Talent Management and Managing Diverse Talents

Abstract

This chapter outlines and discusses the links between talent and diversity management scholarship and focuses particularly on issues of organizational diversity and inclusion. It sketches out the historical and theoretical backdrop of these links and suggests that this raises pressing concerns for current practices in talent management. Moreover, in line with a critical research agenda, the chapter shows how the junction of these two fields of research allows the emergence of inclusive talent management. It argues for a faster pace in the adoption of inclusive talent management practices, as well as for a further broadening of the concept of talent. To illustrate these theoretical arguments and the move toward inclusive talent management, the chapter explores two corporate examples of inclusive talent management initiatives by two Danish frontrunners: IKEA Denmark and the Danish National Symphony Orchestra. Being wary of hitherto disadvantaged groups in the labor market such as migrants and women also means striving for better working conditions.