Deloitte: Authenticity is at the heart of the most successful companies

As indigenous businesses compete with global players, Professor Gareth Jones says it’s about letting employees be themselves

Gareth Jones, speaker at the Deloitte Best Managed Companies Symposium

People are “falling out of love” with organisations, making it increasingly difficult for employers to attract and retain top talent, according to Professor Gareth Jones, who was the keynote speaker at last Friday’s Deloitte Best Managed Companies Awards Symposium in Dublin, hosted by the Irish Management Institute.

“There is a peculiarly Irish dimension to this”, said Jones, “in that indigenous Irish businesses have to compete with global players like Microsoft and Cisco, all ...