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 4, 2013 by Bill Bradley
HOT READS FOR THE PRACTITIONER Title: Compelling People: The Hidden Qualities That Make Us Influential Competencies: influence skills, interpersonal skills, presentation skills Who benefits: anyone concerned with how others see them Consultant Usage: excellent resource for executive coaches, important background material for presentation and media trainers What’s it about? This week’s recommended reading is a […]
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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 30, 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:Â “Education is a progressive discovery of our own ignorance.” Will Durant Humor Break: Bev: How did you do on your online philosophy final exam? Al: I think the professor was nuts. The whole final […]
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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 28, 2013 by Bill Bradley
HOT READS FOR THE PRACTITIONER Title: Good Short Reads for the Busy Employee Competencies: resilience, achievement orientation, customer service, strategic planning, conflict management, decision-making, judgment Who benefits: anyone Consultant Usage: possible background in your areas of interest What’s it about? I want to thank reader Sara Canaday for today’s post. She found a previous post […]
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August 27, 2013 by Wally Bock
John Hollon asks “What Happens When You Promote and It Doesn’t Work?” Then he offers a savvy analysis of this all-too-common problem. If you’ve got someone you just promoted from individual contributor who’s a disaster as a manager, read John’s post. If you want to think about how we can head off similar problems, read […]
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August 25, 2013 by Ken Nowack
“The tragedy in life doesn’t lie in not reaching your goal. The tragedy lies in having no goal to reach.” Benjamin Mays How do people become elite? And once they do, how do they sustain it? It is well established that competitive pressure influences performance. But exactly how and why has not been systematically researched. […]
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August 23, 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: “Man is the only creature that consumes without producing. He does not give milk, he does not lay eggs, he is too weak to pull the plough, he cannot run fast enough to […]
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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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