HRchat Podcast

Talent Mistakes Made by Leaders with Karel van der Mandele

The HR Gazette Season 1 Episode 622

In this HRchat episode, we consider some big talent mistakes made by leaders. Bill Banham's guest this time is Karel van der Mandele, Senior Vice President, Right Management North America and ManpowerGroup.

Known as a forward-thinking change agent, Karel has business leadership and consulting expertise. With a strong track record of driving profitable growth, he builds strong brands, launches winning innovations, and ensures strong commercial execution. As leader of Right Management and Jefferson Wells in North America, Karel is passionate about creating high-performance teams united around a transformational vision and developing winning mindsets.

For more than 40 years, Right Management has transformed organizations across more than 75 countries by evaluating, developing, and transitioning their talent. Our strong pool of coaches and leadership experts works closely with our candidates to help them identify their strengths, develop new capabilities, or transition them to new careers.

As the leader of Right Management in North America, Karel says he's proud to be part of an organization recently recognized by Forbes as one of America's Best Management Consulting Firms.

Questions for Karel include:

  • "With assessment, coaching, leadership, career development, mobility & change, and outplacement solutions built around your needs, Right Management makes talent your ultimate competitive advantage... Right Management improves performance, elevates engagement, and increases retention". Tell us more. 
  • From Covid to the Great Resignation and continued volatility and uncertainty in the economy, we have been experiencing significant change over the past few years. What have been the workforce impacts of all this?  And how has it changed the role of leaders?
  • It sounds like so much has changed that leaders are dealing with so many more challenges than they were before. Or maybe different challenges?  Can you share what you’re seeing as the 3 biggest?
  • And with all those challenges, surely organizations are making some mistakes. What are you seeing as the 3 biggest talent mistakes organizations are making today?
  • Can you dig into this further and share how leaders can avoid these mistakes?

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