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 measuring mentoring, leadership coaching, talent management lessons from Silicon Valley, and finding and keeping great people.
From Kira Fickenscher: How to Measure the Effectiveness of Your Mentoring Program
“As an HR decision-maker, it’s becoming increasingly difficult to deny the positive effects of a strong mentoring program within your organization.”
From Andrea Chilcote: Leadership Coaching: You Need More Than a One-Size-Fits All Approach
“Maybe you’ve even invested heavily in development programs to help leaders learn to be better coaches. So why don’t they stick?”
From Dr. John Sullivan: Innovation Drivers: Key Talent Management Lessons From Silicon Valley
“Over my 30 plus years of working in the Valley, I have tried to distill the best talent management practices of great firms like Facebook, Google, and Apple (as well as the practices of many of the startups) into what I call ‘the Six Drivers of Talent in the Silicon Valley.’ If your firm wants to innovate and move fast, you should consider adopting at least some of these talent drivers in your own firm.”
From Harvey Deutschendorf: How Do You Find and Keep Great People? Make Them Feel Special
“The secret to employee retention is not to try and reinvent the wheel, but emulate the practices used by organizations that have been very successful at keeping their staff.”
