July 6, 2010 by Wally Bock
Forty years ago, the business world was relatively stable. Long range planning was the sophisticated management practice of choice. The company I worked for had them. We weren’t alone. According to management expert Carl Heyel, writing in 1973, by 1970, “80 percent to 85 percent of Fortune 500 companies engaged in some form of long-range […]
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June 17, 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 why you should worry about your second tier of performers, keeping those rising stars on track, pay for performance, using data to guide decision-making, and the […]
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June 15, 2010 by Wally Bock
Too many high flyers turn out to be like Icarus. They begin by concentrating on their wings, using them to soar. But then they lose or change concentration and their wings fail them. Here are three classic ways it happens. I cannot fail. Scott Edmunds was the CEO at Chico’s FAS. He delivered quarter after […]
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June 10, 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 bench strength, talent management at UPS, when to start thinking about “selling” the hire, treating star performers like star performers, and the leader as talent spotter. […]
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June 3, 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 succession planning, the view from inside the pipeline, studies of engagement, flex time and Gen Y, and the Talent Management Paradox. From the Employee Performance and […]
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May 11, 2010 by Wally Bock
The people at the Corporate Executive Board (CEB) do a lot of research on topics related to talent development. Two of their executive directors, Jean Martin and Conrad Schmidt, just published an article in the Harvard Business Review titled: “How to Keep Your Top Talent.” You can download a copy of the article from their […]
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May 4, 2010 by Wally Bock
During the Dot-Com Bubble, Warren Buffett was chided for not investing in any of the hot new companies. He said he knew there were lots of great values among the new start-ups. He just didn’t know how to predict who the winners might be. That’s the problem with high potential programs. When you hire a […]
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