Insights

It’s Harvard’s best-selling book on talent that revolutionized how talent is assessed, grown and engaged. Read the book often called the “talent management bible.”

The secrets behind HR success lie beneath the organization design. How you bring that structure to life, through the people within it, will differentiate your success far more than the design ever can.

Our experience conducting hundreds of talent reviews and building the process for complex global companies shows us that six factors create a successful talent review. We believe that it’s less about the tool and more about the process.

What makes a Fortune 200 CHRO? Find out in the third edition of the CHRO Trends Report, the in-depth guide and analysis of today’s leading Chief Human Resources Officers.

How can you accurately predict potential? Hear leading practitioner and academic Allan Church and leading talent voice Marc Effron as they present and discuss what we know (and don’t) on the topic.

The surprising findings in our Global HR Census raise questions about the purpose of HR in today’s organizations and the typical HR leader’s mindset as they approach their job.

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.

The right mindset will take you farther, faster on your journey to grow great talent. Too often we let our personal preferences override a more practical, outcome-focused approach. In these two short essays, “The Unimportance of Being Earnest” and “About that Horse . . .”, we help you build the mindset that will make you an outstanding talent builder.

If you believe that having a growth mindset means that if you try harder you can accomplish more, you don’t need to read this article. We agree and the science in areas from self-efficacy to goal setting to motivation supports that exerting more effort often leads to better results. However, if you believe that growth mindset means that different outcomes in life will occur if someone has a Fixed Mindset or a Growth Mindset, or that it’s possible to increase one’s intelligence or change one’s personality, please keep reading.