Using talent management to create value realizing their potential

You’ve got great people—but are you realizing their potential?

CEO.works founder Sandy Ogg explains why companies must link talent to value, and what that means for the role of HR.

Great talent can be a source of true competitive advantage—provided it’s deployed against key sources of value. In this interview with McKinsey’s Rik Kirkland, the founder of executive-advisory firm CEO.works and former chief human-resources officer of Unilever, Sandy Ogg, talks about managing talent to build speed in organizations, understanding how jobs link to the value they create, and responding to shifting tides in HR. An edited version of his remarks follows.