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This issue of Talent Edge Weekly covers:
- HR Monitor 2026 | McKinsey | A new 44-page report with benchmark insights on workforce planning, employee development, and talent acquisition, among other topics. I expand on building proactive external talent pipelines.
- Are Your Critical Roles Occupied by Your Top Talent? | Brian Heger | My cheat sheet offers five factors for evaluating whether a critical role is staffed with the talent needed to deliver its full value.
- Sidetracked: The Hidden Crisis in Mid-Career Mobility | Burning Glass Institute & NYU School of Professional Studies | A new 41-page report finding that 24.2% of mid-career professionals are stalled— 5 or more years with no meaningful promotion. I zoom in on how lateral moves can help.
- Strategic Workforce Planning and Scenario Planning Worksheet | Brian Heger | My one-page worksheet for thinking through workforce planning responses to different scenarios.
- When Employees Are Drowning in Change | MIT Sloan Management Review | Outlines three suggestions for managing change more effectively. I build on the one related to sequencing change based on employees’ capacity.
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