July 14, 2011 by Wally Bock
Every week, I review blogs that cover talent development to find the very best talent development posts. This week, you’ll find pointers to pieces on talent wars, recruiting online and otherwise, engaging high potentials, and connecting the dots for integrated talent management. From Mike Haberman: Talent Acquisition Wars Include Hoodies “If you are in the […]
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June 30, 2011 by Wally Bock
Every week, I review blogs that cover talent development to find the very best talent development posts. This week, you’ll find pointers to pieces about successful leadership and talent development strategies, learning in today’s workplace, “Must Haves” in hiring, distrust of talent development programs, and spotting those high potential leaders. From HRM Today: Building Successful […]
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April 7, 2011 by Wally Bock
Every week, I review blogs that cover talent development to find the very best talent development posts. This week, you’ll find pointers to pieces about recruiting in the new world of social media, the problem with key employees, learning and working effectively in today’s complex world, and what to do if you’re not one of […]
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December 2, 2010 by Wally Bock
Every week, I review blogs that cover talent development to find the very best talent development posts. This week, you’ll find pointers to pieces about women in the C-suite, who can attend leadership development training, talent development for new hires, reflections of a seasoned coach, and pushing HR to the edges (of the organization). From […]
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November 9, 2010 by Wally Bock
Recently I read a great post on the i4cp Productivity Blog. The title was “Performance Management: Not Everybody’s a Superstar.” Here’s a passage that jumped out at me. “It’s time to take off the type-A blinders and get some perspective; not everybody in the workplace is a superstar or future leader, and a lot of […]
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November 4, 2010 by Wally Bock
Every week, I review blogs that cover talent development to find the very best talent development posts. This week, you’ll find pointers to pieces about challenging high performers, HR’s worst nightmares, dysfunctional characters at the talent review meeting, hanging on to your star employees, and hiring for attitude. From Talented Apps: Do you challenge your […]
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October 19, 2010 by Wally Bock
The Wall Street Journal recently ran an article aimed at those “high potential” people every company seems to crave. The title was “Getting Ahead as a ‘High-Potential’ Manager.” Author Joann Lublin included good advice for “hi-pos” that mostly boiled down to “follow the rules and don’t turn into a jerk.” Then, there’s this. “‘HiPos’ like […]
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July 27, 2010 by Wally Bock
In hockey there’s a statistic called “plus-minus.” It calculates the goal difference for a player’s team when that player is on the ice. It’s a way to measure a player’s contribution to the team. We need something like that at work. Most people who work in companies do most of their work in teams. We […]
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July 15, 2010 by Wally Bock
Every week, I review blogs that cover talent development to find you the pick of the lot for the week. In this post, you’ll find pointers to pieces about what you can learn (yes, there is something) from the Cleveland Cavaliers, executive derailment, managing the toxic high performer, distributing scarce rewards, and some thoughts on […]
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July 13, 2010 by Wally Bock
My mother had a saying that “You can’t just hire a hand. The whole man always comes with it.” The language is a little dated, but the truth is still the same. People aren’t just a set of talents. They’re that messy bundle of stuff called human beings. Three recent blog posts lay out some […]
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