June 28, 2011 by Wally Bock
Hiring top talent is one of those areas of business where the great ship of concept tends to break apart on the rocks of detail. Last week I read two blog posts that reminded me of that important truth. Jon Ingham’s post, “Just because you can do it doesn’t mean you should! (true, but, it […]
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June 23, 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 stars or teams, managing a remote workforce, retention, hiring and firing, and pointers to recruiting tools. From HBR Bill Taylor: Great People Are Overrated Part I “Last month, in an […]
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June 21, 2011 by Wally Bock
I love reviewing the predictions that people made a hundred years ago about how things would be today. Take cities. They’re filled with private planes and sky taxies, and sometimes, dirigibles moored to towers atop giant skyscrapers in the predictions. And there’s almost always one thing missing, something we take for granted today: elevators. Skyscrapers […]
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June 16, 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 DDI’s Global Leadership Forecast, the state of internal coaches, speaking the truth to power, and seven principles for developing leadership talent. As bonus, I’m pointing you to knowledgeable posts from the […]
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June 14, 2011 by Wally Bock
Jena McGregor has a thoughtful article in this morning’s Washington Post that’s titled: “Miami Heat falls victim to belief in the Dream Team.” Here’s the money quote. “Like so many leaders before him, Heat President Pat Riley fell victim to belief in the Dream Team. Spend enough money, hire enough stars, do it amid enough […]
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June 9, 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 getting senior managers involved in talent management, games as a recruiting tool, aligning leadership development with strategy, and virtual worlds. From John Hollon: State of Talent Management: You Need to […]
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June 7, 2011 by Wally Bock
Last week, Patrick Lefler made the following provocative comment about training on his Intrepid Ideas blog. “Unlike other organizations, the Marines pull their top performers from the front lines to serve as instructors. That’s right; the Marines actually pull their top performers—both officers and enlisted—from the front lines and use them as trainers, sometimes for […]
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June 2, 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 a survey of leadership and HR practices, new hire practices, growing the next generation of finance leaders, and a war for talent in manufacturing. From Borderless Executive Search: Leadership and […]
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May 31, 2011 by Wally Bock
Tomorrow is the first day of this year’s Hurricane Season. Are you ready? The best mindset here is “preparation.” You don’t plan for a hurricane. Instead you prepare for a hurricane so that when one comes your way, you know what to do and you have the resources to weather the storm. “Preparation” is a […]
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May 26, 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 Kirkpatrick training evaluation, leadership development trends, and integrating talent acquisition and development. There are also pointers to relevant carnivals and lists. From Stephen J. Gill: Kirkpatrick’s Four Levels of Training […]
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