture of the deck.
The menu of Alpino Vino.
Part of the wine list of Alpino Vino.
Here is our half group of: Brady Nilsen, Tamara Dohan, and Mike Chow (and on my right is Doug Fults and Brian Wohletz off camera). If you look really closely at the wooden beam above Mike Chow's head there is a carved wooden bat (animal) hanging up side down. This is inside the Alpino Vino wine bar. I took pictures of the outside of Eric Trommer's house 18 years ago from the OUTSIDE peeking in, but this is the very first time I set foot inside. It is beautiful inside.
After a light lunch, I showed Doug and Tamara one of my favorite runs in Telluride called "The Log Pile" (see picture below). It is a gladed area of trees with gentle moguls that is very beautiful to ski through. I have not been back to Telluride in the last 9 years and I was very glad to get back to this spot.
One more picture taken while stopped in the middle of "Log Pile Ski Run" in Telluride.
Another lap and here we are at the top again looking down at the beautiful day.
The building below is called the "Gorrono Ranch Ski Lodge" at Telluride. Gorrono Ranch was one of the two ranches the very original Telluride ski developer (who built the first lift) purchased in order to develop the ski area. I think "Mountain Village" is entirely built inside the original perimeter of Gorrono Ranch. I'm not sure what the history of this exact building seen below is, but it LOOKS like a rustic old place but serves food and hosts live music. Can be a fun way to spend and afternoon.
Click on the photo below to see more detail, but you can see some people sitting on chairs in the snow waiting for a live performance to start.
The ski lift seen below is "Chair 9" which was originally built in 1985. From 1985 until 2001 this lift was the access point to pretty much all the famous black diamond (technically difficult) ski runs at Telluride including Bushwacker, Kant Mak'm, Mammoth, and "The Plunge". This was the highest spot in the ski area accessible by chair lift during that era. In the distance directly below the chairs on the lift you can see the town of Telluride.
On the final run I recorded this silly video of Doug and Tamara. Click here for the highest quality version.
At the end of this day of skiing here everybody is hanging out in the condo. Katherine is seen working in the kitchen all alone in the distance with nobody helping her.
Eating the dinner Katherine prepared. The pasta was gluten free (some of our group members have dietary restrictions) and I thought it tasted unique and interesting.
Lance, Lise, Peter, Katherine, and Brian (me) attended this night.
Here is the venue at Mountain Village (I think this is called "The Conference Center").
The band "The String Cheese Incident" performing live in Telluride.
I feel bad about the picture below because my camera's flash accidentally went off. That is annoying and I did not mean to use the flash. Somehow the camera settings got changed when I pulled it out of my pocket.
About 2/3 of the way through the concert Katherine and I needed a break from the crowds and music so we wandered around Mountain Village. Below Katherine is in front of a sculpture.
I'm working on getting better at taking low light or night-time photos, below is my best attempt at capturing Mountain Village's main square area.
The Gondola runs until midnight and is totally free to ride on, and we take it back down to town where we are staying. Here is a picture through the Gondola's plexiglass shell of what it looks like at night as we descend to town.
The next day I wanted to go find a couple of old landmarks that I remembered from the last time I was here (a decade ago). Below is the "Cornerhouse Grille" which is at the corner of N Fir and W. Columbia Ave. I remembered it as called "House". It is a relaxed little place where I liked the tater tots and beer.
The address of Cornerhouse Grille is 131 N Fir St, Telluride, Colorado. There is a plaque (see below) describing some of the history. Our friend Lance Waring (pictures on this page) actually lived inside this place with interesting roomates before it was a restaurant many many years ago when he was new to Telluride.
The main bar area of "Cornerhouse Grille".
Later back at the condo, Lance drops by with Willa (the baby).
Katherine holding Willa. Katherine looks like she might want one of these?
Laura (Willa's mother) holding a happy Willa on the couch.
Hanging out in the condo talking.
The place we stayed had two master bedrooms, Katherine and I stayed in the one in the very very top floor of the place seen below. It was spacious and had a private shower and toilet and was quite nice. The door to the stairway (on the far left) is open in the picture but can be closed for privacy.
The master bedroom (seen above) is technically a "loft" that you can close the blinders on for privacy. Here is a picture looking down from the loft into the main living room.
The condo we stayed at (764 Prospect Ave, Telluride) had an odd "indoor hot tub room". Several people on our trip used the hot tub. This is a dedicated room that was all steamy inside (the sign says to keep the door closed at all times). We were just renting, but I would worry that after a few years mold and mildew would grow in the walls of this room?
The next morning Katherine and I flew home, departing out of Telluride Airport (TEX). Brian Wohletz gave us a ride to the airport which is only a couple miles outside of town. Telluride is the highest commercial airport in the United States at altitude 9,070 feet.
In addition to United Airlines and other commercial flights into Telluride, there are private airplanes that fly in and out. The blue colored airplane seen below I recognize as a Pilates PC-12 that we have flown as part of Surf Air. This one looks privately owned.
The privately owned jet on the right in the picture below is a Learjet 45 worth more than $10 million. Just quietly parked on the runway. The owner is probably skiing.
Inside the relatively small and informal terminal building at Telluride Airport.
What you see below is the extent of the restaurant and concession stands of things to purchase and eat at Telluride Airport. It comes down to some gumballs, M&Ms, and some Advil and Tylenol for your altitude sickness headache that is caused by being at this distance above sea level.
A sign in the Telluride Airport saying "Some fly at 9070 feet, WE LAND. (Highest commercial airport in the U.S.A.)"
The picture below is a bad photo of a 3D model showing where all the old mines are in the area surrounding the town of Telluride. I found it really interesting and I'd like to go tour the old mine entrances sometime during the summer.
The "Departures" sign board in the Telluride Airport is the epitome of crappy design. We are flying on flight 2974 at 12:02PM on a Monday. The sign says "EXC Wed/Thu/Fri" which I finally figured out means that flight leaves everyday EXCEPT Wed/Thu/Fri. A much better design that would be more simple, less space, fewer characters would have been simply: "Sat/Sun/Mon" which would agree with the system invented for the TOP flight in that column which says: "Fri/Sat/Sun/Mon". ALSO NOTICE the white "NO FLIGHTS ON TUESDAY" at the bottom of the board just to make it even more confusing. I cannot imagine what they were thinking.
This is our airplane that went from Telluride Airport to Denver Airport (DEN or also DIA). It is a Beechcraft 1900D operated by Great Lakes Airlines (which is operating it for our "United Airlines" flight number).
Here we are inside the Beechcraft 1900D about to depart Telluride Airport taking off at an altitude of 9,070 feet.
Below is a picture of the inside of the Beechcraft 1900D. Every seat is both a window and an aisle seat. During the one hour flight to Denver we experienced the worst turbulence I've ever experienced.
I took the picture seen below once we were airborne. Under the wing you can see the Telluride Ski Area and the Telluride Airport Runway we just took off from.
A final picture kind of zoomed in (through the airplane window) of the Telluride ski runs. Bye bye Telluride! See you in another couple years (I hope)!!
30 days in advance - check Passport - also, am I buying new fat skis or maybe renting there?
5 days in advance - haircut, practice pack, check bags.
boot dryers - I have new ones now, look like orange "paddles"
book for plane? - no, moving over to iPad mini and Kindle in recent years.
Katherine liked the travel coffee solution of "travel collapsible Molita"


