Pamela Stroko
Principal Analyst
pstroko@3sixtyinsights.com

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She is a thought leader in HCM, author, keynote speaker, seminar leader, executive coach, and consultant, serving as a resource to companies looking to build their talent strategies in this competitive economy. Over her career she has developed deep expertise in all aspects of HCM, focusing on delivering compelling employee experiences using HCM technology as an engine to build cultures and organizations that people want to join and where they want to stay and build a career. As a recognized thought leader, Pamela is frequently a keynote speaker and workshop leader at the industry’s largest forums. In person and in the Zoom universe she can be found presenting on topics such as: Workforce Trends and what they Mean for your Business; Learning as a Platform for Talent Attraction, Retention, and Development; Developing Leaders to Lead a Hybrid Workforce; Winning in the new Collaborative Economy; Recruiting in a Forever Talent Shortage; and, The Transformation of Performance Management. Pamela has authored books, e-books, whitepapers, articles, and blogs. “The Chemistry of High Performance” and “Becoming a Talent Magnet Manager” continue to be sought after resources for business leaders. These assets have also built millions of dollars of sales pipeline for Taleo and Oracle. as well as for her consulting clients. As a recognized expert in solutions to close talent gaps and build a sustainable pipeline of great talent, Pamela can assist organizations in building their internal/external talent marketplace, using the best solutions to attract and retain great talent, providing unique candidate experiences, how use mentoring to attract and retain diverse talent, and using skills as a way to deconstruct the jobs and focus on the work. Pamela developed her expertise as a talent leader by serving in senior HR/business roles at RR Donnelley & Sons Company, Deloitte, The Coca Cola Company, ICI London, Gap Inc., and Oracle. She developed her technology expertise through representing Taleo and Oracle in the HCM marketplace.
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Guest Podcast: What AI Can’t Replace – Pamela Stroko on Talent, Truth, and the Human Advantage

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You can’t automate empathy—and that’s the difference. In this episode, recorded live at isolved Connect in Chicago, industry veteran Pamela Stroko joins William Tincup to talk truth in HR tech. With over two decades across Oracle, analyst firms, and practitioner trenches, Pamela cuts through the noise around AI, hiring mistakes, and vendor hype. She shares lessons from launching The Five Talents That Matter podcast series, what 300,000 listens taught her about real talent signals, and why most companies are still getting hiring wrong—by design. From her earliest days in HR to her sharpest critiques of today’s tech landscape, Pamela makes one thing clear: connection still wins. Listen to the full podcast here: What AI Can’t Replace – Pamela Stroko on Talent, Truth, and the Human Advantage

Unit4 Article: Solving the ‘Big Talent Conundrum’ – 5 strategies for success

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The talent landscape is changing fast, leaving organizations grappling with new challenges in retaining, developing, and enabling their workforce. From rising dissatisfaction among employees to shifts in hiring practices, the need for a strategic approach has never been greater for the CHRO and their office. In the Unit4 webinar, HCM expert and Principal Analyst, Pamela Stroko, and Unit4’s VP of Global Talent, Wellington Wu, explored the challenges of talent acquisition and retention amid the “Great Disconnect” and “Great Disenchantment.” They highlighted the need to reassess talent strategies by addressing skill gaps, enhancing onboarding, and fostering development—offering key insights for navigating today’s talent landscape. Read our blog to learn how you can solve today’s ‘talent conundrum’! The state of today’s talent market Alarmingly, 77% of workers are just doing […]

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Understanding the landscape of AI for HR

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This article is a summary of a conversation with Loic Michel, CEO and Julie Asselin VP of Marketing from 365Talents and Pamela Stroko, HCM Thought Leader and HCM Principal Analyst affiliated with 3Sixty Insights. The Webinar recording was titled “What’s Behind the Fluff of AI in HR.” Highlights of a recent review of AI in HR AI in HR has been dominating the marketplace conversation since 2023—yet we see that there is significant disparity in understanding and adoption.  For example, in the last year only 1 in 700 hires used AI in the talent acquisition process.  Contrast that with the fact that since 2023, 81% of HR leaders have explored or implemented AI solutions to improve process efficiencies (Gartner). Exploring AI doesn’t mean that it […]

