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HR-X Dimension

Talent Optimization

Build the human + AI workforce — and the performance that comes with it.

Presented by BambooHR
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What is Talent Optimization?

Talent Optimization is about getting the most from your people:

How you develop them, manage performance, shape their experience, and use talent data to make better calls — with AI as a multiplier, not a replacement. It's the engine that turns a workforce into results.

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Anita Grantham
Introducing:
Dean of Talent Optimization
Anita Grantham
Former CHRO, BambooHR Human Capital Expert
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Why Talent Optimization Matters

It's the single most influential driver of HR maturity in SHRM's research — yet only about 1 in 16 HR functions reaches high maturity here. That gap is the opportunity: the organizations that get talent right see measurably higher engagement and lower turnover. This is where great HR becomes visible in the numbers.

What You'll Focus On

  • Hiring for what the role actually needs.
    Hiring for what the role actually needs.
  • Deciding how to meet a skills gap.
    Deciding how to meet a skills gap.
  • Building and defending the business case
    Building and defending the business case for a talent program.
  • Setting the talent agenda
    Setting the talent agenda.

Where Do You Go From Here?

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Meet Your Talent Optimization Dean

Anita Grantham

Anita Grantham

Former CHRO, BambooHR
Human Capital Expert

Anita Grantham is a nationally recognized executive-in-residence and consultant, and author of the forthcoming Everyone Sells: The Art of Influence, Intention, and Energy in the Age of AI. She co-hosts Culture Creators, a leadership podcast produced with SHRM and Nectar reaching 500,000+ leaders, and runs LiveWire, her strategy consulting practice.

Anita built her career inside three of the fastest-growing tech companies in the country — Pluralsight, BambooHR, and Infusionsoft (Keap) — scaling their cultures from hundreds to thousands of employees and earning

recognition from Fortune's Best Companies to Work For and Great Place to Work. She relocated from Utah to Arizona, where she now advises boards, CEOs, and management teams as an executive-in-residence and consultant.

Anita lives in Arizona with her husband JB and their three daughters, Jordan, Kalin, and Grace, and their dog, Derby.

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