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 on talent management challenges of slow economic growth, improving succession planning, succession planning lessons from Dick Clark, ‘buyer’s remorse’ for new hires, and human capital as strategic advantage.
From the Conference Board: Study Finds CEOs Building Internal Strength to Counter Global Slowdown
“Business leaders in London, New York, and Shanghai agree: In an environment of slow economic growth and limited opportunity for double digit sales growth, continuous improvement of internal capabilities is no luxury or fad. It’s a prerequisite for organizational survival. So finds The Conference Board CEO Challenge 2013, a report published today based on a survey of CEOs, presidents, and chairmen from the world’s leading companies.”
From John Salveson: 4 Ways Companies Can Fix Succession Planning in 2013
“Succession planning is a bit like flossing your teeth or going on a New Year’s diet – you know it is a good idea and that it can only make you healthier, but it is difficult to muster the discipline necessary to follow through on the commitment.”
From Scott Eblin: Three Lessons Dick Clark Taught Us About Succession Planning
“Dick Clark built a team of professionals who worked with him for years and this New Year’s Eve was their first without their long time leader. One of the newer members of the team was Ryan Seacrest who Clark recruited in 2006 to co-host the show after he had a stroke that kept him off the air in 2005.”
“Half of new employees are experiencing buyer’s remorse after taking a job offer this year. And they are not alone – many organizations also question whether they have made wise hiring decisions as one in eight new employees were failures in the last 12 months, according to DDI’s latest global research on hiring trends.”
From Lindsey Nelson: Stop Your Talent Pipeline From Shrinking
“According to a Chartered Global Management Accountants (CGMA) report, the quality of a company’s in-house technology once was considered a major contributor to the success of the company. But against today’s economic backdrop, the quality of human capital and the ability to manage the talent pipeline has more weight.”
Carnivals and Such
From Jon Ingham: The HR Carnival Review of 2012 and into 2013
The January 2013 Leadership Development Carnival: Best of 2012 Edition hosted by Dan McCarthy
