The Culture Fit

As Talent Leaders we have often heard the word culture fit or profile match while we are discussing a hiring mandate or the candidate . People Managers and Leaders tend to look at a prospective candidate from the lens of the culture of the organisation , how the talent will align to the way of work of the organisation ,will he/she be able to work with the people and get the work done .All the hiring toolkits are also designed in organisations accordingly?

With huge amount of disruptions all around , unprecedented innovations and pivoting of business drivers across industries, is this still the right approach to hire talent . In an era wherein diversity is being encouraged in organisations to enable diverse thoughts in the boardroom and the design table to outshine inthe market place , hiring talent who thinks acts and drives the same way asothers may not be the way forward in terms of acquiring talent and leaders .May be its time Organisations ??reflect on their hiring strategy in terms ofculture fit as they build resource pool of the future and craft the futuretalent landscape .Is it important to get a culture fit to align to the cultural priorities or bring in diversity in talent specially at leadership level and continuously harness diverse perspective and challenge the cultural tenets already in vogue and enable the culture to evolve aligned with the market place requirements .

With Agility and Disruptions being the two key words for the future business , while the jury may be still not out on this , however it is important for organisations to disrupt and innovate on continuous basis around??the organisation culture through the Talent lever .