November 6, 2012 by Wally Bock
If you want great performance you need great people. They won’t show up fully formed. You need to develop them. And that can’t be the job of one person, deep in the bowels of HR. It must be the way you do business, not something bolted on. It should be pervasive. Talent development should be […]
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November 1, 2012 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 why top talent (and pretty much everyone else) leaves, succession planning, learning to recruit, opportunities for talent development, and the case for growing your own leaders. From […]
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October 30, 2012 by Wally Bock
Pretty much everyone seems to agree that succession planning is a good thing. After all, it increases the possibility that you will have competent candidates for top jobs, who already know your company and its culture. That’s a good thing, because most research indicates that insiders make more effective CEOs than outsiders. That’s why an […]
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October 25, 2012 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 the five most important talent management roles, when you should promote from within, developing your top performers, and our most pressing leadership development challenge. From Cathy Missildine-Martin: […]
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October 23, 2012 by Wally Bock
This weekend, I spent some time with the latest BCG report on global HR: “Creating People Advantage 2012.” If talent development is important to you, download a PDF of the report (registration may be required) and dig around for the nuggets it contains. One nugget for me was the discussion of perceptions of the effectiveness […]
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October 18, 2012 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 executive coaching, the future of recruiting, employment branding, and assessing whether you have an elite recruiting function. From Right Management: Executive Coaching Improves Bench Strength “One overriding […]
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October 16, 2012 by Wally Bock
Marvin Bower, the legendary Managing Director of McKinsey and Company, gets the credit for coming up with the most famous definition of culture. In his book The Will to Manage, he called culture, “the way we do things around here.” Culture affects just about everything in your company. It’s a powerful force for good or […]
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October 11, 2012 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 leadership development for women, evidence-based leadership development, who’s looking for a new job, and HR Tech. From Dan McCarthy: 10 Elements of a Great Woman’s Leadership Development […]
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October 9, 2012 by Wally Bock
“The illiterate of the 21st century will not be those who cannot read or write, but those who cannot learn, unlearn, and relearn.” You can substitute “unemployed” or “unsuccessful” for “illiterate” in that quote and not change the meaning very much. The quote is often attributed to Alvin Toffler, but one thing I learned while […]
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October 4, 2012 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 retention, low-balling candidates, expensive recruiting, and professional assessment tools. From HR Morning: Work-Life Fit and Enjoying What They Do Top the List of retention reasons “Maybe this […]
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