Episode 15: How to Build and Retain a Future Fit Workforce with Kim Seeling Smith

The Board Success Podcast

In today's episode, we are joined by Kim Seeling Smith, a Future of Work expert and she imparts her skills and wisdom about how to build and retain a future-fit workforce. Kim provides invaluable strategies for board members and senior leaders to build and retain a future-fit workforce. She highlights the three major business disruptions organisations will struggle with and provides practical solutions that transform these challenges into opportunities for growth.

In an ever-shifting business landscape, the role of the board within an organisation's long-term strategy is continually evolving. Preparing for the future of an organisation isn't just about forecasting trends, it's about building and retaining a workforce that's ready to adapt, thrive and grow as the business does.

WHAT YOU’LL DISCOVER IN THIS EPISODE:

• Kim's Transition from Accounting to Recruitment (01:51)
• The 100% Human at Work Movement - what is it and how can boards benefit from it (06:20)
• The Three Major Business Disruptions (09:48)
• Tips to adapting to remote work and maintain productivity and employee-wellbeing (17:28)
• The impact of treating recruitment as a business development process (24:00)

QUOTES

"We need to recognise that technology is going to change the shape of our roles, and we need to be thinking about strategic workforce planning." -Kim Seeling Smith

"A lot of managers make compromises in their hiring decisions because of the skill shortage, but the business is going to pay for it later. They're not going to have the right people to be able to solve or see the opportunities in the big challenges." -Kim Seeling Smith