The way in which the UK’s biggest companies are reporting on human capital issues is improving, according to a new research report from the Valuing Your Talent partnership. The analysis of FTSE 100 companies found that the majority of companies have increased their disclosure on...
Talent development today is a highly complex, multi-faceted field that is changing at the speed of light, with new and emerging technology innovations and tools, research and approaches rapidly shifting how we lead, develop and measure performance of our teams and our talent....
Written by: Brian Sommer - diginomica.com A top consultancy opined recently that a CEO of a firm can’t afford to take the time to develop the executives directly under him/her. Their reasoning is that the job of a CEO, particularly of a large firm, is...
Written by: Mindy Hall - entrepreneur.com When a company launches, everyone wears many hats. The CEO may make sales calls and develop products and the CFO may handle HR and order office supplies. The marketing, sales and product teams may all be one and the same. Everyone feels...
Written by: Derek du Preez - diginomica.com Although Coca-Cola Enterprises has a very close partnership with the Coca-Cola itself, the two should not be confused. Whilst Coca-Cola is responsible for corporate strategy, innovation and brand development, Coca-Cola Enterprises (CCE) is in charge of the production and distribution...
Written by: Richard Feloni - businessinsider.com.au Since joining Google as its senior vice president of People Operations in 2006, Laszlo Bock has seen the company transform into a powerful global company, growing from 6,000 employees to nearly 60,000. With his team, Bock developed management strategies to make...
Geniuses can be managed. Picture: BBC Written by: Pree Sarkar, Searchcraft One of the most frustrating and personally challenging things to deal with as a manager is having a top performing team member who performs really well, but is difficult to work with. In sales teams, this...
Written by: humanresourcesonline.net If you have experienced organisational change that has impacted employee engagement and retention negatively, there may be reasons for understanding what has caused this. Caroline Palmstedt, talent management lead for Asia Pacific at Monsanto, shares the neuroscience behind why organisational change can fail. While most...
Written by: Heather R. Huhman It looks like organizations are missing the mark on leadership development. Only 35 percent of U.S. managers are engaged in their jobs, according to a Gallup’s State of the American Manager report analyzing responses from 2,564 U.S. managers surveyed in September and...
Written by: Mike Ettling - sap.com A better-prepared workforce delivers better results. And companies with above-average revenue growth are more likely to provide employees with advanced training and development programs, as well as give their workers access to the information they need to not just get...