What a Weak Talent Development Team Actually Costs Your Business

For a 300-person company, weak capability costs more than $1 million a year. You'll never find it on the P&L, because it lands in other people's budgets: a resignation in finance, a sales hire still ramping in month seven, a manager whose team has stopped trying.In this solo episode, Candice walks through:The five hidden costs: turnover, productivity drag, manager failure, missed revenue and learning debtWhy accounting rules make cutting development look like pure profitThe napkin math to put a defensible dollar number in front of your leadership teamYour one move this weekFor CEOs, founders and People leaders, and every Talent Development leader defending a budget this quarter. Send it to your work bestie.Sources: Gallup, LinkedIn Learning, World Economic Forum Future of Jobs Report 2025, Honigsberg & Rajgopal.Meet your host, Candice MitchellCandice Mitchell is a Talent Development Strategist, CEO of Talent Collective, and USA Today bestselling author of Choose You: For the People Who Refuse to Disappear. With nearly two decades of experience building and leading capability functions inside global and Fortune 500 organizations, she founded Talent Collective, a premium capability-building firm for L&D, HR, Change, and People leaders in high-growth companies.Your host, Candice Mitchell, can be found online at:Website: https://talentcollective.org/LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/candicemitchelltc/Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/candice_mitchell_msc/YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@candice_mitchell_mscTalent Development Academy: https://courses.talentcollective.org/bundles/talent-development-academyChoose You book: https://chooseyoubook.com/Original music composed by: Paul DeHavenpauldehavenmusic.com