October 8, 2013 by Wally Bock
Frankly, the headline in the Silicon Valley Business Journal put me off: “Nolan Bushnell, Steve Wozniak: The next Steve Jobs walks among us.” I figured it would be one of those articles that tout the “Lone Genius” myth or add to the Steve Jobs hagiography. But I read the piece because I’ve found that Nolan […]
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October 3, 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 reducing learning and development costs, reducing employee turnover, manager engagement in employee learning, and getting more out of 360 degree feedback. From Personnel Today: Top 10 ways […]
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September 26, 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 talent acquisition, induction (onboarding for American readers), your talent review, the hard truth about soft skills, and what went on at ERE Chicago. From Holland Dombeck: Inaugural […]
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September 19, 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 the future of job boards, the value of international assignments, leadership challenges, and “woo-woo” stuff. From OnRec: Are job boards being outdone by social media? Not really […]
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September 12, 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 getting serious about the skills gap, recruiting tech talent to the Midwest, succession planning and replacement planning compared, and what drives your top talent. From Crystal Spraggins: […]
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September 10, 2013 by Wally Bock
When I learned Darwin’s Theory of Evolution in school, I came away imagining it as a very gradual process. Evolution, I thought, was one small change after another over a long period of time until all the small, steady changes added up to a big difference. But that’s only part of the story. The other […]
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September 5, 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 keeping your top employees, what you can learn from performance management, career management, and the future of corporate training. From Katy Stewart: Is your top employee jumping […]
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September 3, 2013 by Wally Bock
The word around the campfire is that Big Data is the future of everything, including talent development. Big Data gets a lot of press, but it’s not all about data and not all of the data is big. Let’s look at the case of Google and the M&Ms. Here’s a basic description from a Washington […]
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August 29, 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 retaining top talent, an impending talent bloodbath, technology and training, and engaging employees in long term career planning. From Susan Cramm: Retaining Top Talent: Yes, It Really […]
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August 22, 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 financial rewards, reactionary recruiting, the perfect technical interview, and leadership development. From Howard Risher: One Last Time: Yes, Financial Rewards DO Really Improve Performance “There is solid […]
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