To thrive and prosper in the competitive age, leading companies like Google, Amazon, Uber, and Apple pay much attention to building strong teams consisting of the best talent. In the book Leading Organizations , McKinsey senior partners Scott Keller and Mary Meaney focus on ten issues leaders face, chief among which are attracting and retaining talent as well as developing the talent they already have. Here’s what to fall back on to win the war for talent. MORE

The Chief Human Resource Officer (CHRO) is the most common HR leader job title at a large enterprise. Pepsico, for example, has Ronald Schellekens as the overall CHRO. The titles CHRO and CPO (Chief People Officer) are often used interchangeably. Talent Acquisition Director. MORE

Parker, who is responsible for leading Disney’s overall human resources strategy, global talent acquisition, leadership development, diversity and inclusion, and many other initiatives for the company’s 199,000 employees around the world, has transformed the HR function, and its impact across the company. How will work continue to be disrupted in the years ahead? What does this mean for HR, and how will the changing nature of work impact the employee experience? MORE

– Charece Newell, sHRBP, CCLC, CRC, Chief HR Officer, Corporate Culture Coach for Your Healthy Reality, providing strategic corporate life coaching services to organizations. This is something that must change going forward into 2019 as more developments, especially in technology and digitalisation, are set to take effect. a , Talent Acquisition Team Lead at Tele2 Shared Service Center. Simon LI , HR Senior Director and Head of Talent Acquisition. MORE

Accenture doesn’t sell products, it’s a talent-led business, relying on its employees to grow. According to Shook, ensuring growth and employee retention centers around creating an environment where leaders coach for performance , and not manage for performance. MORE

One of my favourite sessions at ATD MENA in Riyadh where I''ve been speaking about people focused talent development and creating human capital was Jenny Dearborn''s on the value of data and analytics: it''s data science, not rocket science. MORE

Recruiting Host: Gordon Collier About: Dropping talent acquisition value in short consumable episodes designed for the "recruiter". It includes stories and journeys of CHRO's, Chief People Officers, CEO, Head of Talent, and more. Join us as we reimagine talent. MORE

A new item for the CHRO agenda: Give C-level executives the support they need. McKinsey advises blending in-class learning with other interventions, such as personal coaching. Whenever someone new arrives in the C-suite, everyone is watching. What will she do better? MORE

The job market is better than it has been in years, but it’s very much a candidate’s market, and the war for top talent is most definitely on. Luckily, I’m also a former Fortune 200 CHRO, and I’ve got a lot of time and experience on my site when it comes to dealing with turnover. MORE

On talent development – “We’re teaching these young people life skills and we take that responsibility very seriously.” On innovative thinking – “We encourage an intensity to be willing to take risks and think about that big idea we haven’t done before because we want our guests to walk in and feel like they’re walking into business or first class, as opposed to that tight coach squeeze.” MORE

Four HR leaders share how their approaches to mentoring programs are solving talent challenges. In this environment, career development is no longer a perk reserved for certain high-ranking positions—it is an expectation. the development of new perspectives (27 percent). “A MORE