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ReInventing Talent Management

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Now that the Fall has arrived in earnest, it is time to take a look at what matters in our current economic climate. Talent Management should be the main focus of strategic intent as we climb out of our recession. Maximizing performance is key to economic survival. What talent management factors influence one-third of your financial performance? Interested in improving the bottom line as well as creating a culture where innovation is key? Do you know how to measure for impact? This book is a must for anyone involved in talent management.

Reinventing Talent Management: How to Maximize Performance in the New Marketplace

The Talent Code

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Growing talent is becoming one of the most important topics in any business conversation. Nature or nuture? An ancient question yes – but this book sheds light on new information to be considered in the answer. From outlining how deep practice can increase skill up to ten times faster to how to ignite passion and commitment, this book explores how neuroscience – the workings of our brain – impacts our ability to not only grow talent, but cultivate and nourish it as sustainable practice.

If you manage people, you need to read this book.


The Talent Code: Greatness Isn’t Born. It’s Grown. Here’s How.

The Element

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Ken Robinson is one of my favorites on ted.com.  His original ted talk in 2006 on how our school system kills creativity is worth watching.  His second performance at Ted in 2010, Robinson’s focus is on our crisis in human resources – the lack of creativity.  He states that human resources are like natural resources – they are buried deep and you have to go digging for them. He calls for a revolution in education and I cannot agree more. Our schools are failing to develop the levels of creativity and innovation necessary to move us out of this economic crisis.  Robinson compares our current education system to fast food where everything is standardized to the lowest common denominator.  We need to do better if we are to survive.

In his new book, The Element, Robinson interviews some of the  most successful people on the planet to discover how found a way to live their passion and survive.  His point rests on our need for communities that have a diversity of talent, not a singular conception of ability.  If we focus on our passion – that which excites our spirit and our energy – what a difference it makes to the health and wealth of our organizations and our communities.

Food for thought for the summer.

The Element: How Finding Your Passion Changes Everything