06/29/2026

The Talent Blind Spot at the Boardroom Table

The Talent Blind Spot at the Boardroom Table
Ask most organisations why they can't find the right people, and they'll point to the market, the skills gap, or a broken pipeline. Ask Yashwant Bhaid, and he'll point somewhere far more uncomfortable, the boardroom. For Bhaid, the talent problem is not a recruitment problem. It is a leadership problem. Organisations, he argues, have built sophisticated strategies around customers, products, and finance and left talent as an afterthought, handed off to HR only after every other business decision has already been made. The result? A reactive, perpetually behind-the-curve people function that is set up to fail. In this deeply provocative conversation, Bhaid introduces the concept of Talent ship , a philosophy that demands talent be placed at the strategic centre of an organisation, owned not just by the CHRO but by every leader in the room.

Many organisations are struggling to find the right talent despite a large workforce. Is the challenge about capability gaps, employability, or hiring strategies?

YB In the book titled “Beyond HR”, a beautiful concept of Talent ship has been explained. The organization struggle of not been able to find the right talent has a lot to do with its Talent Strategy. Organisations have a strategic focus on business, customers, products and finance, but we hardly see organisations taking talent decisions seriously. Secondly, the talent decisions are delegated only to the CHRO of the HR function. The funniest aspect is that the CHRO or HR function is asked to work on talent strategy based on already prepared and approved business strategy, which includes customer, market, product and finance strategies. So, the talent strategy becomes a reactive response from the CHRO or HR function to the already decided business strategy. Whatever may be the capability and competency of the CHRO or HR function, he/she cannot bring back the pivotal...

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Yashwant Bhaid

is Founder Director of RubHRix People Consulting, a Mumbai-based boutique strategic HR consulting firm. Yashwant is also a certified Independent Director from IOD and the Ministry of Corporate Affairs. He has worked as President HR and CHRO with a reputed Organization before launching its consulting venture.

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Yashwant Bhaid

is Founder Director of RubHRix People Consulting, a Mumbai-based boutique strategic HR consulting firm. Yashwant is also a certified Independent Director from IOD and the Ministry of Corporate Affairs. He has worked as President HR and CHRO with a reputed Organization before launching its consulting venture.

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