Ready to take your direct sourcing game to the next level?  Gain invaluable insights and strategies that will propel your sourcing efforts forward by listening to our webinar. Experts include: Mark Jones, Executive Vice President of AMS, Saleem Khaja, COO & Co-Founder of WorkLlama, and Connor Heaney, Managing Director of  CXC Global EMEA. You'll discover... Proven strategies for successful direct sourcing Lessons learned from industry leaders How to operationalise direct sourcing Best practices to optimise your sourcing process Exclusive tips to overcome common direct sourcin ..read more

On this episode of The Open Talent Report, Connor Heaney talks to Christoph Niebel, former Global President of Pontoon Solutions and C-level leader at the Adecco Group. For the last 20 years Christoph has been partnering with Global 2000 HR and External Workforce leaders to make change that matters. He is known for pushing boundaries and sparking innovation in talent management and workforce solutions. At the heart of Christoph’s philosophy lies a commitment to reimagining the nexus between work and talent. He champions a shift from traditional employment paradigms to leading work, emphasising ..read more

On this episode of The Open Talent Report, Connor Heaney speaks to Maarten Hansson, Global Head of Integrated Workforce Management at Novartis. Novartis is an innovative medicines business that improves and extends the lives of those facing serious disease.Maarten looks at the company’s whole workforce ecosystem and creates an integrated global talent supply chain using external and internal talent. His approach is to look at organising work, rather than hiring people, and to consciously consider both location and any available sources of talent. One specific example is Novartis’s commitment ..read more

On this episode of The Open Talent Report, Connor Heaney speaks to Tom Davenport, Managing Director of Alvius. Alvius is a leading technology company which provides VMS and talent pooling technology solutions to staffing, recruitment, and jobs businesses. Tom is a 3-time founder. He has also been a consultant for PWC, an Innovation Advisor for the Tesco Group and a soldier in the British Army Reserve.  In this episode, Connor & Tom discuss: 2.11 Tom’s story – how he became an MD at Alvius 8.15 In the era of talent pools and talent marketplaces, why are recruitment and staffing agenc ..read more

On this episode of The Open Talent Report, Connor Heaney speaks to Terri Gallagher, CEO at Gallagher and Consultants. She is also an author and speaker.  Terri created Walt Disney World’s first contingent workforce program, and grew her expertise working for the largest Global MSP/Staffing companies in the world.  She then started her consultancy firm to break the standard paradigms of traditional contingent workforce solutions. Gallagher and Consultants employ an emerging model of alternative workforce management, the Adaptable Talent Program approach (ATP), to help businesses mana ..read more

On this episode of The Open Talent Report, Connor Heaney speaks to Jon Holden, CRO at Aventi Solutions. Aventi Solutions is a specialist SAP Fieldglass partner who advises large corporates on their extended workforce strategies.  Jon has had an astronomical career in the human capital sector working for many companies including Services and software companies such as IQNavigator and Beeline.  In this episode Connor & Jon discuss: Jon’s story What Aventi Solutions do New entrants entering the extended workforce platform market – is it time for some competition? Are SAP Fieldglas ..read more

On this episode of The Open Talent Report, Connor Heaney talks to Mark Zolkos, Managing Director of Enterprise Strategies and MSP Alliances at Flextrack. Flextrack offers a next generation vendor management system to help businesses acquire, engage and manage their external workforce.  Mark has a wealth of knowledge around VMS’s and has seen many changes over the years. In this episode, Connor & Mark discuss: Mark’s story Key takeaways from Jamiel’s (Tapfin’s Colonel) leadership style The challenges Flextrack solves & how it’s VMS is different The history, evolution & future ..read more

On this episode of The Open Talent Report, Connor speaks to John Winsor, Chairman and Founder of Open Assembly, Visiting Executive at Harvard Business School and Author. John recently co-authored a book called Open Talent: Leveraging The Global Workforce to Solve Your Business Challenges. This is his sixth book.  During the episode Connor & John discuss:  John’s story The speed of larger enterprises adopting freelancers and independent workers not as fast as expected – why? Company budgets – do people consider freelancers? Remote work and its influence on attrition rate Open A ..read more

On this episode of The Open Talent Report, Connor speaks to Sonya Shelton, Founder of Executive Leadership Consulting. Executive Leadership Consulting aligns an organisation’s business strategy with its culture to make it a successful business, as well as a fulfilling place to work.  Sonya has founded 3 profitable companies, is a contributing writer to Forbes and previously worked as Head of Global Employee Communications at the Walt Disney company. She is also the author of “You’re an Executive But Are You a Leader?”, a number 1 Amazon bestselling book that shares leadership tips and suc ..read more

On this episode of The Open Talent Report, Connor Heaney talks to Jill Bassett, Solutions Advisory Expert at SAP Fieldglass. SAP Fieldglass is a cloud-based global vendor management system designed to automate the whole process of finding, procuring, and managing external talent for organisations. Previously, she was a board member at The Manpower Group. During the episode Connor & Jill cover: Jill’s story How she found the change from pure place staffing to strategic talent solutions side First board meeting experience Imposter syndrome The transition from Manpower boardroom member to ne ..read more