Webcast:
While a global economic downturn may have postponed an inevitable shift in power from employers to talent, it hasn't altered the circumstances ushering in a new age of talent. The labor force around the world is transitioning, technology is establishing unprecedented transparency into organizations and their management practices, and cross boundary collaboration is driving change at speeds never before imagined. Today organizations around the world are under tremendous pressure to deliver unwavering innovation while financial pressures force organizations to maximize workforce productivity. Combined these pressures scream for organizational agility, something HR hasn't been known for delivering.
Success will depend upon your organizations ability to quickly source a variety of talent, develop talent, motivate talent and deploy it to constantly evolving project centric needs. While product life cycles once afforded organizations the opportunity to develop talent over several years,today development cycles need to be much faster and encompass social learnings. As organizations leverage contingent labor to enable agility, talent management practices will need to become more holistic, ensuring that every aspect of talent employed to accomplish the organizations objectives is strategically managed.
This webinar was crafted to provide a simple framework for crafting an agile talent management strategy appropriate for the age of talent. Specific topics that will be covered include:
- Using real-time talent analytics to determine talent management service needs
- Highlights of emerging best practices in recruiting, development and retention that deliver organizational agility
- Understanding the talent management strategy implications of:
- An organizational need for innovation
- Economic instability
- Varied expectations of talent
- An ever evolving field of talent competitors
- Highlights of emerging best practices in recruiting, development and retention that deliver organizational agility
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Presenters

Master Burnett is the Managing Director of Dr. John Sullivan. Mr. Burnett directs the global advisory services of thought leader Dr. John Sullivan. In this capacity he is responsible for assisting organizations implementing tools or strategies proposed by Dr. John Sullivan and managing ongoing initiatives aimed at identifying best practice firms and approaches. Prior to joining Dr. John Sullivan, Mr. Burnett served as the Director of Client Services and Corporate Marketing for the Silicon Talent Corporation, an aggressive boutique staffing firm headquartered in the Silicon Valley, providing early stage high-technology ventures with staffing and HR advisory services. He also serves as an adjunct faculty member at San Francisco State University. His expertise covers such topics as the implementation of technology, staffing and recruiting systems, organizational effectiveness coaching, and process engineering.

My specialty is recruiting strategy and designing world class recruiting systems and tools for Fortune 200 firms. I have worked with over 175 different businesses and organizations around the world in my career as a speaker/ advisor. I have written a weekly column for ERE for over 5 years and a monthly column for the IHRIM Journal for 3 years. Over-all, I have written 8 books and white papers and over 500 articles. I was the Chief Talent Officer for Agilent (the 40,000+ employee HP spin off). I have appeared on The CBS and ABC national nightly news, CNN and in various publications including Fortune, the Economist, CIO, BusinessWeek, the WSJ, the Washington Post, Money, Time and every major HR magazine. Fast company called me the Michael Jordan of hiring. I design strategies and give presentations to HR and recruiting teams throughout the world. My web site has over 600 articles (www.DrJohnsullivan.com).Areas of expertise I consider myself the global leader in employment branding. Others have acknowledged my leading edge expertise in various areas including:
