According to Evers (2014), strategic workforce planning is becoming increasingly important for a number of reasons. Talent management: Talented employees form a competitive advantage for the company. Having people with the right drive and lining up a talent pipeline to replace the aging group of senior management and executives in the company is essential. Overhead and management are of secondary concern. MORE

Talent models are expanding…faster than talent management styles. Organizations are grappling to manage quadri-generational workforces…with Generation X moving into leadership roles. 9 Engagement equals exponential impact. Jacob Morgan, Wiley, 2014. MORE

Management consultant Ram Charan, McKinsey & Co global managing director Dominic Barton, and Korn Ferry vice chairman Dennis Carey have gone so far as to recommend (in their HBR article, People Before Strategy ) that “the CEO should create a triumvirate at the top of the corporation that includes both the CFO and the CHRO” that “makes the connection between the organization and business results.”. Embrace diversity. MORE

Talent models are expanding…faster than talent management styles. Organizations are grappling to manage quadri-generational workforces…with Generation X moving into leadership roles. 9 Engagement equals exponential impact. Jacob Morgan, Wiley, 2014. MORE

Most methods used by private equity (PE) firms for enhancing business value, beyond pure financial engineering, involve optimizing people management in some way, such as restructuring teams, bringing in new talent, refreshing training programs, or modifying incentive structures. An organization’s talent is increasingly its greatest source of value creation, market differentiation, and innovation. To attract, retain, and align the right talent. MORE

What do you wish hiring managers knew? Unempathetic hiring managers. How do you expect me to keep current experience on my resume if you don’t consider volunteer work in that field as real or equal experience? I wish that hiring managers knew that just because I went from student assistant jobs in college to working minimum wage customer service doesn’t mean something is wrong with me or my work ethic. Man, this is awkward. MORE

Hello, Friday and hello recruiting and management tips! This week our partners at ClearCompany, WCN, Talent Tech Labs and iRevü shared some amazing nuggets of advice. From hiring a more diverse workforce to understanding what drives candidate interest, these recruitment tips, management ideas and success stories will leave you with actionable ways to approach your own talent management strategy. Companies need diversity. By: Marissa Litty. MORE

As a young, female broadcaster, the biggest barrier that I faced was equal pay for equal work. The most obvious example of this was when I was a Promotions Manager for a radio station where, at age 25, I had responsibility for a small team and a sizeable budget. Diversity and inclusion are imperatives to a business, both economically and culturally. Related: A diverse & inclusive company culture is not just an HR initiative. MORE

Most methods used by private equity (PE) firms for enhancing business value, beyond pure financial engineering, involve optimizing people management in some way, such as restructuring teams, bringing in new talent, refreshing training programs, or modifying incentive structures. An organization’s talent is increasingly its greatest source of value creation, market differentiation, and innovation. To attract, retain, and align the right talent. MORE