Britain needs talent...

Strange dancers, freaky circus acts and terrible singers. Britain needs that kind of talent to entertain itself, clearly.

But perhaps more crucially Britain needs real business talent to compete on the economic world circuit, and that is at the forefront of nearly every executive's mind.

Whether a Director in procurement, risk, compliance, HR, supply chain, marketing or ethics, attracting, developing and retaining talent is within the top five issues for addressing.

Companies are bouncing back from the downturn of the recent past by undergoing large recruitment drives. This is being done cautiously however, with an emphasis on creating an efficient workforce, a workforce bubbling over with innovation, entrepreneurialism and teamwork.

It is all well and good saying this, and nearly everyone acknowledges it as important, but the question still remains; how do you actually do it? How to you attract talent in the first place? High salaries? Company credit cards? Corporate jets? Certainly that might help. But according to one recent HBR survey it is the taste of success that had stars coming back for more. Let them win and they'll love you forever.

Across all the KnowledgeBrief Management Innovation Networks, how departments heads can bring the best people onboard and keep them there is a focus and the forthcoming sessions will look to develop the idea and come up with answers and practical ways in which executives achieve their dream team.

So alongside the latest sword swallowing contortionist, keep posted on KB's network pages to find out more on the war for talent.