September 6, 2011 by Wally Bock
Two weeks ago, Steve Jobs resigned from Apple, setting off a flurry of laudatory articles about his tenure and achievements. The whole thing had the sort of flash, glitz, and stage management we’ve come to expect from Apple and from Steve Jobs. People had wondered, often very loudly, if Apple had a succession plan at […]
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September 1, 2011 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 integrating people strategies into management planning, debunking some talent management myths, the case for building a leadership pipeline, and the question of whether you really need superstar talent. From Derek […]
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August 30, 2011 by Wally Bock
Steve Jobs’ resignation as Apple’s CEO has started yet another round of articles and blog posts about Apple and the succession plan it did or didn’t have. The Forbes blogs gave us “Apple Shareholders Criticize Post-Jobs Succession Plan,” for example. My personal favorite was the post on the other side of the debate. It was […]
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August 25, 2011 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 investing in training, top talent development challenges, today’s talent priorities, talent pool or talent puddle, and creating a talent management strategy. From ERC Insights: More Employers Invest in Training “According […]
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August 23, 2011 by Wally Bock
Paper and people are not the same thing. Obvious, right? Now, here’s another one. To make the best talent development decisions, you need to know the people. Can you sense where I’m going with this? There’s another important truth here. If you depend on paper, you’re stuck with the judgment of the people who prepared […]
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August 18, 2011 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 high performance work systems, incentives, growing on and through the job, leadership approval ratings, and one reason why mentoring programs fail. From Bret Simmons: High-Performance Work Systems Affect Employee Attitudes And […]
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August 16, 2011 by Wally Bock
We all know that the world of work is changing, which means that the world of talent development is changing, too. Over the past week I’ve been reading the new Vistage report, “The Future of Work” (PDF) and some older reports, including “Rand Research Brief: The Future at Work Trends and Implications” (PDF), and […]
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August 11, 2011 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 JK Rowling and talent management analytics, the cornerstone of integrated talent management, the secret to high retention and performance, and keys to effective on-boarding. From DDI: What J.K. Rowling Can […]
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August 9, 2011 by Wally Bock
We love our fads and buzzwords. One of the hottest is “talent management,” even though “talent” is often a code word for “people” and there’s no way to actually measure talent. Talent management is the big picture thing, the one that important people spend their time on. Not so, “performance management,” which represents the blocking […]
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August 4, 2011 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 talent communities, the integrated HR executive, giving them a mentor instead of a bonus, and talent planning and global mobility. From Gautam Ghosh: Some thoughts on Talent Communities “Someone asked […]
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