Talent Mistakes Made by Leaders with Karel van der Mandele

In this HRchat episode, we consider some big talent mistakes made by leaders. Bill Banham's guest this time is Karel van der Mandele, Senior Vice President, Right Management North America and ManpowerGroup.Known as a forward-thinking change agent, Karel has business leadership and consulting expertise. With a strong track record of driving profitable growth, he builds strong brands, launches winning innovations, and ensures strong commercial execution. As leader of Right Management and Jefferson Wells in North America, Karel is passionate about creating high-performance teams united around a transformational vision and developing winning mindsets.For more than 40 years, Right Management has transformed organizations across more than 75 countries by evaluating, developing, and transitioning their talent. Our strong pool of coaches and leadership experts works closely with our candidates to help them identify their strengths, develop new capabilities, or transition them to new careers.As the leader of Right Management in North America, Karel says he's proud to be part of an organization recently recognized by Forbes as one of America's Best Management Consulting Firms. Questions for Karel include:"With assessment, coaching, leadership, career development, mobility & change, and outplacement solutions built around your needs, Right Management makes talent your ultimate competitive advantage... Right Management improves performance, elevates engagement, and increases retention". Tell us more. From Covid to the Great Resignation and continued volatility and uncertainty in the economy, we have been experiencing significant change over the past few years. What have been the workforce impacts of all this?  And how has it changed the role of leaders?It sounds like so much has changed that leaders are dealing with so many more challenges than they were before. Or maybe different challenges?  Can you share what you’re seeing as the 3 biggest?And with all those challenges, surely organizations are making some mistakes. What are you seeing as the 3 biggest talent mistakes organizations are making today?Can you dig into this further and share how leaders can avoid these mistakes? What practical actions can they take?Right Management was recently recognized by Forbes (for the 4th time!) as one of America's Best Management Consulting Firms. Tell us about the company culture and mission"Reorganizations are difficult, necessary, and deeply personal for all involved. Yet 80% of them fail to deliver the hoped-for value in the time planned (HBR). What can leaders do to plan a successful reorg?" Every quarter, ManpowerGroup publishes its Employment Outlook Survey. The latest edition suggests that the talent shortage hasn’t stopped companies across the US from reporting strong hiring intentions. Tell us more. We do our best to ensure editorial objectivity. The views and ideas shared by our guests and sponsors are entirely independent of The HR Gazette, HRchat Podcast and Iceni Media Inc.   Support the showFeature Your Brand on the HRchat PodcastThe HRchat show has had 100,000s of downloads and is frequently listed as one of the most popular global podcasts for HR pros, Talent execs and leaders. It is ranked in the top ten in the world based on traffic, social media followers, domain authority & freshness. The podcast is also ranked as the Best Canadian HR Podcast by FeedSpot and one of the top 10% most popular shows by Listen Score. Want to share the story of how your business is helping to shape the world of work? We offer sponsored episodes, audio adverts, email campaigns, and a host of other options. Check out packages here.Follow us on LinkedInSubscribe to our newsletterCheck out our in-person events