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 onboarding, leadership development, and Walmart’s leadership academy.
From HBS Working Knowledge: First Minutes are Critical in New-Employee Orientation
“Employee orientation programs ought to be less about the company and more about the employee, according to new research by Daniel M. Cable, Francesca Gino, and Bradley R. Staats.”
From Art Petty:Â Accelerate New Leader Development
“In my experience, many senior managers move too slowly to expose their developing leaders to new and more challenging situations.”
From Training Journal: Be brave: Build capacity in your leaders
“Working with leaders in global organisations, it’s clear to me that there is sometimes a lack of clarity and differentiation between skills training and training that impacts an individuals’ capacity to be a leader. In particular, I’ve noticed that the terms ‘leadership training’ and ‘leadership development’ get used interchangeably. But there is a big difference between the two and I believe that being more accurate with the description can help business stakeholders to better understand the likely performance outcomes they can expect.”
From Chief Executive: How Walmart Trains Better Leaders
“The underlying premise of the academy is step-up development—to always train people for the next job or two up the chain. In addition, all training is built around real-world-based simulations that mirror actual or likely conditions specific to a company’s challenges.”
Note: I shared my thoughts on the Walmart Leadership Academy earlier this week.
Carnivals and Such
From Great Leadership: No Joke: The April 1st, 2013 Leadership Development Carnival
