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Talent Key Topic at Perspectives 2008, continued from page 1.
shortage of workers? There is none!
“There is only a shortage of great
organizations where the best people
want to work.”
Hochman raised these and many
other provocative points at his
keynote address during AmCham
Denmark’s Annual General Meeting
on March 12, hosted by KPMG in
Frederiksberg. His presentation came
as AmCham released “Winning the
Global Talent War,” an exclusive
report on this important topic.
Hochman said enterprises can win
the war by bringing employees – as
well as customers - into their organization
and culture as active participants,
he believes. In fact, doing so
is “perhaps the most exciting longterm
opportunity for change and
innovation ever.”
Today’s most
desirable employees
share a characteristic
with
today’s most
desirable customers, Hochman
argued. Both want the freedom to
contribute to reputable enterprises.
“Collaboration is the hallmark of
future value with both.”
Hochman said that managers need
to ask themselves four questions in
order to start the process of winning
the global war for talent:
• Where do we find the best and
the brightest?
• How do we keep them?
• How and what can we learn from
them?
• How do we profit from them?
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“What’s the next courageous
decision you are
going to make?”
Larry Hochmam challenges executives to be courageous.
According to Hochman, finding the
best answers takes courage. So does
designing, implementing, and carrying
through to success real-world,
comprehensive strategies based on
those answers. He asked audience
members, “What’s the next courageous
decision
you are going to
make?”
Touching on local
– Larry Hochman issues, he added,
“Companies can
help integrate the non-ethnic Danish
workforce by leading by example.”
Hochman urged companies to be
public about their efforts in this area.
“If you don’t break down the barriers,
who will?”
Hochman’s appearance was the first
of AmCham Denmark’s annual
Perspectives series, in which distinguished
experts will share insights
on what AmCham’s Stephen
Brugger called “topics your company
can’t ignore.”
To see video clips, go to www.amcham.dk
AmCham members gain insight on the
war for talent.
AmCham board members Jørgen
Bardenfleth and Torben Juul Andersen.
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