March 6, 2012 by Wally Bock
Inc. magazine’s headline was “How to Fight Employee Turnover.” The article started this way. “Over the past year, Big Fuel has seen its revenue more than triple, to $40 million, and its head count swell, from 70 employees to 140. But with growth comes growing pains. Like many start-ups, the New York City-based social-media marketing […]
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March 1, 2012 by Wally Bock
Every week, I review blogs that cover talent development to find the very best talent development posts. This week, you’ll find pointers to three posts that should help you improve your recruiting and an insightful post about “managing generations.” From Melany Gallant: 5 Reasons IKEA’s Australian Recruitment Campaign is Brilliant “What’s the secret behind IKEA’s […]
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February 28, 2012 by Wally Bock
The article under HR Morning’s tantalizing headline, “Cha-ching! Biz plans to spend $125K on loyal employees,” definitely got me to read the story. Here’s the opening. “This year, The Marketing Arm, a Dallas-based marketing and promotions agency, is starting a unique sabbatical program that it estimates will cost between $125,000 and $200,000 in 2012 alone.” […]
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February 23, 2012 by Wally Bock
Every week, I review blogs that cover talent development to find the very best talent development posts. This week, you’ll find pointers to pieces the impact of benefits on talent management, the “War for Talent” in the midst of high unemployment, what’s next in talent management systems, and the importance of talent spotters. From Steve […]
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February 21, 2012 by Wally Bock
Yesterday was the Fiftieth Anniversary of John Glenn’s 1962 orbital flight. Glenn was one of seven original astronauts recruited by NASA starting in 1959. It is one of the great recruiting stories of all time. The work was dangerous. In the years leading up to the recruiting process, US rockets had shown a dismaying tendency […]
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February 16, 2012 by Wally Bock
Every week, I review blogs that cover talent development to find the very best talent development posts. This week, you’ll find pointers to pieces on the role of senior executives in talent selection, competing with the world’s Googles for top talent, improving HR processes and the Jeremy Lin phenomenon. From Mike Haberman: Senior Executives, Not […]
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February 14, 2012 by Wally Bock
“Tactics for Talent Troubles” is the title that Chief Executive gave to an interview with Joe Herring. He’s the CEO of Covance, a $2.8 billion contract research organization. Here’s the money quote. “Ultimately, Herring credits the program with not only reducing turnover to a much healthier range of between 7 and 10 percent but also […]
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February 9, 2012 by Wally Bock
Every week, I review blogs that cover talent development to find the very best talent development posts. This week, you’ll find pointers to pieces about retaining top performers, what it’s like to work for a “best place to work,” when learning is the job, and how GE goes about talent development. From Katie Morrell via […]
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February 7, 2012 by Wally Bock
John Byrne, writing in Fortune, tells us that “Northwestern Kellogg to shrink two-year MBA program.” What that really means is that Kellogg is to shrink the size of classes in its two-year MBA program and “double or triple the enrollment” in the one-year program for students who have an undergraduate degree in business. Not only […]
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February 2, 2012 by Wally Bock
From Andy Headworth: Does the problem with talent communities start with the word ‘talent’? “Have you ever referred to yourself as talent? [aside from as a descriptor on your CV/Resume – a talented …….. looking for a new opportunity etc] “ Wally’s Comment: This post is not about “talent development,” but it is about the […]
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