Improving Economy Boosts Talent Management Efforts

Phaedra Brotherton

As the economy turns around, companies are looking to retain and attract top talent to drive innovation, and they're renewing their focus on talent management programs to support these efforts, according to a new global study on rewards and benefits. More »

Coaching for Catalysts: Creating Great Coaching Moments

Premium Content
Lisa Haneberg

When thinking about what distinguishes great from poor coaching, I remember a conversation I overheard early in my career. I was 20 years old, with an ego that outpaced my accomplishments by a long shot (in other words, I was a normal 20-year-old). I am going to call th... More »

Putting Hard Numbers to Soft Investments

Paula Ketter

We spent a good portion of 2010 examining how workplace learning fits into the Web 2.0 phenomenon, and those learning professionals who hadn't ventured into this arena began dabbling in social media tools to find new ways to deliver learning and development solutions. More »

The Professional Pigeonhole: How to Escape and Expand Your Career Options

Premium Content
Lori Brewer Collins

As professionals, we pride ourselves on developing expertise and becoming invaluable members of our organizations. But what happens when we become too valuable - when our well-developed and widely admired expertise becomes the very thing that keeps us pigeonholed? I've ... More »

Talent Management Can Be Taught

Ann Pace

A review of The Talent Masters: Why Smart Leaders Put People Before Numbers by Bill Conaty and Ram Charan More »