In today’s fast moving business world companies are looking to add new capabilities to their core businesses. To achieve their mission, organizations need to consider the human capital practices, and take a proactive approach to talent management. Talent management has become one of the most important buzzword in Corporate HR. A high performance workplace exists when everyone in the organization shares the same vision and values each other's contributions. Organizations success depends upon the commitment and performance of employees. Every organization has talent in form of human capital which must be developed. Talent management is about getting the right people in the right jobs doing the right things. This requires predicting how employees will act in the future and getting them to act differently from how they acted in the past. Neither of these is easy. This paper provides employee behavior and provides few basic truths about employee behavior. These truths can be thought of as principles for successful talent management and will significantly improve the effectiveness of any talent management initiative.