Mercer Talent Enterprise Blog

Sharing our views and insight on Talent, Learning and Development

Attracting top-tier talent is an ongoing challenge for every successful business. Finding that talent early can give a company a significant long-term advantage. If your business is prepared to invest...
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Today’s business landscape has many uncertainties stemming from political and economic instability, evolving technology, and changing work behaviors and patterns. In these circumstances, it is essential to support leaders through...
Resilience alone is not enough
David B. Jones, CEO, Mercer Talent Enterprise Resilience is only a necessary but not a sufficient condition for individual, team and organizational success. According to my own Thriving Index™ character...
Women in Leadership
On International Women’s Day 2021, looking back at the last twelve months gives working women much to be proud of and much to be hopeful about. Across the world, the...
Virtual Assessment Center
By Ehsan Fahmi Over the past few months, doing things virtually has become the new normal, from online workouts and medical consultations to attending webinars and exploring e-learning. Most of...
Author Archives: Ariana Shahbazi
This week’s innovation expert is Muhammad Chbib, CEO of Tradeling.com. There are many reasons why we selected Muhammad as a member of our expert panel for “The Innovation Mindset of...
Author Archives: Ariana Shahbazi
As part of our research on “The Innovation Mindset of Leaders“, we conducted a series of interviews with high profile experts in the field to better understand what kind of...
Author Archives: Ariana Shahbazi
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Four dimensions of High Potential Employees
Most companies remain unclear about the different dimensions involved in identifying high potential talent. Yet there is an increased awareness of employee talent, and high potential assessments and programs are...
When we first wrote Unlocking the Paradox of Plenty in 2013, most organizations in the GCC were still using a largely gap-based approach when it came to assessing and developing...
Saudi optimism
Not long ago, I got the opportunity to speak and meet a lot of interesting Saudi HR professionals at the ATD Conference in Riyadh. During those two days, I saw...
Saudi women
Unlike other parts of the world, women in the Gulf States make up over 65% of university graduates. They also consistently outperform their male counterparts in ALL subjects, including the...