Does your organization have a talent plan that supports growth goals and delivers bottom-line results? With the growing imbalance between human resource supply and demand, companies need a strategy to increase the likelihood that the right people are doing the right jobs to meet business goals.

Deloitte Consulting LLP Chairman and Chief Executive Officer Douglas J. Lattner suggests in a Directors & Boards Boardroom Briefing article that talent is a board level issue. Lattner discusses the importance of aligning the talent strategy with business goals to impact corporate performance and shareholder results. In the recent Aligned at the Top survey, conducted by Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu and the Economist Intelligence Unit, 85 percent of respondents agreed that people are vital to all aspects of a company’s performance. In fact, it’s no coincidence that stocks of publicly traded companies on Fortune’s annual list of “100 Best Companies to Work For” collectively beat the S&P 500 and Russell 3000 index by more than 300 percent from 1998 to 2004.

Learn more about shaping and executing a talent plan for your company that can help achieve business goals and deliver shareholder results. Redistributed with permission from Directors & Boards.