What is top talent and how is that identified?

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As a part of our talent acquisition engagements, we ask our clients how they define “top talent” and how they would assess those traits in the interview process.  Reflecting on the insightful comments we hear every day, we thought there would be great value in a new blog in which senior executives/thought leaders share their “Take on Talent.”

This is the seventh in a series of blogs/interviews with senior executives who are thought leaders in the areas of  Talent Acquisition, Career Development and Leadership who will share their perspectives on this ever present question.

 

SanjaySanjay Arora is the Chief Operating Officer (COO) for Global F&A with Arvato Financial Solutions – A Bertelsmann Group Company  (Bertelsmann is a media, services and education company that operates in about 50 countries around the world. The company has 117,000 employees and generated revenues of €17.1 billion in the 2015 financial year.)

Prior to this, Sanjay Arora was the Managing Director at Accenture responsible for Pacific CMT BPO Operations.

Prior to Accenture, Sanjay held several positions in American Express for Global Reporting, Global Re-engineering & Transformation Initiatives and for setting up Global Shared Services Center in India. Continue reading →

What is top talent and how is that identified?

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As a part of our talent acquisition engagements, we ask our clients how they define “top talent” and how they would assess those traits in the interview process.  Reflecting on the insightful comments we hear every day, we thought there would be great value in a new blog in which senior executives/thought leaders share their “Take on Talent.”

This is the sixth in a series of blogs/interviews with senior executives who are thought leaders in the areas of Talent Acquisition, Career Development and Leadership who will share their perspectives on this ever present question.

 

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Peter Bendor-Samuel founded Everest Group in 1991 with the vision to assist the then nascent out sourcing and global services industry to evolve more powerful and effective mechanisms to create and capture value. Everest Group is now a leader in the global services industry, and is constantly at the intersection to show other firms how to take advantage of disruptive technologies, innovative service vehicles, and game-changing talent models.

 

Peter is the author of the industry best-selling book, “Turning Lead Into Gold: the Demystification of Outsourcing.” He is a regularly featured thought leader in international business media including the Wall Street Journal, New York Times, and Financial Times, and is a frequent keynote speaker at various industry events. Continue reading →

What is top talent and how is that identified?

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As a part of our talent acquisition engagements, we ask our clients how they define “top talent” and how they would assess those traits in the interview process.  Reflecting on the insightful comments we hear every day, we thought there would be great value in a new blog in which senior executives/thought leaders share their “Take on Talent.”

This is the fifth in a series of blogs/interviews with senior executives who are thought leaders in the areas of Talent Acquisition, Career Development and Leadership who will share their perspectives on this ever present question.

 

 

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Robert (Bob) D. Pryor is head of Americas and corporate vice president of Fujitsu Limited. He oversees the performance of Fujitsu businesses in Canada, United States, Caribbean, Mexico, and Central and South America. His extensive business knowledge and global insight helps Fujitsu achieve its ambitious goals to use technology to improve business and society.
Bob joined Fujitsu Americas in 2013, building on a long career in the IT industry. He has specific expertise in global operations, sales, customer management and complex infrastructures. This knowledge is critical for his role as head of the Americas, particularly as the Fujitsu business in the Americas is focused on integrated business solutions in addition to IT hardware.

 

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What is top talent and how is that identified?

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As a part of our talent acquisition engagements, we ask our clients how they define “top talent” and how they would assess those traits in the interview process.  Reflecting on the insightful comments we hear every day, we thought there would be great value in a new blog in which senior executives/thought leaders share their “Take on Talent.”

This is the fourth in a series of blogs/interviews with senior executives who are thought leaders in the areas of Talent Acquisition, Career Development and Leadership who will share their perspectives on this ever present question.

 

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Jay Ackerman is the Chief Revenue Officer for Guidance Software. He is responsible for leading all customer-facing teams including sales, professional services, and technical support.

Before joining Guidance Software, Ackerman was the head of worldwide sales and customer success for ServiceSource where he was a key member of the team that increased revenues from $25 million to $285 million. He helped the company achieve a compounded growth of 35 percent while transitioning from a pure labor-based solution to one providing a proprietary cloud and managed-services offering. Prior to Service Source, Ackerman was president and CEO for WNS North America, where he launched the company’s North American sales team and sales approach. He negotiated the largest WNS contract with a leading online travel company—a seven-year relationship valued at over $225 million. Ackerman was also a client accounts and sales executive at Exult, progressing through several customer-facing roles of increasing responsibility, including vice president of accounts, where he was responsible for over $80 million in revenue.

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What is top talent and how is that identified?

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As a part of our talent acquisition engagements, we ask our clients how they define “top talent” and how they would assess those traits in the interview process.  Reflecting on the insightful comments we hear every day, we thought there would be great value in a new blog in which senior executives/thought leaders share their “Take on Talent.”

This is the third in a series of blogs/interviews with senior executives who are thought leaders in the areas of Talent Acquisition, Career Development and Leadership who will share their perspectives on this ever present question.

 

Andy W. Mattes was named president and chief executive officer and a member of the board of directors of Diebold, Incorporated in June 2013. He is responsible for driving the company’s global strategies and performance in the integrated self-service, security and services business.

With more than 25-years of experience in corporate management, executive oversight, mergers and acquisitions, growth strategies and equity management, Mattes has a strong record of driving growth and improving profitability in large, global businesses in the information technology and telecommunications industries – primarily with Hewlett-Packard Co. (HP) and Siemens AG. Mattes most recently served as senior vice president, global strategic partnerships at Violin Memory, a manufacturer of flash memory computer storage systems. Continue reading →