The Talent Management Revolution

By Zac Upchurch & Marc Effron In our new research report, we release the surprisingly long journey of Talent Management, reflect on the state of Talent Management today, and outline how Talent Management is positioned to add value to the organization unlike ever before. We characterize this journey…

The From-To: 10 Years of Talent Management

Our field gained traction about ten years ago when most companies were either adding or exploring how to add Talent Management as a function. In the years that have passed we’ve made amazing progress in some areas and shown our weakness in others.

The Hard Truth about Effective Performance Management

The hard truth about performance management is that its success – like most good things – requires challenging and sometimes unpleasant work.

Your Potential Model is Wrong (or at least not right)

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.

How Clear is Your Talent Strategy?

Surprisingly few organizations can crisply explain their talent strategy or show the tangible links to company success. We offer below an approach for creating a simple, thorough and powerful plan for using talent to reach your business goals.

In Praise of the SOB CEO

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.

Calculating the Optimal Length of Time to Lie to Your Employees

73% of companies have decided that lying to their employees about their potential to advance is the right choice. Does their logic hold up? We present compelling reasons why more transparency – especially with your top talent — is always the right choice.

We Love Ratings!

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.

How Healthy are your Talent Practices?

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.

InConversation: Hilton

A Conversation With Matthew Schuyler Chief Human Resources Officer at Hilton Matthew W. Schuyler is the Chief Human Resources Officer for Hilton and leads the company’s global human resources organization. Since joining the company in 2009, Mr. Schuyler has been responsible for strategy, recruitment and talent management, learning…