February 8, 2011 by Wally Bock
Last week I read a great post on the i4cp blog titled: “Do People Drive Business? You Bet Your Assets.” John Gibbons, the Vice President and General Manager of Research and Development at i4cp, began his post with something that definitely caught my attention. “I can’t tell you the number of times I’ve sat in […]
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February 3, 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 aging brains, hiring for attitude, holding on to top talent, executive coaching, and the value of human capital and what to do about it. From HBR Michael Schrage: Are Your […]
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February 1, 2011 by Wally Bock
Long, long ago, in a company far, far away there was a department that dealt with the details of staffing. We called it “Personnel.” There was a department that took care of the computers. We called it “MIS.” Today those two departments have morphed into HR and IT, but there’s a significant difference in their […]
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January 27, 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 best companies for leadership development, the importance of leadership development, a leadership gap, and talent management revisited. This is the week of big surveys and we start with one of […]
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January 25, 2011 by Wally Bock
The Hay Group, a global management consulting firm, released its annual “Best Companies for Leadership” study today. The study will get a lot of press, as it should, mostly about things that don’t really matter to you. The list is more important than the ranking. I don’t know if it’s possible to come up with […]
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January 20, 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 succession planning, Apple, easy talent management, and deciding whom to promote. There are also pointers to lists and such. From Laura Schroeder: Seven Leadership Competencies for Succession Planning “Let me […]
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January 18, 2011 by Wally Bock
The headline “New Study Shows HR Success Is Driving Business Success for 2011” caught my eye and I clicked through to the Aberdeen Group’s report: “The HR Executive’s Agenda: Automation, Innovation and Growth.” The report is worth reading because it’s filled with things to kickstart your thinking about HR and what that function should be […]
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January 13, 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 women in business leadership, executive search, overthinking measurement, and the links between engagement and stock price. From Barb Arth: Women (Still Not) In Senior Leadership Roles “Before the holiday rush, […]
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January 11, 2011 by Wally Bock
Last month Dan McCarthy posted “Great Employees Trump Perfect Processes” on his Great Leadership Blog. Dan took on the people who claim some variant of “There are no bad employees, there are only bad processes.” Anyone who has managed for any length of time will be able to tell you that there certainly are “bad […]
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January 6, 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 engagement, really good HR, informal learning, a sea change in employment practice, and an alternative to the policy and procedures manual. From Paul Hebert: Is Employee Engagement a Sisyphean Effort? […]
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