HR Community Podcast: Kris Clelland, Talint Partners, Harnessing Data, Diversity and Strategic Talent

This episode is one of our most unique of the HR Community Podcats series. Kris Clelland, Managing Director for Talint Partners, joins us for a riveting exploration of talent management’s strategic facets in today’s market. …not just Australia, we are looking internationally too. His journey from tech recruitment to leading global teams magnifies the discussion with a focus on recruitment’s evolution, highlighting the expanded roles HR professionals occupy in project management and workforce upskilling.

Kris’s unique perspective, born from an impressive technical background, promises to unravel the intricacies of talent acquisition and retention, offering a playbook for HR mavens eager to adapt and thrive in a competitive and evolving market.

As your host, Shane O’Neill, I’m sharing personal insights from Kris’s stints at the likes of  Amazon and Wipro, examining organisational structures and the transformative power of data and analytics in the HR landscape.

We dissect the pros and cons of talent acquisition as a standalone function, stressing the need for robust collaboration between talent and HR to navigate the entire employee lifecycle. Moreover, this episode underscores an analytics-driven approach, emphasising how aligning metrics with business objectives can shape smarter, data-informed decisions that bolster organisational resilience.

Closing on a note of inclusivity, we tackle Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DE&I), confronting the discomfort that accompanies DE&I audits and the revelations they bring. Emphasising DE&I’s perpetual nature, akin to the relentless pursuit of sales excellence, we underscore the strategic importance of such initiatives for innovation and growth. Celebrating successes like those at Cognizant, we invite listeners to join us in celebrating and collaborating for a future where diversity isn’t just a goal, but a celebrated reality.

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