McKinsey Talks Talent
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McKinsey Talks Talent is a business podcast hosted by McKinsey People & Organizational Performance. It has 43 episodes, with the latest published March 2026.
Listen in to learn how to navigate a fast-changing business landscape and prepare for the future of work by turning talent into competitive advantage. McKinsey talent experts Brooke Weddle and Bryan Hancock lead discussions with globally recognized experts and thought leaders on talent, transformational change, and leadership development.
business ·en-US ·43 episodes
The problem with ‘bringing your whole self to work’
US manufacturing’s next test: Building a workforce for a new era
How smart people end up in the wrong careers
What leaders can learn from Homeboy Industries
Building a talent pipeline for the AI era
Talent wins: the growing business of women’s sports
How the right operating model can close your performance gap
What the labor market isn’t telling you—yet
The future of work is agentic
The surprising state of employee health
How to get return to office right
The value of generosity in leadership
What works—and doesn’t—in performance management
Why being in HR is getting tougher—and how to break through
Understanding what neurodivergent employees need to succeed
Managing in the era of gen AI
Workers wanted: How to fill the skilled-trade shortage
Why so many bad bosses still rise to the top
Rethinking organizational health for the new world of work
It’s cool to be kind: The value of empathy at work
The shape of talent in 2023 and 2024
Human-centered AI: The power of putting people first
Right skills, right person, right role
The future of middle management
Making sense of generational stereotypes at work
Generative AI and the future of HR
Workplace rituals: Recapturing the power of what we’ve lost
Talent in a changing market: What now?
Quiet quitting and performance management
The office of the future: A whole new (floor) plan
Stave off attrition with an internal talent marketplace
Is worker power on the rise?
Talent at a turning point: How people analytics can help
How business should move forward in 2022 as the pandemic persists
LGBTQ+ inclusion in the workplace
Culture in the hybrid workplace
Grabbing hold of the new future of work
The elusive inclusive workplace
The vanishing middle manager
Grief, loss, burnout: Talking about complex feelings at work
Today’s skills, tomorrow’s jobs: The reskilling imperative
Next-level sales talent: HR’s message to the CEO
The new science of talent: From roles to returns
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