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Talent strategy challenges

  • Business and human resource (HR) strategies are misaligned.
  • Talent strategy components are not equipped for the future shape of work.
  • Talent practises are misaligned with business priorities.
  • Workforce strategies are not keeping pace with business model changes.

Mercer’s research identified the top 10 HR priorities in the year ahead:

  1. Improving workforce planning to better inform buy/build/borrow strategies
  2. Designing talent processes around skills 
  3. Enhancing total rewards packages
  4. Addressing pay, gender and other equity gaps
  5. Rethinking compensation plans
  6. Investing in workforce upskilling/reskilling
  7. Delivering on total well-being strategies
  8. Evolving the flexible working culture
  9. Redesigning HR operations
  10. Putting ESG/sustainability at the heart of our transformation agenda

Your business success depends on your future talent

An effective talent management strategy can help you meet your workforce and business needs today, tomorrow and well into the future. Mercer can help you create an effective and high-performing talent framework and strategy that includes:

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