Developing human capital

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Talent management, leadership development and strategic workforce planning are the three paramount challenges that corporations across global markets have yet to master, said a recent study by The Boston Consulting Group (BCG) in collaboration with the World Federation of People Management Associations. In a survey of executives underlying the study, a small part of responses — some 115 out of 4,228 worldwide — came from corporate leaders and human resources (HR) managers in the wider Middle East and North Africa. Executive wanted to know how well the study reflects the people management situation in the MENA and how relevant its insights are for the region. Sven-Olaf Vathje, partner and managing director at BCG Middle East talked to Executive while racing across a rural highway in Saudi Arabia to his next        consultancy meeting.   You have identified top needs in human capital development for companies globally in your report. How relevant