Report: The Talent Imperative

Nearly 71% of the organizations surveyed identified labor and skills deficits as posing the greatest potential for business disruption in 2022.

The experiment that first occurred as employers were forced to iterate their work structures has now given way to a talent imperative, which requires new approaches to better compete in this hypercompetitive labor market. As organizations reshape their benefits and incentives in response – what approaches work best and for whom?

i4cp and Fortune collaborated on a global study which explored the latest practices and strategies high-performance organizations rely on to attract, develop, and retain talent. We found that:

• More flexibility equals greater retention
• Leading organizations are emphasizing culture, not compensation
• High-performance organizations are using incentives and benefits in targeted, nuanced ways