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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January 4, 2011 by Wally Bock
The parties are over. We probably won’t drink champagne again until the next wedding, and a third of those who made a resolution to lose weight or work out more have not done anything about it. Here are four talent development challenges you will probably face this year. How fast can you learn? In a […]
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December 30, 2010 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 who’s ahead in talent management systems, a review of talent management technology, recruiting from within, keeping your key employees, and succession planning. From Bersin and Associates: Customer Satisfaction with Talent […]
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December 28, 2010 by Wally Bock
This is a time for taking stock. The business world seems to slow down in the week between Christmas and New Year’s. Use the time to think about the current state of talent management in your company. People, complete with their knowledge and relationships are the source of sustainable competitive advantage. When someone asked Jack […]
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December 23, 2010 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 learning as a reward, reports on pay-for-performance, engagement, and the future of talent management, and a powerful critique of the supply chain model of talent management. From Ann Bares: Learning […]
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December 21, 2010 by Wally Bock
The news release on The Hartford’s 2010 Investments & Retirement Study includes this. “37.2 percent of Americans now say they are unsure when they will be able to retire and 27.1 percent say they hope to work as long as their health or the health of their significant other allows.” Since home values vaporized and […]
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December 16, 2010 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 transforming talent management, the best companies to work for, how work is changing, and the year’s best leadership blog posts. From Bersin and Associates: Transforming Talent Management – It’s a […]
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December 14, 2010 by Wally Bock
Last week, Suzanne Rumsey, Senior Consultant at Knowledge Infusion, published a thoughtful post on Fistful of Talent titled: “Talent Management: Clone or Original?” Here’s the lead. “As consultants in the Talent Management space, my colleagues and I are usually asked some variation on the following questions: what companies are the leaders in talent management practices? […]
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December 9, 2010 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 different kinds of employees, performance evaluations, technology-assisted learning, leadership capability portfolios, and developing women leaders. There are also pointers to two recent carnivals with talent development posts. From Laura Schroeder: […]
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December 7, 2010 by Wally Bock
When I got started in business, after coming home from the Marines in 1968, we called the department “Personnel.” Many people didn’t like that. In his classic book, Up the Organization, Robert Townsend suggested getting rid of the Personnel Department and replacing it with a one person “People Department.” He bemoaned the fact that “personnel […]
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