Today we are starting a new weekly feature called “Taleo Research Recommends,” where we will describe and link to some of the best content – articles, blog posts, research, and more – that we have come across in recent weeks. We will be focusing of course on Talent Management and its particular practice areas, but [...]

Continuing in our series of posts on the critical topic of developing emerging leaders (see here and here), it is important to recognize that leadership development is a complex endeavor. Unfortunately, organizations haven’t always stepped up and provided the kind of robust solutions required to do it well. Over the past several decades, organizations’ leadership [...]

Leadership development remains challenging in part because it spans across many talent management practices. And yet numerous recent studies – from i4CP to Hewitt to IBM – all indicate leadership development and pipeline to be the number one concern. Organizations that do leadership development consistently well create sophisticated development programs that are tailored for all leaders [...]

Leadership development and capacity has always been a key concern for executives and senior HR professionals. But this concern has been heightened in recent years by factors such as increasing globalization and business complexity, as well as the impending retirement of vast numbers of seasoned leaders. At a time when organizations need more high-quality, experienced [...]

Improving performance management practices is a year-long effort requiring a focus on process and technology. We’re now halfway through the year, and for many organizations this means it’s time for semi-annual performance reviews or check-ins. But it’s also a good time to re-evaluate those practices and the solutions through which you conduct them. So with [...]

In the proliferation of new studies on corporate talent issues, a single theme emerges: high-value talent is hard to find and hard to keep. PwC US’ Growth Reimagined: The talent race is back on report notes more than half of the global and U.S. CEO respondents (51 percent global; 55 percent U.S.) plan to increase [...]