November 19, 2013 by Wally Bock
It’s déjà vu all over again. Yank and rank, or whatever you want to call that grade on a curve, performance review system is out at Microsoft (sort of) but in at Yahoo. So the debate about good and bad continues. In the meantime, the Economist offers a good review of what we know about […]
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November 14, 2013 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 improving hiring, talent assessment, no time to learn, and social learning. From DDI World: Hiring System Changes: 5 Points to Maximize Impact and Minimize Stress “Unfortunately, many well-designed […]
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November 7, 2013 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 measuring mentoring, leadership coaching, talent management lessons from Silicon Valley, and finding and keeping great people. From Kira Fickenscher: How to Measure the Effectiveness of Your Mentoring Program […]
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October 31, 2013 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 protecting the talent pipeline, hiring great employees, workplace learning, firing fast, and the future of recruiting. From Darcy Jacobsen: 10 Things CEOs Can Do to Protect the […]
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October 29, 2013 by Wally Bock
“O wad some Power the giftie gie us To see oursels as ithers see us! It wad frae mony a blunder free us, An’ foolish notion” That quote from the poet Robert Burns should be a talent development mantra. Write it on a rock as my friend Jim Blasingame would say. Tattoo it on your […]
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October 24, 2013 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 lessons from the recent CareerBuilder survey, trusting your gut in recruiting, and assessing the person they’ll become. From Brent Rasmussen: 4 Recruiting Behaviors That Limit the Quality […]
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October 22, 2013 by Wally Bock
“A recent survey by Robert Half Technology showed that only 15 percent of workers in the information technology field said they would prefer to manage others.” That quote is from a story in Albuquerque Business First. The headline is: “Fewer people want to be the boss.” I’m guessing that the people who responded to the […]
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October 17, 2013 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 building company leaders, designing talent development on a global scale, elements of a learning culture, stocking the high potential talent pool, and World of Learning 2013. From […]
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October 15, 2013 by Wally Bock
Everyone agrees that talent development is important. And everyone seems to agree on the basic elements. The hard part is figuring out what will work best for your company, now and in the future. You need ideas that you can try out. Here are four ways to get them. Look at what’s working and not […]
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October 10, 2013 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 global recruiting challenges, pegs and holes, when your top talent doesn’t perform and delivering a better recruiting experience. From HRE Online: HR Leaders Speak Out on Global-Recruiting […]
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