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The Gartner Talent Angle

The Gartner Talent Angle

Gartner 428 Episodes Jun 10, 2025

The Gartner Talent Angle podcast offers a fresh perspective on talent management. Each month, hosts interview innovators, academics, HR professionals, economists, and coaches to explore cutting-edge ideas in HR and people development. The show aims to reimagine talent by discussing the latest trends and insights from industry leaders.

Episodes

SPOTLIGHT: Ushering in a Postgenerational Workplace With Mauro Guillen
SPOTLIGHT: Ushering in a Postgenerational Workplace With Mauro Guillen Jun 10, 2025 22:30 Author and professor Mauro Guillén joins the Talent Angle to explain how generational labels, such as "baby boomers" or "millennials," can be counterproductive in the workplace. Guillén offers an alternative vision of a postgenerational society and advocates for a workplace in which individuals are not confined by their age. He urges HR leaders to instill a "perennial" mindset in their organizatio
SPOTLIGHT: Addressing the Burnout Epidemic With Jennifer Moss
SPOTLIGHT: Addressing the Burnout Epidemic With Jennifer Moss Jun 3, 2025 26:25 In her book "The Burnout Epidemic: The Rise of Chronic Stress and How We Can Fix It," Jennifer Moss implores organizations to design burnout strategies that move beyond apps, wellness programs and perks. Instead, she makes the case for a systematic and preventative approach to building an anti-burnout strategy. To do so, organizations must first understand the key drivers of burnout, why conventio
SPOTLIGHT: Designing Work Without Jobs With Ravin Jesuthasan and John Boudreau
SPOTLIGHT: Designing Work Without Jobs With Ravin Jesuthasan and John Boudreau May 27, 2025 23:52 Drawing on their professional and academic experience, Ravin Jesuthasan and John Boudreau argue the current work "operating system" is increasingly unable to meet the needs of employees and employers. They join the Talent Angle to discuss their new book, Work Without Jobs: How to Reboot Your Organization's Work Operating System, and the opportunities for HR to shape a new vision for the future of
SPOTLIGHT: Sizing the Impact of Skills-Based Hiring, With HBS' Joseph Fuller
SPOTLIGHT: Sizing the Impact of Skills-Based Hiring, With HBS' Joseph Fuller May 20, 2025 28:46 In recent years, organizations have started to experiment with skills-based hiring by dropping degree requirements and other credentials in job postings to unlock new talent populations. However, a fully-realized skills-based hiring approach demands deep change in talent processes and hiring manager practices. To this point, most organizations have been unable to weave this method into the fabric
SPOTLIGHT: Embracing Failure to Cultivate Innovation with Amy Edmondson
SPOTLIGHT: Embracing Failure to Cultivate Innovation with Amy Edmondson May 13, 2025 26:56 In their pursuit of heightened productivity, organizations are leaving little room for failure. However, failures are an inevitable part of the innovation process and often serve as a precursor to breakthroughs. By solely focusing on productivity, organizations may be missing out on valuable opportunities for innovation that could propel them forward. In the worst-case scenarios, a failure-adverse
Inspiring as a Leader with Adam Galinsky
Inspiring as a Leader with Adam Galinsky May 6, 2025 47:27 Leader and manager development was CHROs' top priority in 2025, according to the 2025 Gartner HR Priorities Survey. When employees are frustrated by the leadership at the organization, their engagement, performance and productivity suffer. Adam Galinsky, professor at Columbia Business School and author of "Inspire: The Universal Path for Leading Yourself and Others," joins the Talent Angle to shar
SPOTLIGHT: Thriving on Conflict with Amy Gallo
SPOTLIGHT: Thriving on Conflict with Amy Gallo Apr 29, 2025 27:03 Conflict management is an increasingly essential skill for individuals in leadership positions. However, it is a topic that often makes people — especially leaders and managers — feel uneasy. As leaders are responsible for handling conflicts between their employees, teams, and peers, it is crucial for them to have effective strategies for conflict management. Amy Gallo, the author of "Getting Alon
Making Better Decisions With Justin 'Hasard' Lee
Making Better Decisions With Justin 'Hasard' Lee Apr 22, 2025 36:38 Today's CHROs face a dynamic business environment, and must make difficult, strategic decisions despite uncertainty. Justin "Hasard" Lee, former U.S. Air Force fighter pilot and author of "The Art of Clear Thinking: A Stealth Fighter Pilot's Timeless Rules for Making Tough Decisions," joins the Talent Angle to share a decision making framework for leaders to use so assess the problems in front of
SPOTLIGHT: Capturing the Upside of Uncertainty, with Nathan Furr and Susannah Harmon Furr
SPOTLIGHT: Capturing the Upside of Uncertainty, with Nathan Furr and Susannah Harmon Furr Apr 15, 2025 23:16 From the emergence of generative AI (GenAI) to widespread adoption of hybrid work, HR leaders are increasingly called upon to lead their organizations through uncertainty. Authors Nathan Furr and Susannah Harmon Furr join the Talent Angle to explain why uncertainty should be associated with opportunity, not anxiety. They detail how organizations can navigate uncertainty to drive transformation an
Exploring Insights from the Gartner's Futures Lab with Brent Cassell
Exploring Insights from the Gartner's Futures Lab with Brent Cassell Apr 8, 2025 43:38 Navigating new levels of change, CHROs can find it difficult to determine which global and long-term trends matter for their talent and business strategies. Brent Cassell, VP in Advisory at Gartner and member of Gartner's Futures Lab, joins the Talent Angle Podcast to offer a framework to sense and respond to the macro trends CHROs need to be paying attention to, today. Brent Cassell is a vice pre
SPOTLIGHT: Fueling Performance With the Human-Powered Enterprise
SPOTLIGHT: Fueling Performance With the Human-Powered Enterprise Apr 1, 2025 29:11 Organizations today are grappling with how to manage the merging of peoples' work and personal lives. With many organizational processes and structures not fully accounting for the human impact they have on their employees' lives, organizations are now looking for a better approach to the way we work. Peter Aykens and Sari Wilde, two leaders of the Gartner HR practice, offer a new, human-centric,
Looking Beyond the 4-Year Degree, With Kathleen deLaski
Looking Beyond the 4-Year Degree, With Kathleen deLaski Mar 25, 2025 34:11 The workforce is increasingly exploring learning opportunities outside of the four-year college degree, such as vocational training and apprenticeships. However, organizations struggle to adapt their talent processes to a workforce with changing demographics and preferences. Kathleen deLaski, author of "Who Needs College Anymore? Imagining a Future Where Degrees Don't Matter," joins the Talent Ang

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