Research on Human Capital Challenges

The SHRM Foundation recently released a study that concluded that “finding and retaining the best talent” is the most critical challenge facing America’s chief executives and their organizations. The results of this study are being used by the SHRM Foundation to design tools and resources to help organizations address many of the future challenges that research participants identified.

The research revealed that the five most significant future challenges facing companies (regardless of size, location, or industry) were: 1) succession planning; 2) recruiting and selecting talented employees; 3) engaging and retaining talented employees; 4) providing leaders with skills to be successful; and 5) rising health care costs. Visit the SHRM Foundation website to read the full report.