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Aside from the typical photos every photographer captures throughout the wedding day, the pre-wedding photos are always my favorite! The bride is full of love and bliss and her bridesmaids are so excited for their best friend. The beautiful gown, the rings, the bridal accessories and all of those details are what I love most about wedding photos.
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I know it's not exactly part of your wedding day, but it's the piece of your wedding that brought all of your family and friends together. And it one item that so many couples forget about. Along with everything else you are going to be bringing (or giving to your wedding coordinator), pack a full invitation suite so that your photographer can snap a couple beautiful shots!
Of course there are thousands of great wedding and engagement ring shots out there which are done without a ring box. But this is just one of my absolute favorites -- the velvet colored ring box. Whether it's one of these beauties or even the box your ring bearer will carry down the aisle, we love a beautiful home for those rings as part of you pre-wedding photos.
There is nothing worse than seeing the most stunning photo of the most gorgeous wedding gown, only to look toward to top of the photo and see a white plastic hanger. What will take your bridesmaid and wedding dress photos to the next level? Beautiful personalized wooden hangers for you and your bridesmaids so that those wedding photos truly encompass all of the beauty your gown has to show.
Beautiful bridal robes for you and your ladies are definitely the popular trend, but there are so many options if robes just aren't your thing! But no matter what you choose, you are going to be taking A LOT of photos while you're getting ready that morning. So matching attire that looks clean and beautiful is a must in our eyes!


