The HR profession continues to be "very invested in formal qualifications and formally gained credentials", but there are signs it's starting to recognise these "are not actually the 'be all and end all'", an experienced HR recruitment specialist says.
Employers that let vendors be the primary decision-makers when it comes to talent risk amassing "talent clones" instead of identifying a "kaleidoscope of talent", an academic says.
The skills needed for a job in Australia are expected to change by a "staggering" 66% by 2030 due to the impact of artificial intelligence, according to new LinkedIn research.
Talent management leaders are under such pressure to deliver solutions quickly that many aren't properly identifying problems first, but there is a way to conduct root cause diagnosis quickly and simply, an expert says.
Role rotation and tenure limits can reduce the risk of executive teams "stagnating and becoming irrelevant", and pave the way for internal successors, leadership specialists say.
Women are taking three-times as long as men to reach senior leadership roles, but most current initiatives to change this are misdirected, according to "profound" new research.
Shifting a talent strategy from buying to building requires extra focus on development to fill skills gaps, says an HR leader whose organisation has doubled its internal promotions in the past year.
