Succession planning and individual development often are treated as if they are synonymous. While development certainly is an important succession tool, you can have succession without development - think of the last time an external hire was recruited for a key positio... More »

Career Development , Senior Leaders & Executives

Beginner Level Content , Career Planning , Leadership Development , Skills Gap , Training and Development - General

The Five Most Important Questions You Will Ever Ask About Your Organization Peter F. Drucker Jossey-Bass This book claims that "nobody ever asked better questions than Peter Drucker," and we certainly agree. Developed 15 years ago as a self-assessment tool for social se... More »

Career Development

Career Development , Intermediate-level Content , Trends

Talent management is the process through which employers anticipate and meet their needs for human capital. Getting the right people with the right skills into the right jobs - a common definition of talent management - is the basic people management challenge in any or... More »

Career Development , Learning & Development

Global Workforce Development , Integrated Talent Management , Intermediate-level Content

Learning Executive Briefing: What responsibilities does your particular job entail at Allstate? Groff: My job has changed over my five-year tenure. I was brought in to oversee the learning and development role. In the first several months, I proposed a focus on managing... More »

Career Development , Human Capital

Career Development , Integrated Talent Management , Managing the Learning Function

Zenobia: The Curious Book of Business By Matthew Emmens and Beth Kephart Berrett-Koehler Publishers This work from pharmaceuticals CEO Emmens and poet-novelist-journalist Kephart concerns a topsy-turvy organization, which should prove oddly familiar to nearly everyone. ... More »

Career Development , Global Human Resources Development

Economy , Informal Learning , Intermediate-level Content , Jobs , Trends