A Talent Show(Down) at the 2016 BIFMA 360° Leadership Conference
As industries across all spectrums take stock of the top challenges they’ll face in 2016 and in the foreseeable future, it’s becoming undeniably clear that talent retention has reached a critical point across many fields in the U.S. Armed with a “Talent Show(Down)” theme, the 2016 BIFMA 360° Leadership Conference – “an annual intellectual feast for leaders in the contract furniture industry” – last week provided a couple of hundred of those leaders with some food for thought on the talent retention topic. For this year’s conference, attendees headed to downtown Austin, TX, for a stay at the new JW Marriott hotel. While the weather in Austin faired on the chilly side by Texas standards, the trip was a much-needed escape from sub-zero temperatures and impending blizzards for many people hailing from the Midwest and Northeastern regions. Talent retention for much of the U.S. refers to the unignorable topic …
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