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Cloudq is a rack-based job queue framework.

## What does that mean?

Cloudq is a job queue, but instead of containing a ton of features, it focuses on doing job queue basics:

* Publish a Job to a Queue
* Reserve a Job from a Queue
* Delete a Job from a Queue

Using the rack application architecture, and taking advantage of rack middleware, adding features or embedding
into other applications is very easy.

Currently, it does depend on access to a mongodb datastore.  Either the standard localhost or you can
set the MONGOHQ_URL env variable.  This does not mean that any application you join with Cloudq needs to write to mongodb, just the job queue is connected to mongo.

# What about security?
# What about monitoring?
# etc???

The answer is simple, RACK MIDDLEWARE!  If you want to implement ssl encryption and enforce SSL traffic, use
rack middleware.  If you want to attach a slick admin
interface that monitors your queues, then use the rack
map function to attach another rack-based application to your config.ru file.

It really is that easy, and Cloudq gives you the flexibility to integrate almast anyway you can think of.

# How do I get started?

1. Install Mongodb

First you need to install MongoDb and have a mongodb service running.  Or you can signup for a free account on
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2. Install Ruby version 1.9.2 or above

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3. Install the Cloudq Gem

``` shell
gem install cloudq
```

4. Build your cloudq server

```
cloudq [your name]
```

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    thin start

And your cloudq server is up and running!

----------------

# Deploy

You can deploy Cloudq just like any rails application, but Heroku is an awesome platform to deploy:

    # make sure you have your project in a git repo

    git init
    git add .
    git commit -am "First Commit"

    # deploy to heroku in 2 simple steps

    heroku create
    git push heroku master

# Contribution

Feel free to for fork the code and make pull requests.. But also create some Rack Middleware that helps add an
awesome feature stack to the Cloudq.

Here is a link to an awesome chapter in the Rails 3 in a Nutshell on Rack.

[http://rails-nutshell.labs.oreilly.com/ch07.html](http://rails-nutshell.labs.oreilly.com/ch07.html)

# API

The api pattern is like so:

    / [ Queue Name ] / [ Action ]

    and

    / [ Queue Name ] / [ Action ] / [ id ]

## Add to Queue

    post /myqueue
      klass: 'Archive'
      args: { [ args here ] }

## Reserve Message

    get /myqueue

    # JSON =>
    {
      klass: 'Archive'
      args: {}
      id: 1234
    }

## Delete Message

    delete /myqueue/1234

---

You can create as many queues as you want, when you post your first
message in the queue, it will create that queue, and when you perform
reserver, the worker will pull in a first in, first out process.

---

## Publish Job in Ruby

```
gem install cloudq_client
```

``` ruby
require 'cloudq_client/publish'

Cloudq::Connection.url = 'http://donuts.com'
Cloudq::Publish.new(:make_donuts).job('Donut', :types => [:glazed,
:chocolate])

```

---

### Worker in Ruby

    gem install cloudq_client

    require 'cloudq_client/cosume'
    require 'Donut'

    Cloudq::Connection.url = 'http://donuts.com'
    loop do
      Cloudq::Consume.job(:make_donuts)
      sleep 5
    end

