It’s impossible to escape the news of a dampened outlook for the rest of 2012, particularly when it comes to accelerating growth and achieving business goals. According to PwC’s 15^th Annual Global CEO Survey, businesses are thwarted by not having their talent in place. Finding and keeping the right talent remains a top concern for CEOs, with 43% saying it has become more difficult to hire workers in their industry. A mere 30% say they feel ‘confident’ about accessing the talent needed to execute company strategy.

Whilst many organisations are feeling the strain of the European debt crisis, not having the right talent in place remains a leading threat. Companies have a much broader responsibility to nurture talent and produce great leaders.

The whole landscape and the world of work has evolved and we can no longer rely on a ‘lone wolf’ to rise through the ranks. Now, the focus is on how to lead and challenge these people into thinking about the whole platform that we are standing on. Talent focus today is on the reframing of leaders as companies begin to position themselves for future growth. This event will help you ensure that you have the right people, in the right places, doing the right things, at the right cost.

At Talent 2012 you’ll:

• Discover how to introduce creativity into your workplace, which will help you retain your top talent
• Learn how to strengthen your talent proposition for all employees, ensuring you maximise your talent potential
• Explore methods for attracting and recruiting graduates, allowing your business to hone in early talents
• Gain knowledge of building a talent development culture, which will ensure your talent remains engaged
• Learn how to master talent management strategies of the new media age, meaning you widen your reach on talent prospects
• Develop a future capabilities strategy that is aligned to your business needs, and will grow future leaders who will steer your organisations

Our expert speakers include:

Chairman
David Taylor
Founder,
The Naked Leader

Biography

David is an acknowledged global expert on leadership and fast-track, lasting change. His client list includes many of the most successful companies and leaders in the world.
He is the author of The Naked Leader series of books, has keynoted in over 40 countries and has featured in three TV series.
David is the Honorary Professor of Leadership at Warwick University Business School, the Business Ambassador for The Princes Trust and a former Chairman of Woking Football Club.
David helps people and organisations to make permanent change, very fast. His client list includes many of the most successful companies and leaders in the world.
Unlike many so called “gurus” David has been there and done it, with a 25 year track record of delivery with hundreds of companies, and thousands of leaders around the world. His clients range from The United Nations to The Young Presidents Organisation, from Fortune 100 companies to leading entrepreneurs, and from the Abu Dhabi Government to celebrities and charities.
He is author of The Naked Leader, the world’s fastest selling business book, and three global follow-ups, The Naked Leader Experience, The Naked Coach and The Naked Millionaire.
As a speaker, David is the winner of the prestigious “European Business Speaker” award, has keynoted in 40 different countries – over 300,000 people have attended a David Taylor event. Venues include the Acropolis in Athens, San Francisco 49’ers stadium, The Comedy Store in London and the Emirates Palace in Abu Dhabi.
On television, David has transformed teams in Working Wonders (ITV), removed phobias on live television in The Salon (Channel 4) and most recently turned around a small company in decline to treble their profits in The Naked Office (Virgin 1) which was nominated for a Royal Television Society award. He is now working on an under wraps project that will prove forever that anyone can literally achieve anything they choose, no matter what their background.
David is a Professor of Leadership at Warwick University Business School, the Business Ambassador for The Princes Trust and a former Chairman of Woking Football Club.

Headline speaker
Lynda Gratton, Professor of Management Practice, London Business School

Biography

Lynda Gratton is Professor of Management Practice at London Business School. She is considered one of the world’s authorities on people in organisations and is one of the UK’s leading business advisors working with companies across the world.

After a doctorate in psychology, Lynda became Chief Psychologist for British Airways. She moved on to management consultancy PA where she became that firm’s youngest-ever director. Next Lynda took the then almost unheard of step of returning to academia moving to the London Business School.

Now one of the most respected business professors and constulants around, Lynda addresses business on all aspects of spotting, retaining and developing talent and how this bedrock of any organisation can be strategically manager.

Author of a number of management books, Professor Grattan’s Living Strategy has been translated into more than 15 languages and was rated by US CEOs as one of the most important books of its time. Whist Hot Spots, investigates why some teams, workplaces and organisations buzz with energy and others don’t.

Lynda has been ranked by The Times as one of the top 20 Business Thinkers in the world today and the Financial Times selected her as the business thinker most likely to make a real difference over the next decade. Whilst she also featured in Human Resources Magazine’s “HR Top 100: Most Influential” poll.

Jonathan Polin, Group CEO, Ashcourt Rowan

Jonathan Yates,
CEO, Guardian Financial Services

Ian Ryder,
Deputy CEO, BCS, The Chartered Institute for IT

Rebecca Harvey,
Director, Global Talent Programmes, TL&OD CoE, GSK

Peta Hay,
Group Resource Director, Tesco Plc

Edson Hato,
Global Head Leadership Acquisition & Onboarding, ING Bank

As a senior HR leader, you will already be aware of how much the global landscape has evolved, and how vitally important it is to have the right people in place, who will help contribute to organisational success and growth.

This event is designed at arming you with the tools and strategies needed to manage talent and to help you create a culture that sustains and engages the leaders of today and tomorrow. This is not an event for conceptual thinkers; this is an event for those of you who want to take concrete actions.

Come and learn about the latest methods in building a talent development culture, transformational talent management, leadership behaviours, succession planning, and the broader perspective on talent, straight from the mouths of senior Talent and Leadership professionals who are putting talent ideas into practice and getting the right results from their people.

Talent 2012 is suited to national and international senior HR practitioners, so you will be networking exclusively with a crowd of like-minded professionals from organisations with 10,000+ employees, including your competitors and potential collaborators. Save the date in your calendar and reserve your space today – early registrations save significantly on entry.

Who you’ll be joining:

CEOs, Directors, Heads, Leads and VPs of: