January 13, 2013 by Ken Nowack
“The amount of sleep required by the average person is five minutes more.” Wilson Mizener  We all seem to be working longer and harder with health, sleep and mood being affected. Research by Sylvia Ann-Hewlett and Caroyl Luce show that 62% of high earning individuals work more than 50 hours per week, 35% […]
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January 11, 2013 by Bill Bradley
As the week winds down, we wind down with some tidbits for your information, education, health, and enjoyment. Quote of the Week “Choose a job you love and you will never have to work a day in your life.†Unknown Humor Break: From Cover Letters Gone Bad: “Please call me after 5:30 because I am […]
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January 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 talent management challenges of slow economic growth, improving succession planning, succession planning lessons from Dick Clark, ‘buyer’s remorse’ for new hires, and human capital as strategic advantage. […]
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January 9, 2013 by Bill Bradley
HOT READS FOR THE PRACTITIONER Title: How Will You Measure Your Life Competency: self-development, managing self, ethics Who benefits: those who are still growing emotionally and intellectually Consultant Usage: Consult not with others until you have consulted with yourself What’s it about? Clayton M. Christensen is a brilliant man. An honest man. And a caring […]
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January 8, 2013 by Wally Bock
Every field has its terms of art. So we talk about “acquiring talent” and “talent development” and “leadership development.” That’s fine when it’s shorthand that helps us communicate with other specialists more easily. It’s dangerous when it becomes a way of thinking. Along the way we’ve adopted the language of procurement and used it to […]
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January 4, 2013 by Bill Bradley
As the week winds down, we wind down with some tidbits for your information, education, health, and enjoyment. Quote of the Week: “I am free, no matter what rules surround me. If I find them tolerable, I tolerate them; if I find them too obnoxious, I break them. I am free because I know that […]
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January 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 about talent management as the basis for workforce planning, the gamification of training, and three looks at the future of HR and talent development. From Sean Conrad: Laying […]
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January 2, 2013 by Wally Bock
It’s a new year and time to make predictions. In the magazines, on the airwaves, and in blog posts pundits of all kinds offer their ideas of what will be new in the coming year. At TLNT, for example you can read John Hollon’s post, “Are These the Top 10 Talent Management Trends for 2013?” […]
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January 2, 2013 by Bill Bradley
Title: History in the Making Competency: self-development Who benefits: concerned citizens Consultant Usage: website reference What’s it about? What’s new in the New Year? I would like to offer an “eye-openerâ€, albeit down several paragraphs. As regular readers of my weekly columns know well, I continue to gush (harp?) on Coursera, the 2.0 Online FREE […]
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December 28, 2012 by Bill Bradley
As the week winds down, we wind down with some tidbits for your information, education, health, and enjoyment. Quote of the Week: “We will open the book. Its pages are blank. We are going to put words on them ourselves. The book is called Opportunity and its first chapter is New Year’s Day.” Edith Lovejoy […]
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