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7/15/10: Top Talent Development Posts this Week

July 15, 2010 by Wally Bock

Every week, I review blogs that cover talent development to find you the pick of the lot for the week. In this post, you’ll find pointers to pieces about what you can learn (yes, there is something) from the Cleveland Cavaliers, executive derailment, managing the toxic high performer, distributing scarce rewards, and some thoughts on […]




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Why high potential isn’t enough

July 13, 2010 by Wally Bock

My mother had a saying that “You can’t just hire a hand. The whole man always comes with it.” The language is a little dated, but the truth is still the same. People aren’t just a set of talents. They’re that messy bundle of stuff called human beings. Three recent blog posts lay out some […]




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7/8/10: Top Talent Development Posts this Week

July 8, 2010 by Wally Bock

Every week, I review blogs that cover talent development to find you the pick of the lot for the week. In this post, you’ll find pointers to pieces about retaining employees, learning initiatives, trust as a force behind great places to work, senior executive compensation, and reviewing your talent management practices. From Employee Benefit News: […]




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Developing Leaders for a New Century

July 6, 2010 by Wally Bock

Forty years ago, the business world was relatively stable. Long range planning was the sophisticated management practice of choice. The company I worked for had them. We weren’t alone. According to management expert Carl Heyel, writing in 1973, by 1970, “80 percent to 85 percent of Fortune 500 companies engaged in some form of long-range […]




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7/1/10: Top Talent Development Posts this Week

July 1, 2010 by Wally Bock

Every week, I review blogs that cover talent development to find you the pick of the lot for the week. In this post, you’ll find pointers to pieces about hiring picking up, a look at where development efforts are lagging, a look at the employee lifecycle concept, a review of several workplace issues, and helping […]




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The Future of Talent Development

June 29, 2010 by Wally Bock

Ellen Galinsky’s Huffington Post article about Admiral Michael Mullen got me thinking about the future of talent development. Here’s the quote from Admiral Mullen that started the process. “Basically, we’ve grown up very focused on the institution. The institution tells me what to do. It tells me where to go. It tells me what my […]




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6/24/10: Top Talent Development Posts this Week

June 24, 2010 by Wally Bock

Every week, I review blogs that cover talent development to find you the pick of the lot. In this post, you’ll find pointers to pieces about the summer of worker discontent, learning on the job, performance measurement, luring top talent, and a very basic question about your company that you need to answer. From McClatchy […]




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What about Dilbert?

June 22, 2010 by Wally Bock

Scott Adams’ “Dilbert” might be the most popular comic strip around. It’s certainly the most popular one set in a business. Since the strip debuted on April 16, 1989 it’s won a bevy of awards. And there are Dilbert coffee mugs, mouse pads, a card game, a board game, calendars. There have been several Dilbert […]




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6/17/10: Top Talent Development Posts this Week

June 17, 2010 by Wally Bock

Every week, I review blogs that cover talent development to find you the pick of the lot for the week. In this post, you’ll find pointers to pieces about why you should worry about your second tier of performers, keeping those rising stars on track, pay for performance, using data to guide decision-making, and the […]




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Icarus in the Office: How High Flyers Fall to Earth

June 15, 2010 by Wally Bock

Too many high flyers turn out to be like Icarus. They begin by concentrating on their wings, using them to soar. But then they lose or change concentration and their wings fail them. Here are three classic ways it happens. I cannot fail. Scott Edmunds was the CEO at Chico’s FAS. He delivered quarter after […]




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