June 8, 2010 by Wally Bock
Phillip is an engineer. His company has a lot of them and he’s right in the middle of the pack. You’d never know he was a star. Florence is an admin assistant. If you look on the org chart or the formal performance evaluations, you’ll see that Florence is competent and hardworking, but nothing special. […]
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June 3, 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 succession planning, the view from inside the pipeline, studies of engagement, flex time and Gen Y, and the Talent Management Paradox. From the Employee Performance and […]
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June 1, 2010 by Wally Bock
Want to make a difference in your bottom line? How about your long term competitive advantage? Well, you can probably do it, if you’ll just spend some time and resources on who you promote to your first line supervisory positions. They’re important. And you don’t have to take my word for it. In 2005, Fast […]
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May 27, 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 talent intelligence, metrics, a defense of the performance review, and ten ways to make a performance review meaningful. From HRM Today: Talent Intelligence “Among the excellent […]
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May 25, 2010 by Wally Bock
A couple of years ago, Susan got promoted. Her boss made her a team leader. There would be a new title and more money. It looked great for about a day. “Why do those people keep coming into my office and whining?” Susan asked, after her first day in the new job. “Why don’t they […]
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May 20, 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 performance reviews, talent management metrics, making sense of studies and statistics, the “new normal,” and what to do about compensation. From the NY Times: Time to Review Workplace Reviews? […]
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May 18, 2010 by Wally Bock
Training is a mainstay of the corporate world. We send people to class or provide distance-learning resources to help them improve their knowledge and skills. That’s important, but training can do more. The military and top companies for leadership development take advantage of training to create more benefits for participants and for the organization. Here […]
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May 13, 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 leadership development at the best companies and at the US Navy, the future of MBA education, executive training programs, and rewards programs. From Workforce: Special Report […]
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May 11, 2010 by Wally Bock
The people at the Corporate Executive Board (CEB) do a lot of research on topics related to talent development. Two of their executive directors, Jean Martin and Conrad Schmidt, just published an article in the Harvard Business Review titled: “How to Keep Your Top Talent.” You can download a copy of the article from their […]
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May 6, 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 Education 2.0, development, leadership coaching, star performers and salary differential, and performance bonus practices. From Reading about Leading: Education 2.0: The Importance of Ownership “I’ve been teaching adults […]
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