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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December 6, 2012 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 creating a leadership development program, how talent development can help your company, prosthetic environments, and maximum ROI on leadership development training. From Bud Haney: Create a Leadership […]
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November 27, 2012 by Wally Bock
In February of 1961, McDonald’s opened Hamburger University in the basement of a McDonald’s restaurant in Elk Grove Village, IL. I don’t know who had the first “corporate university,” but this certainly has to be on the short list. By 1993, there were 400 corporate universities. At the turn of the century there were 2000. […]
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November 23, 2012 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 virtual onboarding, talent management lessons from the US election, lessons from the HCI Learning and Development Conference, and Don Charlton’s views on whether you should hire for […]
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November 15, 2012 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 why you may benefit from hiring from within, why skills and experience are irrelevant when hiring, bridging the hiring gap for college graduates, and why most firms […]
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November 8, 2012 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 why most leadership development programs fail, integrated talent management, HR and recruiting technology, and what’s next for leadership development. From Kevin Eikenberry: Why Most Leadership Development Efforts […]
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October 25, 2012 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 five most important talent management roles, when you should promote from within, developing your top performers, and our most pressing leadership development challenge. From Cathy Missildine-Martin: […]
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October 11, 2012 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 leadership development for women, evidence-based leadership development, who’s looking for a new job, and HR Tech. From Dan McCarthy: 10 Elements of a Great Woman’s Leadership Development […]
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September 18, 2012 by Wally Bock
If we need leaders with different knowledge, skills and attitudes for our changing world, how come most of us are developing them the same old way? That’s the provocative question that Marcus Buckingham asks in his recent article, “Creating a Top-Performing Team: Leadership Development for Tomorrow’s Corporations” at Chief Executive. Here’s the money quote. “Billions […]
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September 4, 2012 by Wally Bock
Here’s the problem. It may be the most important talent development problem you face. Most of the people who get “promoted” to supervisory positions are poor choices to begin with. Then they’re thrown into the supervisory waters with little to no training in the people parts of their jobs. Now what? Now you have men […]
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