August 28, 2012 by Wally Bock
In the old comics, Dick Tracy had a wrist radio. It wasn’t that long ago that when someone got a cell phone, they called a person they knew and said, “Guess where I’m calling from.” That was then. Today, 93 percent of Americans have a mobile phone. More and more of them are “smart” which […]
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August 23, 2012 by Wally Bock
Every week, I review blogs and other publications that cover talent development to find the very best talent development posts. This week, you’ll find pointers to pieces about executive coaching, traditional job descriptions, talent management and succession planning, and bold talent management. From Stephen J. Gill: Executive coaching: How do we know it works? “Executive […]
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August 16, 2012 by Wally Bock
Every week, I review blogs and other publications that cover talent development to find the very best talent development posts. This week, you’ll find pointers to pieces on developing your own leaders and the importance and prevalence and techniques of social recruiting. From Kyle Lagunas via TLNT: 3 Reasons to Grow the Talent You Have […]
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August 14, 2012 by Wally Bock
CEO succession is getting a lot of attention lately. Professor Steven M. Davidoff of The Ohio State University wrote a column in the New York Times about it, with the title, “When Picking a C.E.O. Is More Random Than Wise.” He suggests that boards fall prey to all sorts of biases, fallacies, and bad practice […]
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August 9, 2012 by Wally Bock
Every week, I review blogs and other publications that cover talent development to find the very best talent development posts. This week, you’ll find pointers to pieces about the CARA Group Pulse Survey, what talent management should look like, succession planning, and a look at the state of talent management. From BusinessWire: 84% of Companies […]
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August 7, 2012 by Wally Bock
Talent management is the company seen through the eyes of its employees. Almost everything I’ve read about talent management looks at it from the company perspective. In The Executive Guide to Integrated Talent Management, for example, Peter Cappelli says that a common definition of the term is: “Getting the right people with the right skills […]
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August 2, 2012 by Wally Bock
Every week, I review blogs and other publications that cover talent development to find the very best talent development posts. This week, you’ll find pointers to pieces on peer performance reviews, some possible HR metrics, keeping top talent, and increased spending on leadership development. From the Wall Street Journal: Peer Performance Reviews Take Off “As […]
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July 26, 2012 by Wally Bock
Every week, I review blogs and other publications that cover talent development to find the very best talent development posts. This week, you’ll find pointers to pieces on what makes a “real” leader today, what makes good recruiters good, why employees join and stay with organizations, ideas for retaining the young and talented, and how […]
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July 19, 2012 by Wally Bock
Every week, I review blogs and other publications that cover talent development to find the very best talent development posts. This week, you’ll find pointers to pieces on meeting candidates wherever they are, retention strategies, the side effects of a high potential program, and the most recent Hackett “HR Book of Numbers.” From John Sumser: […]
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July 12, 2012 by Wally Bock
Every week, I review blogs and other publications that cover talent development to find the very best talent development posts. This week, you’ll find pointers to pieces about why businesses fail to retain top talent, making the business case for HR analytics, identifying the gaps in your succession plan, and erecruiting. From Forbes: Career-Development Gap: […]
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