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On this episode of The Open Talent Report, Connor Heaney talks to Christoph Niebel, former Global President of Pontoon Solutions and C-level leader at the Adecco Group.
For the last 20 years Christoph has been partnering with Global 2000 HR and External Workforce leaders to make change that matters. He is known for pushing boundaries and sparking innovation in talent management and workforce solutions.
At the heart of Christoph’s philosophy lies a commitment to reimagining the nexus between work and talent. He champions a shift from traditional employment paradigms to leading work, emphasising the importance of unlocking the potential within organisations and individuals alike.
In this episode, Connor & Christoph discuss:
2:55 Should the external workforce sector be called an industry?
5:13 MSPs – the default option?
7:11 Are MSPs the future? Could they be done a different way?
11:44 Christoph’s story
20:41 The journey from an individual contributor to leader – was it difficult?
26:00 Fetishisation of failure
28:13 Work-life balance
35:56 Can platform work be regulated? Can more be done to help low choice, no choice gig workers?
43:14 AI and its impact on jobs
54:32 Has the staffing sector had its big bang moment? If it’s ripe for disruption, what does that look like?
1:00:27 Labour market shortage – how can it be solved for?
1:07:58 Remote work – good, bad, ugly or indifferent?
1:11:24 Future of work predictions
Connect with Christoph: https://www.linkedin.com/in/christophniebel/
Connect with Connor: https://www.linkedin.com/in/hrmconnorheaney/
Visit CXC's website: https://www.cxcglobal.com/
On this episode of The Open Talent Report, Connor Heaney speaks to Maarten Hansson, Global Head of Integrated Workforce Management at Novartis.
Novartis is an innovative medicines business that improves and extends the lives of those facing serious disease.Maarten looks at the company’s whole workforce ecosystem and creates an integrated global talent supply chain using external and internal talent.
His approach is to look at organising work, rather than hiring people, and to consciously consider both location and any available sources of talent. One specific example is Novartis’s commitment to hire 150 refugees. Before, he was head of workforce strategy at Philips, where he designed a total workforce strategy.
In this episode, Connor & Maarten discuss:
Connect with Maarten: https://www.linkedin.com/in/maartenhansson/
Connect with Connor: https://www.linkedin.com/in/hrmconnorheaney/
Visit Novartis's website: https://www.novartis.com/
Visit CXC's website: https://www.cxcglobal.com/
On this episode of The Open Talent Report, Connor Heaney speaks to Tom Davenport, Managing Director of Alvius. Alvius is a leading technology company which provides VMS and talent pooling technology solutions to staffing, recruitment, and jobs businesses.
Tom is a 3-time founder. He has also been a consultant for PWC, an Innovation Advisor for the Tesco Group and a soldier in the British Army Reserve.
In this episode, Connor & Tom discuss:
2.11 Tom’s story – how he became an MD at Alvius
8.15 In the era of talent pools and talent marketplaces, why are recruitment and staffing agencies still in business?
18.31 The fetishization of failure and Tom’s learnings from failure
23.23 The journey of raising money
29.14 The challenges Alvius solves
35.12 The talent scarcity crisis – how can technologies like Alvius’s solve this?
45.05 Is there a role in matching talent outside a country’s borders?
50.05 AI and jobs displacement
54.48 Predictions for future of work
Connect with Tom: https://www.linkedin.com/in/tom-davenport-8a35011a/
Connect with Connor: https://www.linkedin.com/in/hrmconnorheaney/
Visit Alvius's website: https://alvius.com
Visit CXC's website: https://www.cxcglobal.com/
On this episode of The Open Talent Report, Connor Heaney speaks to Terri Gallagher, CEO at Gallagher and Consultants. She is also an author and speaker.
Terri created Walt Disney World’s first contingent workforce program, and grew her expertise working for the largest Global MSP/Staffing companies in the world. She then started her consultancy firm to break the standard paradigms of traditional contingent workforce solutions.
Gallagher and Consultants employ an emerging model of alternative workforce management, the Adaptable Talent Program approach (ATP), to help businesses manage and optimise their contingent workforce.
