Succession of top leaders and especially CEOs makes news. And it should, since it creates turmoil for most organizations. Only 14 percent of organizations are well prepared to deal with the sudden loss of its key leaders, according to a survey by American Management Association Corporate Learning Solutions. But while CEO succession is certainly important, [...]

We know how pervasive social media is with Generation Y. But The Pew Internet & American Life Project reports: 42% – Friending Grandma. Half of Internet users from 50 to retirement age are using social networking sites at nearly twice the rate as before. This means a large percentage of your organization has had some [...]

That’s part of the subtitle of the recent book The Talent Masters: Why Smart Leaders Put People Before Numbers by Bill Conaty and Ram Charan. Focusing on leadership stories, Supervising Success in The Wall Street Journal highlights the book’s leadership development anecdotes. Articles in The Economist and The Globe & Mail summarize the book further. [...]

Amid an upbeat economic outlook, focus naturally shifts to strategies for growth. But are we ready to drive forward? One study found: Fewer than 60 percent, and, at times fewer than 50 percent of respondents, view the C-suite and executive leadership as effective in four capabilities, including foreseeing future trends, developing a compelling strategy, managing [...]

The Shift Index Macroeconomic Report 2010: Measuring the forces of long term change by Deloitte provides a lot of food for thought, especially the impact of social networking in talent strategies. Of note are the opportunities for enhancing your people processes with social talent management especially when recruiting and retaining Generation Y. Social media is [...]