TWF Women To Watch breakfast with global talent guru, Claudio Fernandez Araoz!

The Women’s Foundation was delighted to present an intimate breakfast co-hosted by Egon Zehnder with special guest Claudio Fernández-Aráoz, Senior Advisor to Egon Zehnder and author of ‘It’s Not the How or the What but the Who’.

TWF Women to Watch having breakfast with talent guru Claudio Fernandez-Araoz & discussing high potential talent issues

Alison Harbert of Nomura  questioning the role of optimism within organisational culture

Leonie Valentine of Google on how the younger generation struggle to cope with work and life

Sara Bosco of Emerson on how to communicate and maintain staff expectations in times of crisis

Claudio  Fernandez Araoz is a top global expert on talent and leadership and has been repeatedly ranked by BusinessWeek as one of the most influential executive search consultants in the world. Claudio shared his insights on High Potentials (HiPo) management, keeping talent during a crisis & instilling a D&I culture. here are some key takeaways from the breakfast: 

  • We are at the dawn of a renewed focus on top talent & women are key in this 
  • This is a volatile, unpredictable, complex & ambiguous world. Leaders need to be competent & adaptable
  • The increasingly global ambitions of Asian companies will drive a new talent war
  • The main priority for corporates should be defending the talent they currently have 
  • To avoid demotivating non-HiPos, you need rigorous assessment, appropriate incentives & sensitive communication 
  • Good to Great by Jim Collins is probably the best business book ever written 
  • Diversity in itself is not enough. You need a culture of inclusion

Group photo after the breakfast!

10
07
2015

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The Women's Foundation