In this episode, Connor & Terri discuss:
Connect with Terri: https://www.linkedin.com/in/terrigallagher3/
Connect with Connor: https://www.linkedin.com/in/hrmconnorheaney/
Visit Gallagher and Consultant's website: https://www.gallagherandconsultants.com
Visit CXC's website: https://www.cxcglobal.com/
On this episode of The Open Talent Report, Connor Heaney speaks to Jon Holden, CRO at Aventi Solutions. Aventi Solutions is a specialist SAP Fieldglass partner who advises large corporates on their extended workforce strategies.
Jon has had an astronomical career in the human capital sector working for many companies including Services and software companies such as IQNavigator and Beeline.
In this episode Connor & Jon discuss:
Connect with Jon: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jonholden71/
Connect with Connor: https://www.linkedin.com/in/hrmconnorheaney/
Visit Aventi's website: https://aventisolutions.com/
Visit CXC's website: https://www.cxcglobal.com/
On this episode of The Open Talent Report, Connor Heaney talks to Mark Zolkos, Managing Director of Enterprise Strategies and MSP Alliances at Flextrack. Flextrack offers a next generation vendor management system to help businesses acquire, engage and manage their external workforce.
Mark has a wealth of knowledge around VMS’s and has seen many changes over the years.
In this episode, Connor & Mark discuss:
Connect with Mark: https://www.linkedin.com/in/mark-zolkos-09b65b3/
Connect with Connor: https://www.linkedin.com/in/hrmconnorheaney/
Visit Flextrack's website: https://www.flextrack.com/
Visit CXC's website: https://www.cxcglobal.com/
On this episode of The Open Talent Report, Connor Heaney talks to John Riordan, Chairman of Grow Remote and Board Director at Boundless and Otonomee.
John is an avid supporter of working remote-first. Throughout his career, he has worked for large and well-known businesses such as Virgin Atlantic, Apple and Shopify, helping them implement remote working in contact centre customer service.
During the episode Connor & John discuss:
Connect with John: https://www.linkedin.com/in/johncriordan/
Connect with Connor: https://www.linkedin.com/in/hrmconnorheaney/
Visit Grow Remote's website: https://growremote.ie/
Visit CXC's website: https://www.cxcglobal.com/
On this episode of The Open Talent Report, Connor speaks to John Winsor, Chairman and Founder of Open Assembly, Visiting Executive at Harvard Business School and Author. John recently co-authored a book called Open Talent: Leveraging The Global Workforce to Solve Your Business Challenges. This is his sixth book.
During the episode Connor & John discuss:
- John’s story
- The speed of larger enterprises adopting freelancers and independent workers not as fast as expected – why?
- Company budgets – do people consider freelancers?
- Remote work and its influence on attrition rate
- Open Assembly – what it is and the challenges it solves
- The main frameworks and key principles in John’s book
- The force multipliers for the Open Talent Model
- The compliance challenge with large enterprises and how Open Assembly help
- AI
- Predictions for future of work
Connect with John: https://www.linkedin.com/in/johntwinsor/
Connect with Connor: https://www.linkedin.com/in/hrmconnorheaney/
Visit Open Assembly's website: https://open-assembly.com/
Visit CXC's website: https://www.cxcglobal.com/
On this episode of The Open Talent Report, Connor speaks to Sonya Shelton, Founder of Executive Leadership Consulting. Executive Leadership Consulting aligns an organisation’s business strategy with its culture to make it a successful business, as well as a fulfilling place to work.
Sonya has founded 3 profitable companies, is a contributing writer to Forbes and previously worked as Head of Global Employee Communications at the Walt Disney company. She is also the author of “You’re an Executive But Are You a Leader?”, a number 1 Amazon bestselling book that shares leadership tips and success stories.
During the episode Connor & Sonya Discuss:
Connect with Sonya: https://www.linkedin.com/in/ceosonyashelton/
Connect with Connor: https://www.linkedin.com/in/hrmconnorheaney/
Visit Executive Leadership Consulting's website: https://executiveleader.com/
Visit CXC's website: https://www.cxcglobal.com/
On this episode of The Open Talent Report, Connor Heaney talks to Jill Bassett, Solutions Advisory Expert at SAP Fieldglass. SAP Fieldglass is a cloud-based global vendor management system designed to automate the whole process of finding, procuring, and managing external talent for organisations. Previously, she was a board member at The Manpower Group.
