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By: Marc EffronTalent Strategy Group An experienced manager stops by your office and slumps into the chair across from you.  “Something isn’t working and I need your insights,” he says with a deep sigh. “We have a process in my group that has no clear objective, no direct link to improving business results, little quality […]

By: Marc EffronTalent Strategy Group Your CEO is thinking about two things right now: 1. Are we going to make our quarter and our year? and, 2. Do we have the right people to execute our strategy? Performance and Potential. The CEO’s thoughts should be great news if you’re an HR practitioner. We in HR […]

By: Marc EffronTalent Strategy Group Manuela MorelliTalentum Consulting What Does Talent Mean to You? Picture this scene: A group of people sits around a light wood table in a nonprofit’s conference room. An HR partner is holding a competency map, a programme director with rolled-up sleeves, a project manager checking their phone, and an executive […]

Marc EffronPresident, Talent Strategy Group The new year brings bold new challenges, so we present a list of our predictions for HR (and thinly disguised hopes) for 2026.  1. Employers clarify the deal: In 2024, Dell Technology made transparent what other executives spoke about only behind closed doors. Dell said that, as part of a […]

by: Marc Effron and Jim Shanley The answer never changes. Every year a global strategy consulting firm will survey executives to ask which topics are most important to them. Every year “having more better quality talent” is a top three priority. Organizations have progressed unevenly towards achieving that goal. Our global experience as consultants and […]

You’re either in one, planning one or finishing one. More than 80% of organizations say they’ve just completed or will soon start to transform their HR organization. Whether driven by a technology upgrade, cost reductions or the desire to improve HR service quality, we find a common reaction at the end of HR transformation efforts […]

Most of our clients want to elevate performance in their organization. Yet many hesitate until they have the excuse of a restructuring or redesign to take the first step. We believe there’s no bad time to start increasing performance and that the process starts with a note from the CEO. That CEO note tells the […]

It’s such a common scenario in talent reviews that we’ve even given it a name – upper right bias. That’s when managers place a strangely large percentage of their team in the high potential category, typically located in the upper right section of their potential tool. That upper right bias could be due to managers […]

Somewhere above the intersection of high performers and high potentials exists a rare and exceptionally capable type of talent. Their contributions are five times, ten times, up to fifty times larger than the average employee. They’re so rare that you might not have one in your company. We know that they’re often found in creative […]