Win the Battle for Experience!
As you know, human capital is one of the most important and most costly
elements of running a successful business. However, the exposure of an ageing workforce and mass exit of retired and experienced people is a time bomb. We all know it’s happening and we talk about it. But talking has not made the problem go away yet.
As executives, we saw this problem looming for our clients for many years.
Here's the problem
You can cut that statement any way you want but you can't compress time. Corporate programs from graduate to senior management complement experience but they are no substitute.
In the past 40 years, corporations have enjoyed a balanced workforce at every level, with succession occurring fairly naturally. People have been moving through the system and as individuals leave or retire, their replacements have not only bought the same level of experience to fill the gap, but have added value.
What we are seeing now is that the experience gap is too big to fill naturally and that the ad-hoc succession planning of the past is not enough. This is a situation that will worsen as the Baby Boomers retire.
"It takes 20 years to get 20 years experience" and that’s our mantra.
We established Expert Alumni to be the solution. We specialize in one area only – filling the void left by masses of retirements over a few short years where the back-up does not have the same volume of experience. “It takes 20 years to get 20 years experience”.
Although the Energy sector is a primary focus now, Expert Alumni will focus on all industry sectors.