The three-legged stool is an analogy for contingent workforce management. Also called the three pillars of contingent workforce management, the legs are talent, supplier service and program operation. If one leg is not upright, the overall health of the program declines. Adrianne Nelson, CCWP, director of global services for Staffing Industry Analysts, discusses how to evaluate these three legs to determine the quality of your program in a new CWS 3.0 article.