During the episode Connor & Jill cover:
Connect with Jill: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jillbassett1/
Connect with Connor: https://www.linkedin.com/in/hrmconnorheaney/
Visit SAP's website: https://www.sap.com/
Visit CXC's website: https://www.cxcglobal.com/
On this episode of The Open Talent Report, Connor Heaney talks to Nadia Vatalidis, Head of People and Culture at TestGorilla which offers skills-based assessments designed to identify the best candidates and make your hiring decisions faster, easier, and bias-free.
Nadia is also an Advisory Board Member at several high growth tech companies. She is at the forefront of many leading success stories when it comes to remote working, async working and global mobility.
During the episode Connor & Nadia cover:
Connect with Nadia: https://www.linkedin.com/in/nadiavatalidis/
Connect with Connor: https://www.linkedin.com/in/hrmconnorheaney/
Visit TestGorilla's website: https://www.testgorilla.com/
Visit CXC's website: https://www.cxcglobal.com/
On this episode of The Open Talent Report, Connor Heaney talks to Mel Mallinak, Executive Director of Business Development at The Populus Group. The Populus Group specialises in workforce management solutions for small, medium to Fortune 100 companies, including payroll, IC compliance, MSP, recruiting and foreign national sponsorships.
During the episode Connor & Mel discuss:
Connect with Mel: https://www.linkedin.com/in/mel-mallinak-4572548/
Connect with Connor: https://www.linkedin.com/in/hrmconnorheaney/
Visit The Populus Group's website: https://www.populusgroup.com/
Visit CXC's website: https://www.cxcglobal.com/
On this episode of The Open Talent Report, Connor Heaney talks to Rory Spanier, COO of 360 Talent Solution that offer integrated MSP solutions for clients of any size, irrespective of domain. Rory is a Workforce Solutions Expert specializing in MSP, Direct Sourcing and Independent Contractor Solutions.
During the episode Connor & Rory cover:
Connect with Rory: https://www.linkedin.com/in/rory-spanier-ccwp-2b34801/
Connect with Connor: https://www.linkedin.com/in/hrmconnorheaney/
Visit 360 Talent Solutions website: https://360talentsol.com/
Visit CXC website: https://www.cxcglobal.com/
On this episode of The Open Talent Report, Connor Heaney talks to Rob Marley, Executive Director of Operations at Allegis Global Solutions (AGS). AGS builds global workforce solutions that help companies transform people into a competitive business advantage.
For AGS , it is not merely a matter of filling seats. Their approach revolves around designing workforces that are purposefully aligned with their missions. By constructing a workforce that harnesses human enterprise, AGS ensures that every employee contributes to making a significant impact.
During the episode Connor & Rob cover:
Connect with Rob: https://www.linkedin.com/in/rob-marley-96740253/
Connect with Connor: https://www.linkedin.com/in/hrmconnorheaney/
Visit AGS website: https://www.allegisglobalsolutions.com/en
Visit CXC website: https://www.cxcglobal.com/
On this episode of The Open Talent Report, Connor Heaney talks to Tomas O’Farrell, Co-founder & CEO of Workana, an established tech startup that helps startups and tech-companies get matched with selected, remote, full-time developers from Latin America.
During the episode Connor & Tomas cover:
Connect with Tomas: https://www.linkedin.com/in/ofarrell/
Connect with Connor: https://www.linkedin.com/in/hrmconnorheaney/
Visit Workana website: https://www.workana.com/en
Visit CXC website: https://www.cxcglobal.com/
On this episode of The Open Talent Report, Connor Heaney talks to Robert Jordan, book author and CEO of InterimExecs, which matches top executives with companies around the world. Based on research with thousands of leaders and companies, he and Olivia Wagner wrote Right Leader Right Time: Discover Your Leadership Style for a Winning Career and Company.
During the episode Connor & Robert cover:
Connect with Robert: https://www.linkedin.com/in/robertjjordan/
Connect with Connor: https://www.linkedin.com/in/hrmconnorheaney/
Visit Interim Execs website: https://interimexecs.com/
Find out more about Robert’s book: https://www.amazon.com/Right-Leader-Time-Discover-Leadership/dp/1722505672/ref=sr_1_3?crid=3GVQQN375PN6F&keywords=right+leader+right+time&qid=1644364968&s=books&sprefix=right+leader%2Cstripbooks%2C72&sr=1-3
Visit CXC website: https://www.cxcglobal.com/
On this episode of The Open Talent Report, Connor Heaney talks to Julia Hobsbawm, award-winning and bestselling author, columnist for Bloomberg, speaker, consultant and broadcaster on future of work. Julia recently published her sixth book “The Nowhere Office: Reinventing Work and the Workplace of the Future”.
