August 12, 2011 by Bill Bradley
As the week winds down, we wind down with some tidbits for your information, education, health, and enjoyment. Quote of the Week: “Face your deficiencies and acknowledge them; but do not let them master you. Let them teach you patience, sweetness, insight. When we do the best we can, we never know what miracle is [...]
August 11, 2011 by Sandra Mashihi
“Some authors should be paid by the quantity that is not written.” -Anonymous In general, 360-degree feedback questionnaires should be targeted and contain relevant questions. They should be long enough to accurately measure the competencies they are attempting to assess (reliability), but not too long as to decrease motivation to complete them. It’s important to [...]
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August 11, 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 JK Rowling and talent management analytics, the cornerstone of integrated talent management, the secret to high retention and performance, and keys to effective on-boarding. From DDI: What J.K. Rowling Can [...]
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August 10, 2011 by Bill Bradley
HOT READS FOR THE PRACTITIONER Title: Business Lessons from a Football Team Competencies: leadership, team development, coaching talent, strategic planning Who benefits: people interested in organizational development and business models Consultant Usage: good read for organizational consultants, possible useful in leadership and management training classes What’s it about? Today’s post is dedicated to my good [...]
August 9, 2011 by Wally Bock
We love our fads and buzzwords. One of the hottest is “talent management,” even though “talent” is often a code word for “people” and there’s no way to actually measure talent. Talent management is the big picture thing, the one that important people spend their time on. Not so, “performance management,” which represents the blocking [...]
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August 7, 2011 by Ken Nowack
“Nothing is more effective than sincere, accurate praise, and nothing is more lame than a cookie-cutter compliment” Bill Walsh What would you say to someone if you knew that your honest feedback to a person could influence and motivate this individual to make or not to make a $3 million gift or donation to a [...]
August 5, 2011 by Bill Bradley
As the week winds down, we wind down with some tidbits for your information, education, health, and enjoyment. Special Edition: This week is a special humor edition related to Talent Management. Regular contributor to this Blog Wally Bock writes about it twice a week. We support a coaching talent competency which by our definition “Attracts, [...]
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August 4, 2011 by Sandra Mashihi
“The whole is greater than the sum of its parts.” -Aristotle Attempting to interpret 360-degree feedback results is difficult enough, and to have to interpret scores of all different raters is even harder. As we discussed in one of our previous blogs on interpreting different rater scores, participants of the 360-degree feedback are challenged about [...]
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August 4, 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 communities, the integrated HR executive, giving them a mentor instead of a bonus, and talent planning and global mobility. From Gautam Ghosh: Some thoughts on Talent Communities “Someone asked [...]
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August 3, 2011 by Bill Bradley
HOT READS FOR THE PRACTITIONER Title: Authentic Prosperity Competency: managing self, self development Who benefits: YOU! Consultant Usage: executive coaches handout What’s it about? Ever get a reminder notice? Something is overdue? I got one recently in the form of a Blog post. Ever forget something? Last year I missed a doctor’s appointment. When I [...]
August 2, 2011 by Wally Bock
Last night I spent an hour on the phone with my friend Bob. It was the day he fired Gordon. Once upon a time, Gordon was projected to become the CEO of his mid-sized manufacturing company when my friend retired. The fact is that Gordon always performed. He routinely exceeded his targets. He finished his [...]
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