---

The worker can be implemented in any language, but the api is designed
to return a json message that will call the perform class method and
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    klass = Object.const_get(payload[:klass].capitalize)
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Main » 2013 » June » 9 » The Norwegian Olympic and Paralympic Committee and Confederation of Sports: Oslo one step closer to a formal bid
The Norwegian Olympic and Paralympic Committee and Confederation of Sports: Oslo one step closer to a formal bid
OSLO, Norway - Friday, June 7th 2013 [BUSINESS WIRE/ ME NewsWire]
-- With a vast majority of 52 to 7 in favour, Oslo City Council voted Wednesday to send a joint application for a Financial Shortfall Guarantee to the Norwegian Government from the City of Oslo and the Norwegian Olympic Committee (NOC), regarding a possible bid for the 2022 Winter Olympic and Paralympic Games in Oslo.
"This is an important day for Norwegian Sports," states Mr Børre Rognlien, the President of the NOC. "We have worked all year following our decision last June to approach the Municipality of Oslo regarding a possible bid for the 2022 Winter Olympic and Paralympic Games. I am also very relieved by the clear majority and very happy for the constructive deliberations ahead of the decision. We feel that the interests of the sports organisation are heard. We see the great possibilities for all of Norwegian sports, and we definitely see the pareto optimal situation in the fact that we also will host the 2016 Youth Winter Olympic Games in Lillehammer, and re-use some of the upgraded venues from the 1994 Winter Games", concludes Rognlien.
"The City Government feels that the capital of Norway – The Winter Capital of the World – again should shoulder the responsibility of hosting one of the greatest sporting events of the world – the Winter Olympic and Paralympic Games. A united Norwegian sports family pointed to Oslo as the host candidate for the 2022 Winter Games, and upheld that sentiment with a unanimous resolution during their AGM last week end. We have worked hard to present what we feel is a winning concept - 'Games in the City' – close to the bustling city for the joy and benefit of the athletes, our visitors and the spectators, and the whole Olympic family", states the Governing Mayor, Mr Stian Berger Røsland, Head of the City Government.
The joint application for a Financial Shortfall Guarantee will be presented to the Hon. Minister of Culture, Ms Hadia Tajic medio June. After that the citizens of Oslo will be able to voice their views during an advisory referendum on Election Day the 9 September.
"We want to create games for the whole nation and show the world that Norway is indeed the crib of winter sports. We are very happy with the work that the City of Oslo has put into this. It is now our job to maintain the momentum and create the necessary enthusiasm in the city prior to the referendum. We are certain that we will be able to present a thorough and exciting concept to the Norwegian Government – and in turn – to the IOC", concludes the NOC President.
The Norwegian Olympic and Paralympic Committee and Confederation of Sports
Geir Owe Fredheim
Phone: +47 472 359 57 / +47 21 02 90 83
E-mail: geir.o.fredheim@idrettsforbundet.no


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Matt Kemp's Injury, Soft Schedule, Gives the D-Backs a Chance to Make Up Some Ground
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The D-Backs had a good start in their return to contention in the NL West yesterday by beating the first place Dodgers 5-1 yesterday to avoid a sweep–and a double digit deficit in the division. Instead of 10.5 games out, the D-Backs find themselves 8.5 behind the Dodgers who just lost the NL's best player for two weeks to a hamstring injury.
Coinciding with the the loss of Matt Kemp by the Dodgers is a run in the D-Backs schedule against teams that have been underperforming. 17 of the Diamondbacks next 20 games come against teams with records of .500 or worse including the Padres, Royals, Brewers, Rockies and a series against the rival Giants. The D-Backs also get a chance to make up ground on the Dodgers with a May 21st – 23rd home series that will likely see them miss ace Clayton Kershaw.
Kemp is the catalyst that drives the Dodgers offense. While it's never good to see a superstar injured, it comes at an opportune time for the D-backs. The injury and their soft schedule perhaps allows the Diamondbacks to remain within striking distance as they're currently perilously close to falling out of the NL West chase early should they fail to turn around their recent skid.
If you're looking for reason to believe that the Dodgers will struggle without Kemp, look no further than yesterday's game. The Dodgers one run–on a solo home run–matched their lowest output for the season. If the Diamondbacks are going to make a run, now is as good a time as any.
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Ms Nguyen Nguyet Nga, Vietnamese Senior Official of the Asia-Europe Meeting (ASEM) (3rd from left) paid a courtesy call on ASEF Executive Director Ambassador Michel Filhol (left) and Deputy Executive Director Nguyen Quoc Khanh (right) at the ASEF office on 10 January 2012. Vietnamese Ambassador to Singapore Ambassador Tran Hai Hau (2nd from left) was also present during the call.
Aside from her duties as ASEM Senior Official for Vietnam, Ms Nguyen also serves as the Director General of the Department for Multilateral Economic Cooperation of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Vietnam.
View more photos of the visit on our Flickr page.


