When Vincent Ginski, senior director of workforce competitiveness at the NC Chamber Foundation, first turned to the Talent Pipeline Management® (TPM) framework, he wasn’t searching for a new initiative—he was trying to solve a coordination problem.
At the Gaston Business Association (GBA), Vincent saw firsthand how workforce efforts across his community lacked alignment. Employers, educators, and workforce partners were all working toward similar goals, but without a unified strategy, their impact was limited. The challenge wasn’t just a skills gap—it was the lack of a coordinated approach to talent management.
TPM offered a way forward.
After joining TPM Academy in 2021, Vincent quickly moved from learning to implementation. He launched a manufacturing employer collaborative in Gaston County, NC, bringing together 24 employers to align around shared workforce needs and solutions. From the beginning, his approach was clear: focus, simplify, and execute.
“One of the biggest pitfalls is trying to solve everything at once,” Vincent shares in his TPM Academy Meet the Expert sessions. Instead, he encourages employer collaboratives to anchor around clearly defined workforce challenges and a specific set of critical jobs.
That focus became a defining feature of his work—and a key reason for its success.
Today, Vincent has expanded his TPM work far beyond a single community. He now supports 10 employer collaboratives across North Carolina, spanning industries such as healthcare and manufacturing.
At the core of that model is a commitment to data.
Vincent consistently emphasizes that Demand Planning (Strategy 2)—the process of aggregating employer hiring data to establish a clear picture of workforce needs—is the engine of any successful collaborative. Without accurate, aggregated data on hiring needs, employers lack a clear north star to guide their decisions.
But just as important as data is trust.
Vincent has built a reputation for creating “pre-competitive” environments—spaces where competing employers set aside rivalry to share information and work together toward mutual goals. He often describes his role of TPM practitioner as a facilitator—helping employers stay engaged while ensuring they remain in the driver’s seat for decision-making.
Beyond implementation, Vincent is deeply engaged in the TPM National Learning Network. He has served as a TPM Academy Faculty and Fellow and continues to mentor practitioners navigating employer collaboratives.
This depth of experience led Vincent to become one of the first practitioners to complete the TPM Peer Review process and earn the designation of Verified TPM Supply Chain Manager.Through it all, Vincent has remained grounded in a simple principle: employer collaboratives must be realistic to be effective.For the National Learning Network, Vincent Ginski represents the evolution of a TPM practitioner—from learning the framework to leading its expansion at scale—and his work across North Carolina continues to chart a path forward for employer-led workforce strategy.
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