Helping companies engage and retain senior talent

act3 was created by experienced business and leadership specialists, in response to two significant forces that are changing the work landscape:

• Individuals are “retiring retirement” and challenging the notion of “one size fits all” careers.  Longer life expectancies, the desire for sustained professional fulfilment, more flexible work arrangements, coupled with a looming ‘war for talent2’ are prompting senior Executives to cast a critical eye over their life and career
• Organisations are becoming more intensely aware of the implications of their ageing workforces – and the risks associated with the departure of all critical skills and knowledge if they don’t improve the way they engage, retain – and attract – mature and other critical talent.

However, we believed that not enough was being done:

• Individuals weren’t strategically planning their life and career.  Many weren’t comfortable in declaring an interest in ‘bigger picture’ life/career planning to their employer for fear of the message that might send – often feeling compelled to leave to find what they want
• Organisations were undertaking Workforce Planning, Talent Mapping, Succession Planning and Leadership Development, which identified the need to retain and develop critical talent – but weren’t actively engaging with them in a meaningful way.