The executive leadership council (ELC) of Loma Linda University Health unanimously approved renaming the department of human resource management, and the people services operations at the Medical Center, as talent management services.
“The name change recognizes the pivotal importance of human talent in driving strategies and delivering results. In the past, human resources was relegated to a transactional, process-driven role. Today, the focus is on talent—attracting, developing, and retaining the best available talent for the right positions to successfully carry out mission-critical roles. Having a shared functional name for all our services also reflects organizational cohesion and provides clarity for our hard-working employees,” says Cari Dominguez, PhD, chief talent and diversity officer.
For Loma Linda University Health, this focus takes on the further significance of creating a diverse workforce whose values align with Loma Linda’s mission to continue the teaching and healing ministry of Jesus Christ.
Dominguez refers to Jesus’s Parable of the Talents, told in the Gospels of Matthew and Luke. The story suggests that people who invest in their gifts and talents will receive far greater rewards than those who simply allow them to stagnate. “God expects us to do the best we can with the talents He has given us,” she says.