The critical question of where to find and how to effectively manage talent tops the priorities of 1,201 business leaders from more than 69 countries, who were surveyed as part of PricewaterhouseCoopers’ annual global CEO survey. PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC) is No. 1 on The 2012 Fair360, formerly DiversityInc Top 50 Companies for Diversitylist.
The survey report finds that strategies for managing talent are the No. 1 concern for the CEOs over the next year, followed by approach to managing risk, investment decisions and organizational structure following mergers and acquisitions. In recent years, with the global recession, profit and investment were top priorities, but that is changing.
“This really is the biggest business concern around the world growth is going to be very uneven and there is concern about the diversity of different pools,” says Ed Boswell, who leads PwC’s U.S. Advisory and People Change practice and is a principal in the firm. He notes that as CEOs try to expand their organizations’ global footprints, theyand their teamsare required to examine aspects of business from a different perspective. While growth is occurring rapidly in countries such as China and India, it is much slower in more developed Western countries, including the United States.