Tune in to find out more about Julia’s book, along with:
Connect with Julia: https://www.linkedin.com/in/juliahobsbawm/
Connect with Connor: https://www.linkedin.com/in/hrmconnorheaney/
Buy Julia’s book: https://www.amazon.com/Nowhere-Office-Reinventing-Workplace-Future-ebook/dp/B09CPNSNT8?ref_=ast_author_mpb
Visit CXC website: https://www.cxcglobal.com/
On this episode of The Open Talent Report, Connor Heaney talks to Darren Morris, Managing Director at CXC Australia. Darren is an expert in contingent workforce management, EOR & AOR.
During the episode Connor & Darren discuss:
Connect with Darren: https://www.linkedin.com/in/darrenjmorris/
Connect with Connor: https://www.linkedin.com/in/hrmconnorheaney/
Visit CXC website: https://www.cxcglobal.com/
On this episode of The Open Talent Report, Connor Heaney talks to Mike Smith, Chief Executive of Randstad Enterprise with over 18 years of experience in the talent acquisition industry. Mike’s focus is on building long-term strategic relationships with the world's largest corporations, helping to solve complex talent challenges and creating sustainable business value and agility.
During the episode Connor & Mike cover:
Connect with Mike: https://www.linkedin.com/in/michaeljohnsmith/
Connect with Connor: https://www.linkedin.com/in/hrmconnorheaney/
Visit Randstad Enterprise website: https://randstadenterprise.com/
Visit CXC website: https://www.cxcglobal.com/
On this episode of The Open Talent Report, Connor Heaney talks to John Smith, co-founder and Managing Director of CXC Americas.
During the episode Connor & John discuss:
Connect with John: https://www.linkedin.com/in/johnfsmith/
Connect with Connor: https://www.linkedin.com/in/hrmconnorheaney/
Visit CXC website: https://www.cxcglobal.com/
On this episode of The Open Talent Report, Connor Heaney talks to Scott Wilson, Head Of Workforce Management Consulting at Aventi Global Limited.
During the episode Connor & Scott discuss:
Connect with Scott: https://www.linkedin.com/in/scott-wilson-11114512/
Connect with Connor: https://www.linkedin.com/in/hrmconnorheaney/
Visit Aventi Global Limited website: https://aventisolutions.com/
Visit CXC website: https://www.cxcglobal.com/
On this episode of The Open Talent Report, Connor Heaney talks to Angela Alberty, CCWP, the co-founder and CBO at myBasePay. Having studied workforce trends and shifts an entire professional career spanning over a decade, Angela is an expert in the human capital sector. She is a thought leader and advocates for the worker population with a specialized focus on Contingent Workers.
During the episode Connor & Angela discuss:
Connect with Angela: https://www.linkedin.com/in/angela-alberty/
Connect with Connor: https://www.linkedin.com/in/hrmconnorheaney/
Visit myBasePay website: https://mybasepay.com/
Visit CXC website: https://www.cxcglobal.com/en-gb
On this episode of The Open Talent Report, Connor Heaney talks to Sanket Merchant, partner at PeakSpan Capital, a leading growth-stage investment firm with more than $1.5B AUM and 70+ scale-up partnerships.
PeakSpan aims to be the partner of choice for B2B software entrepreneurs and teams helping entrepreneurs achieve the best possible outcome for their businesses through deep domain expertise, hands-on assistance, and a commitment to sensible scaling.
During the episode Connor & Sanket discuss:
Connect with Sanket: https://www.linkedin.com/in/sanketmerchant/
Connect with Connor: https://www.linkedin.com/in/hrmconnorheaney/
Visit PeakSpan website: https://www.peakspancapital.com/
Visit CXC website: https://www.cxcglobal.com/en-gb
On this episode of The Open Talent Report, Connor Heaney talks to John Lee, Co-Founder of Work from Anywhere (WFA), technology that helps organisation quickly assess the risks of remote work and provides solutions to deliver a compliant work from anywhere strategy.
Some of the topics Connor & John discuss:
Connect with John: https://www.linkedin.com/in/j0hnlee/
Connect with Connor: https://www.linkedin.com/in/hrmconnorheaney/
Visit Work from Anywhere: https://wfa.team/