September 17, 2013 by Wally Bock
Johannes Gutenberg invented his printing press in 1455. What did people do with it? In the beginning, they produced books that were just like the books people had been creating for centuries by hand. The first printed books had the same subjects as those other books: the Bible and religious commentary, mostly in Latin. That […]
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September 12, 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 getting serious about the skills gap, recruiting tech talent to the Midwest, succession planning and replacement planning compared, and what drives your top talent. From Crystal Spraggins: […]
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September 10, 2013 by Wally Bock
When I learned Darwin’s Theory of Evolution in school, I came away imagining it as a very gradual process. Evolution, I thought, was one small change after another over a long period of time until all the small, steady changes added up to a big difference. But that’s only part of the story. The other […]
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September 5, 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 keeping your top employees, what you can learn from performance management, career management, and the future of corporate training. From Katy Stewart: Is your top employee jumping […]
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September 3, 2013 by Wally Bock
The word around the campfire is that Big Data is the future of everything, including talent development. Big Data gets a lot of press, but it’s not all about data and not all of the data is big. Let’s look at the case of Google and the M&Ms. Here’s a basic description from a Washington […]
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August 29, 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 retaining top talent, an impending talent bloodbath, technology and training, and engaging employees in long term career planning. From Susan Cramm: Retaining Top Talent: Yes, It Really […]
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August 27, 2013 by Wally Bock
John Hollon asks “What Happens When You Promote and It Doesn’t Work?” Then he offers a savvy analysis of this all-too-common problem. If you’ve got someone you just promoted from individual contributor who’s a disaster as a manager, read John’s post. If you want to think about how we can head off similar problems, read […]
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August 22, 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 financial rewards, reactionary recruiting, the perfect technical interview, and leadership development. From Howard Risher: One Last Time: Yes, Financial Rewards DO Really Improve Performance “There is solid […]
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August 20, 2013 by Wally Bock
“I avoided every science or tech course I could in college. I’m lucky that my daughter is tech savvy, so I don’t have to worry about computer stuff at home. And now they want me to make sense of Big Data!” My friend is a senior HR executive at a big company. She knows that […]
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August 15, 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 succession planning best practices, creating a culture of continuous learning, trends in executive coaching, and what HR needs to do for good leadership. From Dan McCarthy: 10 […]
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