The 2022 survey that was conducted by Your Directors Club (YDC) in collaboration with CEO Clubs Greece on the characteristics of the corporate leadership agenda in Greece highlighted that the top challenge faced by all companies is, and will continue to be for the foreseeable future, the availability, attraction, and retention of qualified human talent. In an era when technology and AI bring forth significant disruptions at an incredible pace, access to the right human capital – the one that can lead or implement the needed changes – is paramount and may turn into the determining factor between success and failure.

To delve further into a topic of such importance, CEO Clubs Greece hosted a Circle eventat the ClubHouse on the 20th of October 2022 under the title "Minding the (Skills and Mindset) Gap". Three igniters – Ioanna Fanarioti, HR Director, EY Greece and South CESA Cluster; Tasos Spanidis, CEO & Co-Founder, Generation Y International eBusiness Experts; and Elena Stassi, HR Director, Business Partner Operations, OTE Group – shared their thoughts and experiences, addressing the topic from different angles. Their presentations were followed by a vibrant discussion among the participants, the lot emphasizing that the human talent conundrum has no easy answer but, instead, requires agility, patience, empathy, and creativity to be successfully addressed.