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Here’s the hard truth: How you grow your team today determines whether you win tomorrow or get left behind.Building Talent (Upskilling Internally)- Develop your existing employees through training and mentorship- Foster loyalty, engagement, and strong cultural alignment- Build long-term capabilities tailored to your business- Creates a foundation for sustainable growth- Investing in your people today pays dividends tomorrow.Buying Talent (Hiring Externally)- Bring in specialized skills and fresh perspectives quickly- Accelerate project timelines and fill immediate skill gaps- Inject new ideas and industry experience into your team- Helps scale your team without long ramp-up periods- Buying talent is like turbocharging your team - fast results, but requires strategic alignment.The Smart ApproachMost high-performing organizations blend both strategies:Build internal talent for long-term strengthBuy strategically to accelerate growthHere’s an example of how an engineering industry handled this leadership dilemma: Build internally – train existing team members to handle new, complex projects.Buy externally – hire skilled engineers abroad who could deliver immediately.They did both, upskilled a few of their local engineers, giving them specialised training and mentorship. Simultaneously, we extended the client’s team with pre-vetted engineers offshore, quickly integrating them into existing workflows.The result?Created long-term internal capability.Offshore talent allowed rapid project delivery.The blended team became a truly global powerhouse, combining loyalty, skills, and speed.Lesson for leaders scaling globally: Don’t choose between building or buying talent. Strategically combine both to create resilient, high-performing teams across borders.Have you experienced the power of a global blended team? Share your story!