Insights from Talent Management executives on priorities, challenges, and key trends for the year ahead
In an increasingly complex business landscape, talent management executives are charged with delivering against regularly shifting priorities. In addition to confronting macroeconomic challenges such as wage inflation and labor market competition, talent management executives are responsible for ensuring their organizations have the personnel and performance management systems in place to achieve business objectives. The findings from this research provide talent management leaders and professionals with insights into the most common priorities their peers have set for their teams and organizations heading into the next year, as well as offering a deeper understanding of the challenges and perspectives shaping the future of talent management.
Inside the 2026 Talent Management Executives Priorities and Perspectives Report
- Data from 295 talent management executives
- Top priorities related to talent management
- Emerging trends shaping talent management
- Insights to help align talent management with business goals
What the Data Reveals
| 1: Talent management executives cited workforce planning and succession management as top priorities | 2: Performance metrics and feedback rank as top performance management priorities |
| 3: Ensuring managers deliver quality feedback and managing poor performance are the top talent management challenges | 4: The use of AI for employee development and performance reviews will continue to grow |
The findings in this report illustrate how essential talent management executives are to organizational success. Leaders within the talent management function operate across many key domains, such as long-term workforce planning and the monitoring and continuous adjustment of performance management processes. Moving forward, talent management executives will play a vital role in ensuring that their organizations are positioned to succeed in both the near and long term.
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