#talent-assessment

#talent-assessment

AI, however, is forcing the firm to rethinkthe types of applicants it considers in the hiring process, CEO Bob Sternfels said. On Harvard Business Review's IdeaCast podcast this week, Sternfels said the firm used AI to analyze its past 20 years of hiring data to understand where it may have overlooked talent for its coveted class of partners. The firmfound that applicants who had setbacks and recovered were more likely to become partners.

Workforce planning shifts constantly as organisations respond to changes in skills availability, internal staffing pressures, and new forms of work. Leaders often find themselves examining gaps long after they begin to affect productivity. Teams can function for months with mismatched strengths, unclear expectations, or inconsistent performance signals. A more structured way of collecting and interpreting data can ease those pressures. Technology designed for assessment brings coherence to decisions and helps managers read their workforce with greater clarity.