June 25, 2013 by Wally Bock
Imagine the scientists of the Enlightenment. Think of Joseph Priestly doing experiments in his kitchen laboratory to determine the nature of air. Imagine James Hutton poring over the geological records to determine the age of the Earth or Ben Franklin out in the lightening storm with his kite. According to Steven Johnson what they were […]
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June 6, 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 making the case for leadership development, on how companies are making onboarding more effective, a new spin on succession planning, and the explosive growth in corporate training. From […]
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June 4, 2013 by Wally Bock
How the mighty have fallen. In 2009, P & G’s “Build from Within” system was described as a “leadership machine.” Moheet Nagrath, P&G’s global human resources officer, told a Fortune reporter that “Today I could show you the next generation of successors to current leaders, the generation after that, and the generation after that.” But […]
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May 21, 2013 by Wally Bock
I’ve been spending some time with i4cp’s report, Accelerating High-Potential Employees on the Path to Leadership. It’s the kind of document that you read, mull over what you’ve read and read some more. The part I’ve been reading lately is about using high profile stretch assignments in leadership development. Here’s a key quote from the […]
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May 2, 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 agile learning, how big data is influencing recruiting, rethinking the workplace, creating your own succession plan, and three cutting edge talent management practices from Silicon Valley. From […]
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April 30, 2013 by Wally Bock
Evidence-based decisions are good. We all seem to agree on that. But once you do, you run up against a warning from economist Richard Thaler. “You can’t make evidence-based decisions without evidence.” So, where do you find evidence to use for your talent development decision making? Look for knowledgeable interpretations of research studies. Interpretation is […]
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April 18, 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 recruiting, management coaching, development goals, and high potentials. From Industry Week: Workforce: The Recruiting Challenge “In the battle for top talent, Shaw Industries continually refines its message […]
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April 11, 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 the most pressing concern for HR executives, the biggest trends in HR, big data and recruiting, modeling Google’s HR, and what to do about the ROI of […]
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April 4, 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 onboarding, leadership development, and Walmart’s leadership academy. From HBS Working Knowledge: First Minutes are Critical in New-Employee Orientation “Employee orientation programs ought to be less about the […]
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April 2, 2013 by Wally Bock
Leadership development is a big challenge for Walmart. They employ more than 2 million people, about three times the population of Charlotte, NC, where I live. Those people are in 27 different countries. You need lots of leaders for all levels of a company that big. And you want the quality to be high enough […]
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