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Talent management is an integrated strategy for successfully recruiting, developing, retaining, and advancing employees to improve business performance. It includes performance management, succession planning, competency management, career development, systems integration, and leadership development. An effective talent management system produces and sustains a gender-diverse workforce.

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    Catalyzing
    The Value of Looking Within

    Clients often come to Catalyst concerned about a “stuck point,” a “fall-off,” or a gap between women and men at a particular level within their companies. They describe a feeling of “drowning in data” and ask questions like, “How can I figure out what data matters?” or “How do I make ...

    February 11, 2013 by Jennifer Kohler

  • Speakers Bureau
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    ICEDR Webinar: Diversity & Inclusion: Exploring the Root Causes Behind the Gender Gap

    Anna Beninger, Senior Associate, Research, and Alixandra Pollack, Senior Associate, Research, present on Catalyst's longitudinal research project, The Promise of Future Leadership: Highly Talented Employees in the Pipeline, at a webinar event titled Diversity & Inclusion: Exploring the Root...

    Date & Time:
    22 January 2013
    10:00 a.m. - 11:00 a.m. ET
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    Igniting India Inc.

    What is India Inc.? For me, it’s not just India’s booming business sector. It’s also a phrase suggesting tremendous opportunity for Indian women and business.

    India is undergoing explosive GDP growth—and a skilled labor shortage to match. Yet amid this tremendous thirst for talent, deep...

    November 18, 2010 by Deepali Bagati

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    Diversify or Die

    Why does the phrase “diversify or die” get thrown around a lot when it comes to diversifying output, but not talent?

    From real estate, to retail, to the newspaper industry, and even wedding planning, the phrase refers to the idea that it’s better to not have all your eggs in one basket.

    Thi...

    January 7, 2011 by Ilene H. Lang

  • Catalyzing
    Mumbai Launch

    News about the talent crunch in India still dominates headlines, with analysts predicting a talent gap of more than 5 million people by 2012. Fortunately, there is a solution— one way to keep India’s staggering 7% annual GDP growth humming along.

    The answer: The women of India.

    These women...

    March 1, 2011 by Ilene H. Lang

  • Catalyzing
    Getting It Done

    What’s measured gets done. After all, if you’re not tracking and measuring progress, how do you know how far you’ve come? Or how much further you need to go?

    These are the takeaways from the just-launched 2010 India Benchmarking Report. While 68 percent of companies surveyed have formal...

    March 4, 2011 by Ilene H. Lang

  • Catalyzing
    Changing the Conversation?

    The next time provincial and territorial leaders meet, four of the 13 people at the table will be women. In the past year, two of those women—Newfoundland’s Kathy Dunderdale and, just this Monday, Alberta’s Alison Redford—have led their parties to electoral victory.

    Will the nature of...

    April 25, 2012 by Deborah Gillis

  • Hommage spécial – Champion de la diversité au sein des conseils d’administration

    À titre d’ancien président et chef de la direction d’Intact Corporation financière, Claude Dussault sait que l’atteinte de la diversité des talents au sein des conseils d’administration est un engagement à long terme. M. Dussault a établi de nouvelles normes au moment où Intact est devenue une...

  • Championne 2012 – Catégorie Chef des Ressources humaines et de la Diversité

    En 2008, Deloitte Canada devenait l’une des premières organisations au pays à pointer ses projecteurs sur la diversité et l’inclusion, faisant de son associée, Jane Allen, la première personne à occuper le poste de chef de la diversité au sein de la société. Travaillant en collaboration avec le...