2026 Talent Report: The Talent Velocity Advantage (APAC / ANZ) (LinkedIn)

Summary

• 86% of global organisations lack the visibility and agility to respond in real time.p.1
• In APAC the figure is 81%, with only 19% of organisations leading with talent velocity.p.1
• Talent velocity leaders reach 88% confidence to be profitable versus 65% for laggards, a gap of +23 pts.p.1
• 81% of ANZ talent leaders are concerned about skills agility, and 85% are concerned about employee retention.p.2
• One organisation generated 377 role profiles in five weeks, consolidating nearly 5,000 legacy titles.p.3

Key insights

1. Skills are shifting faster than most companies can see, creating a widening gap between organisations that keep pace and those falling behind.p.1
2. Talent velocity leaders outperform laggards on key confidence metrics, with an advantage averaging more than 28 percentage points across four measures.p.1
3. Providing learning opportunities remains the No.1 retention strategy in ANZ.p.2
4. Only 19% of surveyed APAC companies are at the leading level of the Talent Velocity Curve.p.3
5. Five accelerators drive talent velocity: career power, integrated talent ecosystem, leading on AI, culture as catalyst and leadership momentum.p.2