1、CRITICAL ROLES REPORT 2025IntroductionOur 2025 Critical Roles Report brings you global insights on how companiesselect and manage their highest value roles.As organizations increase their sophistication in talent management,their logical next step is to understand which roles add value,why and to en
2、sure they derive value from those roles.Our research project asked how organizations today are identifying and managing critical roles.We thank the more than 250 firms that responded to our first request for participa-tion.Your enthusiasm has made it possible for us to continue providing the HR com-
3、munity with valuable research insights for 15 years.Consistent with all Talent Strategy Group research,we provide these findings at no cost,we focus on the presented data with a minimum of verbiage and intently avoid the editorial bias that colors many consulting firms research reports.We hope you f
4、ind these insights valuable and can apply them to elevate how your organization manages its talent.Best regards,Marc EffronPresidentPeter Attfield APAC RepresentativeCRITICAL ROLES REPORT 20251The Scene:Question and Answer session at your Annual Shareholders meeting.Large Investor:Ms.CEO,some manage
5、ment consulting firms recommend that com-panies identify their critical roles or engage in a talent-to-value process.Does your company do that?CEO:Yes,we identify critical roles and we largely select roles with a disproportion-ate impact on strategy or value creation,or with a noticeable impact on o
6、pera-tions,revenue or risk if left unfilled.Weve been doing that for several years now.Large Investor:Thats very encouraging.And theyre all part of your succession plan-ning process?CEO:Well,many of them.Large Investor:But I assume you have“ready now”successors for such important roles?CEO:Uh,we don