Susan Burns and I now live about 200 miles away from each other - and I see her less than when we lived 2,000 miles away from each other. Yet we're more joined at the hip than ever on our Talent Strategy and Planning track. Today, we brainstormed about where we want to take our discussion, which will touch on the future of the talent management function; the essential talent, tools and information; and how we build, add to and measure business success.
The opportunity we see is:
There is a huge opportunity for talent management functions to raise their profile and importance in their organizations - not just to support business strategies but to help drive them.
The problem we see is:
We know how important talent is in our global, information-driven, innovation economy. Yet talent management departments are often called upon to fix the problems that are created vs. help avoid them in the first place. In the face of an increasingly complex global business and labor environment, how do we strategically use information and talent planning to turn this vicious cycle into a virtuous one?
As Jeff said in his mission statement for the conference, everyone will learn and everyone will teach. We're looking forward to learning from undoubtedly some of the brightest minds in the business (and cleaning house at the poker game).
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