February 14, 2013 by Wally Bock
very 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 ensuring knowledge flow, reimagining HR, talent management 2.0, and four steps to better talent management. From Harold Jarche: Ensuring knowledge flow through narration “Can the training department, […]
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February 12, 2013 by Wally Bock
Yesterday’s mail brought me a course catalog from one of the key management training organizations. I get a lot of those catalogs and my response is always the same. “That’s so Twentieth Century.” Imagine talent development for this century and paper course catalogs mailed out in bulk don’t seem like they should be part of […]
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February 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 about selection trends, executive education, educational requirements, and company values. From DDI’s Talent Management Intelligence: 2013 Selection Trends: Managing Uncertainty for Success “Black and white is out. Uncertainty […]
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February 5, 2013 by Wally Bock
Derek Irvine wrote a fine article recently with the headline, “Meaningful Work? It’s Just as Important to Employees as a Paycheck.” Looking at the headline, you might think it refers to those “studies” that prove that people would rather die than give a speech. That didn’t happen here. Derek was careful in his conclusions. “That’s […]
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January 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 on retaining instead of recruiting, the increasing use of referrals in hiring, the future of workplace training, world-class HR, and the state of talent management. From Carina Wytiaz: […]
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January 29, 2013 by Wally Bock
We hear a lot about the speed of change. What about the speed of work? While we weren’t looking, we’ve come to a point where many of us work on the fly. Last week I watched a manager at a major corporation as she worked on several projects. She connected with dozens of people by […]
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January 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 talent review meetings, focused talent assessment, training spend, training, and a survey of what workers want. From Dan McCarthy: Why You Should Conduct Talent Review Meetings and […]
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January 22, 2013 by Wally Bock
“Disengaged workers cost the U.S. economy $350 billion a year in lost productivity. Here’s how the happiest companies boost morale and the bottom line.” That’s the promise of a Fast Company article titled “Secrets Of America’s Happiest Companies.” Those “happiest companies” were selected by an outfit called (I’m not making this up) CareerBliss. They derive […]
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January 17, 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 the biggest recruiting mistake, a leadership learning matrix, the “Law of the Hammer” in training, and making talent management and workforce management to work together. From Karin […]
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January 15, 2013 by Wally Bock
Here’s to the winners! Now, let’s go plant some trees. That wise philosopher, Anonymous, was asked when the best time was to plant a tree. “Thirty years ago,” said the Wise One. But the second best time is today. There are glorious trees outside my home in Charlotte. Some of them have been there far […]
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