Member Event: Waging (and Winning) The War for Talent with Larry Roberts

Management Consultants McKinsey once said; “The war in the 21st century won’t be for profit, it will be for talent - with market share and profitability occurring as a natural by-product of attracting and retaining the right people”.

As the recession recedes and growth accelerates, companies will find it hard and harder to attract and retain the right people, turning the impact of losing a key employee into a double-whammy.

During this hard-hitting and entertaining presentation, our guest speaker Larry Roberts from The Syncopa Consultancy will take you on a journey through;

• The cost of getting it wrong
• Recruitment through the eyes of the candidate
• Recruitment as an exercise in Reputation Management
• Identifying and Removing some Common Barriers to Recruitment Success
• Hiring ‘A’ Players
• How recruitment has evolved over the last 20 years and continues to do so
• Decision-support tools i.e. psychometric profiling and assessment centres
• 10 things that all employers should know and do about attracting and retaining top talent

With a background in heavy engineering from the Caterpillar Tractor Company, Larry Roberts has almost 30 years Sales and Business Management experience, including 18 years in the highly competitive field of permanent recruitment and 7 years as Head of Sales & Marketing for a multi-award winning HR and payroll software provider, during which time the company’s turnover, profit and employee numbers more than doubled.

More recently, Larry spent 3 years in Executive Development with global leadership development organisation Vistage International, during which time he helped to recruit CEO members and train and coach former entrepreneurs and senior executives in the art of leading and facilitating Vistage CEO peer groups.

Now as owner of the Newcastle-based Syncopa Consultancy, Larry specialises in executive recruitment and high-impact business skills training, whilst still finding time to speak to company owners about recruitment.

The name Syncopa is derived from the word ‘syncopation’, defined in music as the invisible, but vital ingredient which harmoniously brings together the disparate component parts.

We hope you can join us at this evening event to inject some recruitment harmony into your business.

This event is free for members to attend. Members' guests cost £25 (+VAT).