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365Talents Webinar: What’s Behind the Fluff of AI in HR? | April 24th @ 11am Eastern

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Join us for an insightful panel discussion where we move beyond the AI buzzwords to uncover how HR leaders can truly leverage AI to drive impact. With talent management and workforce agility at the forefront, we’ll explore how organizations can build adaptive talent intelligence and drive skills-based transformation without getting stuck in long, drawn-out processes. Speakers: 💡 Pamela Stroko – VP of Thought Leadership at 3Sixty Insights 💡 Loic Michel – CEO at 365Talents 💡 Julie Asselin – Chief Marketing Officer at 365Talents Why Attend?  Understand how AI is transforming talent management in 2025. Learn how to separate AI-driven solutions from empty promises. Understand what is an AI agent and what it means for HR. Gain insights into mitigating the risk of employee turnover, considering 93% of workers are thinking of switching jobs this […]

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Getting Career Pathing Right With Fuel50

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At a time when 93% (Monster’s 2025 Work Watch Report) of people in organizations surveyed are ether looking or planning to leave their current organization in the next year, Fuel50 Career Pathing offers opportunities for your people to develop and grow their careers improving talent mobility, retention, and engagement…. Organizations have been working on offering a compelling career value proposition for years—yet we still have a long way to go. Even in the survey taken during this webcast, 62% of organizations reported they have no solution for career pathing. Enter Fuel50…  Fuel50 is employee centric, personal, and engaging. It connects people to the way they can create the career future they desire in an organization. Enter the Sage success story: Fuel50 has helped Sage create […]

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Fuel50 Webinar: Transforming Careers with Fuel50 | March 25th @ 2pm Eastern

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Is your organization struggling with the hidden costs of employee turnover? Join 3Sixty Insights & Fuel50 on March 25 at 2pm ET for an exclusive webinar: “Transforming Careers with Fuel50: The #1 Personalized Career Pathing Solution” Featuring insights from: – Pamela Stroko, Principal Analyst at 3Sixty Insights – Lisa Clyde Global Lead, Talent Marketplace & Skills at Sage You’ll discover: What’s driving the current employee turnover landscape ✅ How to build scalable, personalized career pathways ✅ A real-world transformation case study from Sage Learn More and Register Here: Transforming Careers with Fuel50: The #1 Personalized Career Pathing Solution

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Unit4 Webinar: The Big Talent Conundrum | March 19th @ 11am Eastern

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The talent market has become increasingly complex. It’s no longer the post-pandemic landscape where millions of people left their jobs in search of new opportunities in a market full of promise. While there are still millions of open positions, accessing them has become more challenging. On top of this, we now face the “Great Disconnect” and the “Great Disenchantment.” People no longer feel connected to their work, the organization’s goals, or their future. This disconnect is something we need to address. As talent leaders, it’s crucial to have a clear strategy for identifying gaps, addressing them through internal or external sources, and effectively onboarding talent. To ensure growth, you need the right people in the right roles and must focus on their development to retain […]

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Unlock a Universe of Possibilities with 365Talents

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Welcome to the Galaxy The first time I saw the 365Talents Galaxy model, I thought “this is the most elegant solution I had seen” to engage people in career planning, exploring their interests, and understanding their skills.  It is an individualized approach that is a compelling way to draw people into exploring career opportunities, their pathways for development, and seeing what is possible for their future within the organization. How does the galaxy work? What’s core to their approach is real-time skills mapping—connecting for the individual the work they are doing (or want to do) and the skills they possess.  It can help the individual explore opportunities within the galaxy as well as see how adjacent jobs or work could be career possibilities for them. […]

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Unlocking Leadership Potential: Insights from the Five Talents That Really Matter Podcast Series

