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