Talent Management

The employer-employee relationship is broken, and managers face a seemingly impossible dilemma: the old model of guaranteed long-term employment no longer works in a business environment defined by continuous change, but neither does a system in which every employee acts like a free agent.

It seems clear: to meet a company’s strategic objectives in the future, ever greater competencies in the talent pool will be required - which kind of supply chain organization are you building?

New global standards of excellence outline the path to success as the profession evolves.

Irrespective of age, gender, or experience, the most highly compensated logistics managers are those with the best formal educations - but academics and job recruiters say leadership acumen, the ability to adapt to technology, and “cultural skills” are not to be discounted.

If an organization is struggling to define supply chain management and gain managerial support, it is difficult to be successful in the development of supply chain talent.

Today, fewer families are seeing the white picket fence - it's harder for our youth to find good jobs and we have a jobless recovery with the aging workforce and rising costs for social security, this is a major economic issue.

Eric Schmidt along with his co-author Jonathan Rosenberg emphasize that the companies must be focused on attracting a completely new sort of employee - "a smart creative" - now that's who you need, a 'doer' for sure!

In today’s hyper competitive market, a huge part of driving excellence in “fulfillment” is the investment a supply chain is willing to make in the development supply chain to drive innovation.

Five years ago talent was plentiful, companies could easily recruit for supply chain planners, and it was easier to recruit supply chain graduates - Not so today.

The definition of a trap is something designed to catch a person or animal, either figuratively or literally.

We live in a time when talent management tools, the nature of work, and the needs and desires of the future workforce are all converging in a way that enable us to reimagine the ways we hire, train, manage and engage employees. Those that take advantage of this convergence will win the future.

Cornerstone OnDemand is elevating the concept of what talent management software can do for your business. We put employees at the center of the strategy, providing them with a one-stop, collaborative destination where meaningful work gets done and where they have easy, convenient access to the resources and information they need, across multiple devices. And our cloud is the catalyst that brings it all to life.