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Want a Data-Driven Organization? Start with Your Talent Strategy

Organizational Talent Consulting

But, unlocking the full potential of what is possible requires a talent strategy tightly aligned with your company's data analytics strategy. Executives with the right analytics infrastructure and the right talent in the right place have a significant competitive advantage. Architecting culture is an essential activity for leaders.

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3 Reasons to Invest in A Leadership Development Program

Organizational Talent Consulting

When companies look for a competitive advantage, there is often talk about making leadership development investments. But during these conversations, leadership development programs are typically questioned. The truth is that leadership is more than a position, and event-driven development often fails to create lasting change.

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If You're a SME Make Extra Money with GLG

Successful Independent Consulting

My colleague Nancy says that someone in an area like talent management may not be specialized enough to get many project requests; they’d do better if they specialized in a subset of talent management like sales compensation or talent management software. How can I sign up to become a Council Member?

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Embracing Selfless Love in the Workplace

Organizational Talent Consulting

Key #2: Development Like leadership behaviors, selfless love can be developed. Evidence suggests that development specific to selfless love should include knowledge transfer, reasoning, and practice elements. Development primarily takes place through role modeling with intentional time for feedback. Vitucci, S., &

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Ten Factors to Consider Before Jumping into Independent Consulting

Successful Independent Consulting

I made the leap to independent consulting in 2004 and never looked back. Now I run a national talent agency for HR consultants as well as the Professional Independent Consultants of America, both organizations that help independent consultants be successful. One way to get over the psychological hurdle is to avoid calling it “sales”.

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Continuous Development Will Change Organizations as Much as Agile Did

Harvard Business

In 2001, a new approach to technology development was created by a daring group of developers. Called Agile, the process put customers at the center of product development, encouraged rapid prototyping, and dramatically increased corporate speed and agility. aleksandarvelasevic/Getty Images. Run more experiments.

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As Work Changes, Leadership Development Has to Keep Up

Harvard Business

As work itself is changing, some of the basic tenets of leadership development are being challenged. IBM has been building a talent system that both aligns with and accelerates this phenomenon of the external disaggregation of work. Developing Tomorrow’s Leaders. How talent management is changing. Insight Center.