Talent retention implies that a company actually knows who their 'talent' is.
One of the most robust ways of retaining talent is to identify who your 'vital few' are, and retain them – something very few executives can do with confidence.
Approaching retention according to your vital few is hard and takes resources, but what's the alternative – not knowing? Companies should focus more of their efforts in knowing and retaining their vital few according to Pareto's Law.
Coined by Dr Joseph Juran in the 1940s, Pareto's Law states that in any situation, approximately 20% of the inputs/activities are responsible for 80% of the outcomes/results i.e. 20% of customers are responsible for 80% of complaints, or 20% of products account for 80% of quality issues.
In terms of talent, Pareto's Law suggests that 20% of a company's workforce accounts for 80% of the output – and it is these 20% of talented employees that must be retained.
Dr Tomas Chamorro-Premuzic, Professor of Psychology at UCL and author of The Talent Delusion, suggests that when measuring and identifying talent there are two crucial questions that organisations must ask themselves: what should we assess and how should we do it?
Identifying talent from scratch involves defining 'value creation' and analysing who's doing it. Each organisation will have their own curated definition of what constitutes value and, therefore, talent. However, unsuccessful practices stem from people in the same organisation not agreeing on what the 'value' is.
One of the most common responses when asked how managers identify talent is 'I know it when I see it', although this method of talent identification is almost always plagued by biases.
Hiring new people should involve knowing 'what' you should be measuring to predict value contribution.
It is thought that, despite the billions of jobs available and the millions of possible employers, individuals who are more likely to be part of the vital few display certain characteristics: a) they are good to work with (interpersonal); b) they are competent and up to date (technically qualified) and c) they work hard and are resilient (motivated).
When defining 'what to assess', this is a good place to start.
One of the most common responses when asked how managers identify talent is 'I know it when I see it', although this method of talent identification is almost always plagued by biases. Furthermore, people don't tend to share or remember the instances when they screwed up – their win/loss ratio is skewed favourably.
A much better alternative is the use of well-established, valid and reliable talent identification tools, namely interviews, assessment centres, tests of intelligence and personality assessments. If resources are abundant, it's hard to trump the effectiveness of assessment centres (compared with other methods).
Using these methods allow for much greater accuracy when assessing a candidate which, in turn, allows leaders to make better selection decisions. In practice though, organisations usually opt for the cheapest ones and tick the box.
After hiring the right people in the first place, employee engagement is key to talent retention. Studies show that a high level of employee engagement is beneficial for all because there is a positive correlation between employee engagement and good organisational outcomes. Yet, despite this knowledge, many organisations still have significant room for improvement.
Organisations should approach their talent metrics with the same rigour as their financial ones. Many don't.
Thus, enhancing engagement is not just a simple matter of finding the right people with the relevant skills for the right role, but also ensuring that the values and interests of the individual can be fulfilled by the role and organisation.
With managers hounded by persistent email, quarterly reporting, steering committees and PowerPoint decks, how can anyone carve out enough time for their direct reports, let alone tap into their individual motivations and career aspirations? Good leaders will bridge the gap between individual needs and organisational essentials and hence, higher levels of engagement.
You might hire more support staff who can takeover administrative tasks and release the vital few to create more value.
It might be that you plough resources into understanding what characteristics predict an A player's performance and alter your recruiting strategy – something PWC did a few years ago.
It might be that organisations make sure that every A player has a C-suite mentor or gets considered for 'special projects' with increased exposure and responsibility.
Organisations should approach their talent metrics with the same rigour as their financial ones. Many don't. In practice, getting talent right is a big, hairy, complex task – just the type of challenge someone who is motivated, qualified and pleasant should succeed at.
This article appeared on HRZone.