The Year of Joyfully Backing Off
So make this year the year of balance: for every ‘yes’ to a new initiative, there is a courageous ‘no’ by backing off something else. ...
Talent Management
5 Talent Questions Leaders Should Rethink
Rethinking how leaders conceptualize common talent challenges will help them find more relevant solutions for today’s business environment. ...
Planning to Succeed in Five Parts
A solid strategy is the hallmark of high impact, high-performing talent and L&D function, but crafting a useful strategy is easier said than done....
Interrupting the ‘Fully-Formed’ Executive
Talent leaders need to reverse the idea that executives don’t need ongoing personal development. ...
Moves of a Board Master
By not producing high quality “ready now” talent for tomorrow, we’re doomed to manage the crisis of the day over and over again....
Get me a Rock
Forging a working relationship with a senior executive is can be quite a trial. Talent leaders need to bring the confidence and competence to gain respect in the ‘C-Suite”. Yet the unspoken rules are quite different and a new partnership savvy is needed....
Sir Isaac And The Talent Junk Drawer
Consider the state of your talent management. Is everything well ordered, appropriately placed and in useful shape? Or perhaps, like most of us, there is one spot that isn’t well maintained or in tip-top shape — the talent junk drawer....
Avoid the Assessment Sideshow
The personality assessment industry is on a tear. But talent managers shouldn’t be fooled by some of the flimsier products being offered....
Getting Their Attention
Timely, topical and well-framed talent agenda items are vital when trying to get senior management’s undivided attention. ...
Deciding the Future of Talent
False Positives, Hidden Negatives and an over-emphasis on Predicting are three barriers to effectively assessing and developing your future stars....