Welcome to the Future of Talent Institute
The Future of Talent Institute is a consortium of organizations and individuals who explore emerging issues in talent management, staffing, recruiting, employee development, retention and leadership development.
In these tough times, we focus on providing talent information and early insights on employment, demographics, workforce attitudes and others issues so that you and your organization can make faster and better decisions about talent and talent-related issues.
We are researching the answers to questions such as these below, as well as providing early insights into game changing trends and issues.
- When the recession is over what skills will be in demand?
- What new jobs are emerging?
- How important are Generational considerations in recruitment, development and retention?
- Will there be enough technical talent available to meet the needs of high tech, bio tech, energy and other organizations that need such talent?
- How can leadership development be improved and ready to meet emerging challenges?
- What role will technology play in employee and leadership development?
- How are organizations re-organizing to be innovative, flexible and attractive to the best talent?
We issue webinars, white papers, research reports and surveys on emerging issues and best practices that can be incorporated into presentations to strengthen your arguments, to provide you with supporting data for decisions, and to give you a network of colleagues to call upon for advice. The surveys we conduct and the data we compile can be an integral part of a talent strategy, a workforce plan or a presentation to senior management.
Our members may suggest areas of research and also get involved by providing expert opinion, experience, or other resources to augment and improve our member services.
One of our hallmarks is our ability to find and connect with experts in talent and leadership from around the globe. We have members and connections in countries from China and New Zealand to Chile and South Africa. We learn from experts, share best practices, and prepare for the talent challenges of the future.
Kevin Wheeler, well known staffing and employee development expert, author, lecturer and founder of consulting firm Global Learning Resources, leads the community along with a faculty of leading edge thinkers, investigators and practitioners.
And each year we hold a retreat for members where we get together to probe deeply into one or two issues around talent, enter into discussions with leading experts in talent and talent management and spend time networking. Members gain invaluable insight into emerging issues which enables them to prepare ways to deal with them before they become crises. They also make new friends and strengthen their network of colleagues.
To learn how to become a member or to register for the retreat, contact Executive Director Susan Burns at sburns@futureoftalent.org or call (503) 381-9292 .
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