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I am thrilled to share some incredible insights from our recent podcast series on “The Five Talents That Really Matter.” Over the past six episodes, we’ve delved deep into what it takes to truly excel in leadership and how to harness these insights to drive organizational success. If you’ve been following along, you know we’ve covered a lot of ground, and if you haven’t, buckle up! Here’s a comprehensive summary of our journey. Episode 1: The Foundation of Leadership In our kickoff episode, we introduced the concept of the Five Talents that Really Matter. Barry Conchie and Sarah Dalton of Conchie Associates, our expert authors, explained that leadership is not just about having a vision or setting goals—it’s about a blend of distinct, actionable talents. […]

#HRTechChat: Four Harsh Truths and Finding Your Brilliance

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Welcome to Podcast 6 of The Five Talents that Really Matter. Over the last 5 podcasts, I have wondered — “What happens if you do not possess the talents that really matter?” It goes without saying that there are people in leadership positions today that do not possess those talents. So, we arrive at the Four harsh Truths: Not everyone is or can be a leader. If you go into any organization, you can quickly see those that are leaders versus those in leadership positions that do not have the natural talents to effectively lead. In earlier podcasts, we talked about the fact that talents are innate. They are consistent over time and resistant to change. They are pervasive—present in our daily work and personal […]

#HRTechChat: Looking at the Talents of Harnessing Energy, Exerting Pressure, and Increasing Connectivity

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In this podcast, our authors, Barry Conchie and Sarah Dalton, take us through the last three Talents in this series. Our conversation is organic moving between Harnessing Energy, Exerting Pressure, and Increasing Connectivity. Here are high level ideas around these talents: Harnessing Energy: Every organization needs energy to function. Leaders need energy to power themselves, as well as power others. The authors offer a great metaphor, that of being the manager of a power plant. Without energy, things do not get done. Energy drives performance and commitment. People are drawn to high energy organizations and high energy leaders. Exerting Pressure: What I love about this discussion in the book is that we learn the nuance of how inspiring others to action and effective influencing helps […]

#HRTechChat: Mastering Leadership through Setting Direction and Controlling Traffic

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Welcome to the fourth podcast in The Five Talents that Really Matter series.  In this podcast we begin to introduce the five talents, beginning with Setting Direction and Controlling Traffic.   There is a familiar phrase: “If you don’t know where you are going, you’ll probably end up somewhere else.”  While setting direction is where all great strategies begin, in our conversation with Barry Conchie and Sarah Dalton, the authors of The Five Talents, we learn that it might be one of the rarest talents. Successfully setting direction requires: The destination has to be a place worth going to—a destination where people want to come along. Getting people to come along is not just a matter of telling people your direction, you have to engage them—it […]

#HRTechChat: 58,000 Assessments and 18 Key Learnings

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As part of researching The Five Talents that Really Matter, Barry Conchie and Sarah Dalton, the co-authors, conducted and reviewed 58,000 talent assessments. Their research was global in nature, and they studied leaders at every organization level. Their findings challenge the status quo and call out for leaders, at times, things they may not have wanted to know. The key learnings offer us insight into how we have been making decisions, unaware of their impact. Understanding these insights can help us make better choices and deliver better business performance. Let ‘s look at just a few of the learnings here…and then listen to the podcast to get the whole story. For example, when we are selecting candidates, we think of ourselves as objective—looking for whom […]

#HRTechChat: What Companies Get Wrong About Selection with Barry Conchie and Sarah Dalton

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With consistent churn in leadership roles at all organization levels, we have to step back and ask the question: What are we missing in our selection process? How do we continually make poor selection decisions? And why aren’t we doing better? Let us start with how we can get caught in the “likeability trap.” Barry Conchie and Sarah Dalton, in The Five Talents that Really Matter, found that likeability factors have a significant impact on how a candidate is perceived. The problem is that likeability will not correlate with whether the candidate can perform in a specific role. Throughout my career I have seen organizations select highly likeable candidates that go on to fail in the job, often within the first 6-12 months. In the […]

#HRTechChat: Unlocking Leadership Potential – A Deep Dive into “The Five Talents That Really Matter” with Barry Conchie and Sarah Dalton

