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CEOs' Talent Development Priorities

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Executives need to rethink how to leverage talent in their pursuit of business excellence.

Executives need to rethink how to leverage talent in their pursuit of business excellence.

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Fri Oct 15 2021

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One-quarter of CEOs say their businesses have changed forever, according to the KPMG 2021 CEO Outlook Pulse Survey . That means these executives need to rethink how to leverage talent in their pursuit of business excellence. From how employees will return to the workplace to responding to diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) issues to investing in reskilling and upskilling the workforce, recent studies shine a light on critical C-suite priorities.

One-quarter of CEOs say their businesses have changed forever, according to the KPMG 2021 CEO Outlook Pulse Survey. That means these executives need to rethink how to leverage talent in their pursuit of business excellence. From how employees will return to the workplace to responding to diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) issues to investing in reskilling and upskilling the workforce, recent studies shine a light on critical C-suite priorities.

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Sources: “Fortune/Deloitte CEO Survey: Summer 2021 Highlights,” Deloitte, 2021; The CEO-CHRO Partnership, Chief Executive Group and SHRM, the Chief Executive Group and Society of Human Resource Management, 2021; C-Suite Challenge 2021: Leading in a Post-COVID-19 Recovery (Chart Book), The Conference Board, 2021; The Reimagined Workplace a Year Later: Human Capital Responses to the COVID-19 Pandemic, The Conference Board, 2021

Sources: “Fortune/Deloitte CEO Survey: Summer 2021 Highlights,” Deloitte, 2021; The CEO-CHRO Partnership, Chief Executive Group and SHRM, the Chief Executive Group and Society of Human Resource Management, 2021; C-Suite Challenge 2021: Leading in a Post-COVID-19 Recovery (Chart Book), The Conference Board, 2021; The Reimagined Workplace a Year Later: Human Capital Responses to the COVID-19 Pandemic, The Conference Board, 2021

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