Happy Halloween

Happy Halloween! Originally this day marked the end of summer and the harvest. Likewise, the beginning of the dark, cold winter. Notably, this time of year was associated with death.

The Celts believed that on this night the boundary between the worlds of the living and the dead became entwined. Allowing a gateway for the ghosts of the dead to open up, and return to earth. The Celts also thought that the presence of the otherworldly spirits made it easier for the Druids to make predictions for the future. For the Celts, who were entirely dependent on the volatile natural world, these prophecies were an important source of comfort during the long, dark and deadly winters.

The critical importance of talent

The chances are you recognise the critical importance of talent, and the influence the right team has on achieving business success. After all, most business owners and senior leaders site the importance of talent. Not to mention the threat of not having the right people as their biggest organisational challenge.

Ultimately, this fact has been consistently acknowledged by senior leaders. However, what’s important to realise is although talent has always been a challenge for the vast majority of businesses. The challenge is increasing. And as a result, so is the threat to achieving business success.

Halloween symbolised the end of the harvest and the beginning of the dark, cold winter that for the Celts, often led to death. To provide comfort to during this volatile period, Druids made predictions for the future.

So, to sum up the parallels between Halloween. Todays business environment, and the talent landscape. In short you don’t have to be Druid.

Those business owners, senior leaders and companies with a sound talent management strategy are living the dream and can celebrate. On the other hand, those without are facing a nightmare. And a long, dark, cold winter, that has the significant threat to the health, even life, of their business.

Are you living the dream or having nightmares?

The war for talent is increasingly fierce. The scale and pace of the disruptive business environment is set to continue. And when the environment changes, the key to survival is the ability to adapt quickly.

Business agility, efficiency and capability is more critical today than ever. Most significantly, building well balanced, high performance and engaged teams can reduces the cost of human capital. Equally important, at the same time, increasing productivity and profitability.

However, what’s important to realise is that to escape the nightmare, and start living the dream, requires an effective talent management strategy. Without one, your business is likely to face a scary future.

When it comes to your team, talent strategy and future workforce planning, are you living the dream or having nightmares?

Pyramid Resource Solutions

Pyramid Resource Solutions is a consultancy, advisory and talent management firm. We provide, facilitate and host a carefully crafted suite of services, products and tools designed to deliver intelligent solutions for intelligent business leaders.

Aligning business and talent strategies, our scalable talent management solutions help our clients to build well balanced, multidisciplinary, high performance teams. From fully outsourced, professionally managed talent solutions, to providing inhouse support from out suite of resources,  we help our clients to increase their business capabilities, performance and profitability.

In short, our clients invest in their people, and engage our services to gain a competitive advantage to outperform their competitors. To discover more contact us to arrange an initial consultation, and discover how our custom built, scalable talent solutions can support your business success.