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Human Capital

Human Capital Business led. People driven.

As companies move beyond the recession, the key challenges for business, HR and talent are becoming clear. At the top of the list? Globalization, an aging workforce, changing expectations of multiple generations, the drumbeat of technology change, intense regulatory environments, and the reality of distributed work in the cloud. The implications of these changes for human capital are profound. By human capital, we mean four things:

  • Talent (strategies, solutions and analytics)
  • Leadership (diagnostics, strategies and programs)
  • World class HR (service delivery models, processes, technologies and programs)
  • People issues in the business (strategic change, organization design, technology adoption, merger integration and operational culture)

HR leaders who understand the interconnections of these dimensions will likely be in the best position to meet the needs of the business over the decade ahead. Those needs will be shaped by global growth, innovation, and risk management. Emerging markets are becoming the world’s leading growth markets – for customers and talent alike – and many organizations aren’t prepared for the workforce challenges of this new world.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Featured content

  • Leadership by Design: An architecture to build leadership in organizations
    How a leadership strategy and pipelines can be deliberately structured and more effectively integrated with talent management & development programs
  • Talent Edge 2020: Blueprints for the new normal
    Talent strategies & unfolding trends that are expected to influence the next decade and beyond
  • Has the great recession changed the talent game?
    Six key guideposts for executives to consider as they face the challenges of the new economy

Learn more

  • Aligned at the top: HR survey
    Issues and solutions.
  • Aligned at the top: regional results
    Trends in Europe, Asia, Americas.
  • Orchestrating leadership strategies in a reset economy
    Collection of Knowledge@Wharton articles.
  • Global employer services
  • Merger & acquisition services
  • Changing demographics, changing workforces
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