December 31, 2010 by Bill Bradley
To begin, from all of us here at Envisia Learning we wish you a happy, healthy and prosperous new year. Next, we would like to let you know about TGIF. Beginning next Friday we will have a weekly post to end the week. We will keep it short. We will keep it light and [...]
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December 30, 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 who’s ahead in talent management systems, a review of talent management technology, recruiting from within, keeping your key employees, and succession planning. From Bersin and Associates: Customer Satisfaction with Talent [...]
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December 29, 2010 by Bill Bradley
HOT READS FOR THE PRACTITIONER Title: The Very Best New Year’s Resolution You Can Make Competency: managing self Who benefits: you Consultant Usage: important book for health and wellness consultants, some hr professionals, possible reference book for executive coaches What’s it about? The holiday season is winding down. Whew! Symbolically the work year is just [...]
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December 28, 2010 by Wally Bock
This is a time for taking stock. The business world seems to slow down in the week between Christmas and New Year’s. Use the time to think about the current state of talent management in your company. People, complete with their knowledge and relationships are the source of sustainable competitive advantage. When someone asked Jack [...]
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December 26, 2010 by Ken Nowack
“Inside of a ring or out, ain’t nothing wrong with going down. It’s staying down that’s wrong.” Muhammad Ali Perceptions of stress at work are quite high with several recent studies by Envisia Learning Inc. suggesting that 40% to 65%of all executives and employees rate their jobs as being very or extremely stressful with significant [...]
December 23, 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 learning as a reward, reports on pay-for-performance, engagement, and the future of talent management, and a powerful critique of the supply chain model of talent management. From Ann Bares: Learning [...]
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December 22, 2010 by Bill Bradley
HOT READS FOR THE PRACTITIONER Title: The Handbook for Working with Difficult Groups Competencies: team building, teamwork, team facilitation, conflict management, negotiation skills Who benefits: team facilitators, team leaders, team members Consultant Usage: team facilitators, resource guide of for hr professionals What’s it about? I was in a small meeting the other day that was [...]
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December 21, 2010 by Wally Bock
The news release on The Hartford’s 2010 Investments & Retirement Study includes this. “37.2 percent of Americans now say they are unsure when they will be able to retire and 27.1 percent say they hope to work as long as their health or the health of their significant other allows.” Since home values vaporized and [...]
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December 19, 2010 by Ken Nowack
“The amount of sleep required by the average person is five minutes more.” Wilson Mizener I woke up tired this morning and know exactly why…I didn’t get both enough sleep and good quality sleep last night. Good thing I’m not making executive decisions, flying the space shuttle or doing delicate brain surgery, not to mention [...]
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December 16, 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 transforming talent management, the best companies to work for, how work is changing, and the year’s best leadership blog posts. From Bersin and Associates: Transforming Talent Management – It’s a [...]
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December 15, 2010 by Bill Bradley
HOT READS FOR THE PRACTITIONER Title: Crazy/Busy Competencies: self-development, managing self, stress management, cognitive hardiness, psychological well-being,type A behavior Who benefits: this book was written especially for you Consultant Usage: executive coaches, time management trainers, career and life coaches What’s it about? “Crazy”. I am going to use that word a lot in this post. [...]
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December 14, 2010 by Wally Bock
Last week, Suzanne Rumsey, Senior Consultant at Knowledge Infusion, published a thoughtful post on Fistful of Talent titled: “Talent Management: Clone or Original?” Here’s the lead. “As consultants in the Talent Management space, my colleagues and I are usually asked some variation on the following questions: what companies are the leaders in talent management practices? [...]
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December 12, 2010 by Ken Nowack
The man with insight enough to admit his limitations comes nearest to perfection.” Johann Wolfgang von Goethe Rocco is now about 10 weeks old and we knew sooner than later he would wander into our bedroom closet and find the mirror on the wall. Every one of our 4 guide dogs have reacted the same [...]
December 9, 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 different kinds of employees, performance evaluations, technology-assisted learning, leadership capability portfolios, and developing women leaders. There are also pointers to two recent carnivals with talent development posts. From Laura Schroeder: [...]
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December 8, 2010 by Bill Bradley
HOT READS FOR THE PRACTITIONER Title: Brain Decay Competencies: decision-making, problem solving, strategic thinking, self-development, managing self Who benefits: those who have an interest in how the brain works or the relationship between the brain and the Internet Consultant Usage: futurists What’s it about? I guess I have had the brain on my mind (pun [...]