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 succession planning, talent management programs as popularity contests, weeding the garden, and tours of duty.
From Patricia Lenkov: Succession Planning: Not Just for Older Leaders
“Dell Computer and the story of its potentially going private have occupied many a news column of late. In the most recent turn of events, Blackstone Group withdrew its bid for the company after making the determination that Dell’s future and the PC industry looks bleak. Throughout all this I cannot help but ask what seems to be a fundamental underlying question about this company, and that is, who should lead Dell going forward?”
From Carol Anderson: Are Your Talent Management Programs Simply Popularity Contests?
“I stared at the page for a while trying to figure out what was bothering me besides the amalgamation of Will and Arnold. I have seen hundreds of ads for recognition programs, but this one put the star performers on a pedestal like I’d not seen before. My first thought was, how do the other employees feel when they see their peers on this obvious pedestal? That led to this question: How do you know these are your star employees?”
From Derek Irvine: Turnover Can Be Good, or Why Great Gardeners Know to Pull a Few Weeds
“Nearly all organizations I consult with cite improving retention as a primary ambition for creating a culture of appreciation through strategic recognition. But not all employee turnover is bad.”
From Andrew McIlvaine: LinkedIn Founder: Sign Up for a ‘Tour of Duty’
“The lifetime job guarantee is over. Everyone knows that. But what’s replaced it? Are all of us destined to join “Free Agent Nation,†with employees constantly on the move between companies while companies hire and fire based on the latest economic gyrations? There has to be an alternative, because the prevailing arrangement ill-serves both parties, writes LinkedIn cofounder Reid Hoffman (with coauthors Ben Casnocha and Chris Yeh) in the latest Harvard Business Review.”
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June Frontline Festival: Conflict Edition from Karin Hurt
