What Is Talent Management?

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Larry Israelite

Talent management isnt a new concept to human resources leaders or to major companies, but it takes on new meaning and greater importance in volatile economic times. The definition of talent management varies among industries, companies, and even branches of the same bu... More »

The Wall Is Down: How Integrating Work and Life Makes Better Organizations

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Frederick A. Miller

Back in the old daysabout 20 years agopeople were discouraged from taking care of personal issues at work. At the same time, they were expected to just do their jobs, without making decisions or brainstorming better ways to do things. Both of those mindsets are long gon... More »

Innovating Performance Improvement

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Jeff Garton

How serious are you about performance improvement? Are you serious enough to stop fooling yourself into believing that employers can control how workers think and feel, and therefore how well they perform? Thats the fundamental idea behind job satisfaction and engagemen... More »

The 3 Conditions of Accountability

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Jeff Grimshaw

There are three kinds of employees. Saints are always accountable. Sinners arent. Most employees are save-ables. Sometimes save-ables make good choices; sometimes they dont. Theyll consistently perform and do the right things, but only under certain conditions. To creat... More »

The Art of Coaching: An Interview with David C. Logan and John King (Part One)

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George Hall

David C. Logan and John King believe that a real leader at any level is also a coach. The key to problem solving is identifying the right problem from the beginning and saying what youll do about it. In this two-part interview to be published in the March and April issu... More »