How Workforce Readiness Becomes Mission Readiness with Kathleen McCarthy, EVP and Chief Human Resources Officer, SAIC

June 22 · 31 min · Episode 198 · 30.5 MB

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How can workforce readiness become mission readiness?

Why is a people strategy not the same thing as a business strategy?

My guest on this episode is Kathleen McCarthy, EVP and Chief Human Resources Officer, SAIC

During our conversation Kathleen and I discuss the following:

Why a people strategy is not a business strategy
Why "progress over perfection" beats waiting for the perfect plan
How CHROs are shifting from business partners to enterprise capability builders
Why workforce readiness is a moving target, not a fixed destination
Why you can't hire your way out of the readiness gap

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