November 26, 2013 by Wally Bock
I confess that I have a problem with using the word “talent” to mean “the people we want.” I’m old fashioned that way. For me “talent” is what the Merriam-Webster dictionary lists as the primary meaning: “a special ability that allows someone to do something well.” That’s how I was thinking of talent when I […]
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November 21, 2013 by Wally Bock
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 trends that are transforming HR, investing in development, maximizing talent, and guarding against bias in talent development. From Laura Schroeder: Looking 5 Years Out: The 7 Trends […]
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November 19, 2013 by Wally Bock
It’s déjà vu all over again. Yank and rank, or whatever you want to call that grade on a curve, performance review system is out at Microsoft (sort of) but in at Yahoo. So the debate about good and bad continues. In the meantime, the Economist offers a good review of what we know about […]
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November 14, 2013 by Wally Bock
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 improving hiring, talent assessment, no time to learn, and social learning. From DDI World: Hiring System Changes: 5 Points to Maximize Impact and Minimize Stress “Unfortunately, many well-designed […]
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November 12, 2013 by Wally Bock
Jack took a year off just after his freshman year in college. His grades were poor because he hardly went to class and he figured he could make some money. He worked in construction for a year. After that, he says, he was sure of one thing: “I knew I did not want to do […]
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November 7, 2013 by Wally Bock
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 […]
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November 5, 2013 by Wally Bock
“Next Practices in Global-Minded Organizations” is the fourth annual i4cp/AMA/Training magazine study of challenges and opportunities in global leadership development. Here are the four featured findings. There is a shift to defining leaders by influence, not role. High-performance organizations are allowing managers to self-select involvement in global leadership development programs. Business performance is gaining prominence […]
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October 31, 2013 by Wally Bock
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. From Darcy Jacobsen: 10 Things CEOs Can Do to Protect the […]
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October 29, 2013 by Wally Bock
“O wad some Power the giftie gie us To see oursels as ithers see us! It wad frae mony a blunder free us, An’ foolish notion” That quote from the poet Robert Burns should be a talent development mantra. Write it on a rock as my friend Jim Blasingame would say. Tattoo it on your […]
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October 24, 2013 by Wally Bock
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 lessons from the recent CareerBuilder survey, trusting your gut in recruiting, and assessing the person they’ll become. From Brent Rasmussen: 4 Recruiting Behaviors That Limit the Quality […]
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