Tackling the Talent Challenge

January 2008

Britannia Building Society, Zurich Financial Services, Oki Printing Solutions, Danisco and Wincanton Plc are just a few of the major organisations that will be represented in Central London at Osney Media's Talent Challenge 2008, taking part in key discussions regarding what's next for this crucial issue.

With a shift from a sole HR concern to a top priority for organisations as a whole, the ever cut-throat 'War for Talent' has become increasingly more sophisticated and challenging. Whether making the move to initiate a talent management strategy or enhance an established programme, companies often need to hear about other's success stories to tackle the talent issue.

The event taking place at on the 13th & 14th March 2008 in London will focus on delivering empirical and inspiring solutions based on real-life success stories.

The main points which will be explored include:

• Making talent management matter
  
  
• Determining responsibility for the ownership of talent management
  
  
• Understanding and enhancing the basics of identifying, recruiting and retaining talent
  
  
• Ensuring your talent process is fit for purpose and guarantying ROI
  
  
• Avoiding making talent programmes seem exclusive and restricted
  
  
• Examining how best to manage mavericks
  
  
• Aligning talent and diversity agendas
  
  
• Preparing a successful long term strategy for developing talent
  
  
• Adapting the talent pool to market trends and transformations

Talent Challenge 2008 will also feature leading representatives from BBC * Best Companies Ltd * Borealis Group * British American Tobacco * EDF * H.J. Heinz Company Ltd * HSBC * Ministry of Defence * Oki Printing Solutions * Zurich Financial Services and many more...

For more information, please contact laetitia_semmel@osneymedia.co.uk or visit http://www.talent-challenge.com/tracker.asp?magazineid=1089.

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