Ideas and innovations are the lifeblood of any function and we hope that our articles produce these for you. Read the more than 50 original articles and research summaries on topics across the spectrum of talent.
06 March 2019
A great process is superior to good intentions - and we should use that fact as we try to reduce bias in performance management.
20 December 2018
What to avoid when confronted with new and challenging information.
25 October 2018
Worried about global engagement numbers? Think again.
30 August 2018
What remains after intense debate marked the landscape of performance management over the last five years.
23 August 2018
An analysis of how today's HR leaders climbed to the top.
18 May 2018
How to get more comfortable with transparency.
29 March 2018
A simple yet powerful tool to drive insights, awareness and action.
06 February 2018
Typical competency approaches don’t help managers to accelerate development or provide employee with a guide for managing their careers. A fundamentally different solution is needed if we want to grow better talent faster.
06 February 2018
The consistently poor execution of employee development processes is rooted in naïve optimism about how managers and employees will act.
05 January 2018
A new year brings new directions and we’re seeing some definitive Talent Management trends emerge for 2018.
12 October 2017
Most companies hold talent reviews. Few execute them to their maximum benefit. Our experience conducting hundreds of talent reviews and building the process for complex global companies shows us that six factors create a successful talent review.
21 September 2017
Companies can manufacture talent in the same way that they manufacture any other product – using a structured and disciplined production line.
19 September 2017
How to conduct an HR audit that really matters using science-based insights and practical experience.
01 June 2016
For your company to get more than its "fair share" of talent, your leaders must grow better talent faster than your competitors. We describe the six capabilities that allow them to do that.
21 April 2016
Distilling wisdom from his talent philosophy engagements with top global companies, Marc Effron updates his classic article "What's Your Talent Philosophy?" to provide case studies and specific details on implementation.
07 February 2016
Great goal setting is the surest, clearest path to increasing your organization's performance. We show you exactly how to get there.
29 July 2015
Many of us believe that the most effective executives are great coaches, highly relatable, strong relationship builders who get results. Some practical examples and some challenging research about CEO effectiveness may cause you to embrace a new model of the ideal CEO.
29 July 2015
The ability to accurately predict potential is the Holy Grail of Human Resources – long rumored, never found. So it’s curious that Human Resource consulting firms have recently put their sales and marketing teams in overdrive to convince you that they’ve identified the genuine item.
26 April 2015
We avoid assessing our talent practices for the same reasons that we avoid scheduling an annual physical exam. In both cases, it’s in your best interest to
make sure that little aches don’t become big pains.
26 April 2015
There’s plenty of passion and noise behind the movement to eliminate performance
ratings. Now might be a good time to examine what the science and practical
realities say about the validity of this approach.
Few human resource practices promise as much and deliver as little as today’s competency model. There is a better way.
