The economic crisis has heightened the need for a stronger leadership pipeline and has made talent management a business priority. It has also created new realities for companies and set new priorities in relation to talent management and development. Organisations are increasingly realising that the long-range future of an organisation rests with their middle managers; after all, this is the talent pool that is business critical and will ultimately form the leadership group of tomorrow.
At this small workshop for HR Directors and Heads of Talent we explored the latest thinking on Talent Management Strategies for this “Magnificent Middle” which is often overlooked. We discussed what organisations are doing to identify, develop, deploy and retain their middle management through round table discussions, questioning and case studies.
This think tank was hosted by Karam Grewal, Head of Leadership Development and Talent at Orange.