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Prioritizing Talent Strategy in a Changing Industry

UPDATED ON
June 9, 2023
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Mark Bassett - CEO of North America for Gallagher - shared a few ideas and recommendations about the importance of talent strategy and how to develop it in a rapidly changing industry.

For example, bridging the virtual divide and engaging with coworkers on a human and personal level, even when conducting meetings remotely, is an important aspect of team building that you don’t want to lose as off-site work remains a prominent work arrangement. 

Leadership that is willing to acknowledge their own vulnerabilities is another important managerial evolution that better enables supervisors to relate to their employees - especially those from the younger generations - and to establish buy-in organically from the ground up. 

You can read more about talent strategy in the modern market here.

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