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Every now and then a book comes along that challenges the status quo.  A book that has the capacity to help us look at what we are doing today and see that we can do better.  The Five Talents that Really Matter is such a book.  Barry Conchie and Sarah Dalton, through scientific research, have identified the talents that really matter.  They cut through all the noise surrounding what leaders do and how the absolute best achieve success. Talents are different from what we see in the market today—they are not a product of competency models or building lists of experiences or capabilities—they are not the output of 360 assessments from leaders or peers that can often suggest room for improvement.  “Talents cannot be learned […]

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Press Release – Critical Skills Identified in New Fuel50 Study to Help Tech Employees Avoid Becoming Obsolete

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Fuel50’s report, Top Skills in Technology, provides a skills roadmap to keep employees in that industry relevant and valuable to their organizations in the future. LAGUNA NIGUEL, Calif., June 6, 2024 /PRNewswire/ — Fuel50 Inc, thought leaders in the skills and HR technology sector, released today their highly-anticipated Top Skills in Technology report identifying the key skills that tech workers need to continue delivering value and innovation to their organizations. The research reveals the top trending skills and capabilities in the technology sector for 2024. The insights are a guide for company talent development leaders, showing them where and why they  should invest in skilling, upskilling, and reskilling for tech workers. “Skills investment is critical for organizations to successfully navigate a tight labor market, hybrid work, employee retention, engagement, and wellness, and […]

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Webinar: Strategies for Productivity, Talent Fit, and Business Performance | June 4th @ 9:30am PST

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Pamela Stroko is a seasoned HCM Leader with a rich background spanning from practitioner to industry thought leader. With over 20 years of experience, Pamela has excelled in developing HCM strategies that enhance employee experiences, drive productivity, foster compelling cultures, and elevate business performance. We’ll discuss best practices as it relate to: Expert HCM Leadership: With over 20 years of experience, this leader is known for transforming HCM strategies, enhancing employee experiences, and driving business performance. Cost of Inefficiency: Inefficient labor can cost a company $15,000 per employee annually, with skill gaps and low job excitement leading to significant productivity drops. Talent Fit and Development: Matching top performers to critical roles can increase productivity by 800%, making skills and upskilling crucial for organizational success. Unlocking […]

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Analyst Insight: Ready for Anything – How Skills Drive Organizational Resilience

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Whether facing technological disruptions, global crises, or unforeseen challenges, organizational resilience is vital to maintaining a competitive edge. At the heart of organizational resilience lies the adaptability and versatility of the workforce. As technologies evolve, market demands fluctuate, and industries transform, businesses need more skilled and agile employees to avoid falling behind. As part of 3Sixty’s analysis, we will explore how organizations identify skills gaps within their workforce and what strategic tactics they use to reskill and upskill employees once skills gaps have been identified. We hope it will equip business leaders with insights and tools to build adaptable and agile workforces that thrive in times of disruption and uncertainty. Through interviews with Fuel50 customers, we aim to underscore the relationship between skills and organizational […]

#HRTechChat: Connection Is the Key to Delivering Exceptional Business Performance

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Join Pamela Stroko in listening to this podcast where Pamela interviews Tim Bristow, the COO of ProHabits to hear how campaigns, driven by daily nudges, supported by data, can deliver exceptional business results. ProHabits is a sustainable “how” that can be applied at every level of an organization, and to any set of goals or objectives. And the best thing about ProHabits is that it helps build leadership capability and capacity—your leaders have a great tool that helps them connect with their people and​ support them is their work and career development. Our #HRTechChat Series is also available as a podcast on the following platforms: Apple iTunes: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/3sixty-insights/id1555291436?itsct=podcast_box&itscg=30200 Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/0eZJI1FqM3joDA8uLc05zz Stitcher: https://www.stitcher.com/show/3sixty-insights SoundCloud: https://soundcloud.com/user-965220588 YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC6aDtrRPYoCIrnkeOYZRpAQ/ iHeartRadio: https://www.iheart.com/podcast/269-3sixty-insights-78293678/ Google Podcast: https://podcasts.google.com/feed/aHR0cHM6Ly9mZWVkcy5zb3VuZGNsb3VkLmNvbS91c2Vycy9zb3VuZGNsb3VkOnVzZXJzOjkyNDY0ODI1OS9zb3VuZHMucnNz Amazon Music & Audible: […]