I read two great blog posts this week, both of which took the time to point out that the “war for talent” is far from over. The posts from Eva Rykr and Brian Sommers both point out that now is not the time to radically go off course with talent management programs, but rather take the opportunity to build for the future. This is a topic we’ve discussed before on this blog, [...]

I recently read an interesting post from Rebecca Morgan about how to reposition workplace training as a positive investment in people, as opposed to enforced punishment. She cites a well-known story about US Airways pilots who, because of the increase in fuel prices, were forced to take fuel-management courses if they ordered extra fuel for their flights. The pilots felt limiting the fuel was unsafe and the training insulting. US Airways felt it [...]

Bersin & Associates recently published The Top 22 for Talent Management, which is based on two years of research and analysis. They found that these 22 talent management practices “drive the highest business impact.” You can check out the full top 22 list here.

I wanted to discuss the list because it provides a tangible and well-researched analysis that can be used to help guide, and justify your talent management strategy. The top best [...]

I recently had another guest post over at Fistful of Talent as part of the Don’t Feed the Vendors Series, this time on succession planning. I thought this would be a good follow-up to Heather’s succession planning post last week.

Here’s the post, courtesy of Fistful of Talent:

Automating traditional succession planning is a waste of time when you do it like the mob. Why do you need software to help you with succession planning [...]