Every week, I review blogs and other publications that cover talent development to find the very best talent development posts. This week, you’ll find pointers to pieces about protecting the talent pipeline, hiring great employees, workplace learning, firing fast, and the future of recruiting.
“here are ten action items CEOs can take to help create a culture that employees will emotionally connect with and never want to leave.”
From Dan McCarthy: 10 Tips for Hiring Great Employees
“Fortunately, I’ve more recently hired some great employees. I’m sure there was some dumb luck involved, but I’ve also picked up a few best practices over the years that may work for you as well. I’m sure you have too, so please feel free to share a comment.”
From Charles Jennings: Workplace Learning: Adding, Embedding & Extracting
“High performing individuals, teams and organisations focus on exploiting development opportunities in the workplace because that’s where most of the learning happens.”
From Dr. John Sullivan: Why You Really Should Move Quickly to Get Rid of Bad Hires
“Given this high rate of mishires, it’s surprising that most corporations don’t even track mishires who must be terminated or encouraged to resign. Even fewer organizations have a formal ‘early release process,’ like a no-fault divorce for identifying bad and frustrated hires and releasing them as soon as possible.”
From Tim Sackett: The Future of Recruiting Tools
“What will you be using in the next 5 years?”
Wally’s Comment: Even if articles about the future aren’t your cup of tea, read this one for Tim’s explanation of what “implicit” search engines are.
