625: A Deliberate Path to Success through Comprehensive Talent Procurement w/ Brian Salkowski and Marie France

<p><span style="font-weight: 400;"><em><strong>“If this is something that you want to tackle, it is not a lone wolf-type project. You’re going to need the support of the business. Having the right partner or the right shepherd in the organization can make a really meaningful difference.”</strong></em>  --</span><span style="font-weight: 400;"><strong>Brian Salkowski</strong>, Chief Operating Officer at <strong>Guidant Global</strong></span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Decisions about how a company manages their external talent management program should not be taken lightly. There are many factors contributing to complexity, including varied expectations, a high bar for efficiency and effectiveness requirements, and the fact that no two people on the planet offer quite the same combination of capabilities.</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">In this episode, Philip Ideson and Kelly Barner interview Brian Salkowski, Chief Operating Officer at Guidant Global, and Marie France, Contingent Workforce Management and Procurement Operations Expert at Guidant Global. </span><span style= "font-weight: 400;"><br /></span><span style= "font-weight: 400;"><br /></span><span style= "font-weight: 400;">They discuss opportunities to elevate services procurement without disrupting the internal team or the stakeholders that rely upon that source of talent:</span></p> <ul> <li><span style="font-weight: 400;">The impact this category of spend has on a company’s ability to operate, and the contributions it can make to procurement’s value proposition</span></li> <li><span style="font-weight: 400;">How to optimize spending decisions at the intersection of multiple options and talent fulfillment models</span></li> <li><span style="font-weight: 400;">The importance of gathering market intelligence and benchmarking data, making the most of quantitative and qualitative supporting facts to bolster the business case</span></li> </ul> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Links:</span></p> <ul> <li><a href= "https://www.linke