Earlier this year, Taleo Research, in partnership with Human Capital Institute, released a research report titled The Business Impact of Talent Intelligence. The underlying survey asked 600 organizations which of 37 talent management metrics they considered most important, and which they had the most reliable access to data. Beyond the analysis in the paper itself, [...]

All work within an organization is important, yet certain roles are essential to operations and directly drive business goals and results. These roles are mission critical, often require high skill levels, and frequently are in high demand within specific industries. As a result, the talent to perform in these roles is typically quite scarce. Organizations [...]

Every now and then a story comes along that is so inspirational it can generate tears of happiness. After such initial emotional reactions pass, if you have time to reflect you’ll often find a bounty of lessons that can be drawn from the story – whether success in the face of daunting challenges; integrity and [...]

This post is in some respects a part 2 of the series I started with my early February posting “Talent Management and the Latest Television Commercials, Part 1.” I say that because the genesis of this post is a commercial that has been running in the Northeast US the past couple of years, around the [...]

The March unemployment numbers for the United States were released by the Bureau of Labor Statistics this morning. While the numbers were mixed as usual, the primary number – nonfarm payroll employment rising by only 120,000 – was significantly lower than the consensus estimate of mainstream economists. In fact, many say that such a number is [...]

If you have used the London Underground transport system, you can’t help but be familiar with the phrase “Mind the Gap.” This ubiquitous warning is used in symbols, on floor markings, and is regularly said aloud to warn passengers on The Tube of the gap between the train doors and the station platform. I wasn’t [...]

In the February 2012 issue of Talent Management magazine, Jac Fitz-enz’s wrote an interesting column titled “Metrics Need Context.” He begins with the following admission: “Whenever the subject of metrics or analytics comes up, people immediately start asking what they should measure. When I ran Saratoga Institute I used to publish “Dr. Jac’s Top Ten Metrics.” [...]

With so many negative headlines every night from politics, the economy, global hot spots, and more, it is nice when we see an attention-grabbing positive story – let alone one that has remained hot for several weeks. I’m referring of course to the Jeremy Lin story, the seemingly out-of-nowhere professional basketball sensation that is delighting [...]

In one sense, it is a little strange to speak of any sort of gap between learning and performance in an organization. After all, true learning – the acquisition of knowledge, skills, and competencies through experience, practice, training, or other means – naturally leads to performance improvement when applied on the job. The degree of [...]

The 46th Super Bowl was played on Sunday, and it was a great game – a real nail biter at the end. This annual event long ago surpassed being just a game and is now more of a spectacle, a phenomenon that everyone – not just fans of NFL football – can enjoy. The half-time [...]

In one sense, it is a little strange to speak of any sort of gap between learning and performance in an organization. After all, true learning – the acquisition of knowledge, skills, and competencies through experience, practice, training, or other means – naturally leads to performance improvement when applied on the job. The degree of [...]

It is a busy time of year for fans of NFL football. An exciting regular season recently wrapped up, one which saw several records broken. Now the playoffs are underway, with some exciting games this past weekend, including yet another impressive result from Denver’s QB Tim Tebow in an upset win over Pittsburgh. But something [...]

   Last week Adobe announced that they are ending further development of their popular Flash plugin technology for use in mobile device browsers, noting: “HTML5 is now universally supported on major mobile devices, in some cases exclusively.  This makes HTML5 the best solution for creating and deploying content in the browser across mobile platforms. We [...]

   Social media is finding its way into countless aspects of business, and recruiting is far from immune. On the contrary, Social Recruiting is sparking innovation and significant benefits for those organizations that move beyond initial skepticism and embrace the new paradigm and technologies. In July, Taleo hosted a webinar on the subject of Social [...]

Several recent surveys and research papers, including those from Deloitte and Taleo Research, indicate the top strategic talent issues for 2012: leadership development, talent mobility, and building critical talent pipelines. For most organizations these are overlapping challenges, involving simultaneous focus and investment in talent acquisition, development, retention – and importantly – talent intelligence. Leadership Development This month [...]

During times of robust economic growth, suggesting we face a “War for Talent” and arguing for the importance of strong talent management practices and solutions are fairly uncontroversial claims. But doing so during slow-growth, or even recessionary, economic times require a bit more explanation. So with apologies to Charles Dickens, I thought now — as we transition from [...]

    The American Society for Training and Development (ASTD) is again celebrating employee learning in organizations with their Employee Learning Week (ELW) program from December 5-9, 2011. As their website describes, “Employee Learning Week is an awareness campaign highlighting the important connection between learning and achieving organizational results.” For organizations, recognition of ELW can range [...]

October is a month filled with spooky imagery and themes, so it is a good time to review some of the “monsters” that can exist in the workplace. I’ll also put on my Van Helsing hat and provide some tips on how you can kill each monster with help from talent management best practices and [...]

This post is in some respects a part 2 of the series I started with my early February posting “Talent Management and the Latest Television Commercials, Part 1.” I say that because the genesis of this post is a commercial that has been running in the Northeast US the past couple of years, around the [...]

   Is your organization high-performing?  This was the question asked by Susan Annunzio, in the most comprehensive study of knowledge workers ever conducted.  Annunzio is CEO of The Center for High Performance and was a recent guest of Inside the Taleo Talent Studio where she detailed the results of this study and insights from her [...]

Earlier this year, Taleo Research, in partnership with Human Capital Institute, released a research report titled The Business Impact of Talent Intelligence. The underlying survey asked 600 organizations which of 37 talent management metrics they considered most important, and which they had the most reliable access to data. Beyond the analysis in the paper itself, [...]

All work within an organization is important, yet certain roles are essential to operations and directly drive business goals and results. These roles are mission critical, often require high skill levels, and frequently are in high demand within specific industries. As a result, the talent to perform in these roles is typically quite scarce. Organizations [...]

Every now and then a story comes along that is so inspirational it can generate tears of happiness. After such initial emotional reactions pass, if you have time to reflect you’ll often find a bounty of lessons that can be drawn from the story – whether success in the face of daunting challenges; integrity and [...]

This post is in some respects a part 2 of the series I started with my early February posting “Talent Management and the Latest Television Commercials, Part 1.” I say that because the genesis of this post is a commercial that has been running in the Northeast US the past couple of years, around the [...]

The March unemployment numbers for the United States were released by the Bureau of Labor Statistics this morning. While the numbers were mixed as usual, the primary number – nonfarm payroll employment rising by only 120,000 – was significantly lower than the consensus estimate of mainstream economists. In fact, many say that such a number is [...]

If you have used the London Underground transport system, you can’t help but be familiar with the phrase “Mind the Gap.” This ubiquitous warning is used in symbols, on floor markings, and is regularly said aloud to warn passengers on The Tube of the gap between the train doors and the station platform. I wasn’t [...]

In the February 2012 issue of Talent Management magazine, Jac Fitz-enz’s wrote an interesting column titled “Metrics Need Context.” He begins with the following admission: “Whenever the subject of metrics or analytics comes up, people immediately start asking what they should measure. When I ran Saratoga Institute I used to publish “Dr. Jac’s Top Ten Metrics.” [...]

With so many negative headlines every night from politics, the economy, global hot spots, and more, it is nice when we see an attention-grabbing positive story – let alone one that has remained hot for several weeks. I’m referring of course to the Jeremy Lin story, the seemingly out-of-nowhere professional basketball sensation that is delighting [...]

In one sense, it is a little strange to speak of any sort of gap between learning and performance in an organization. After all, true learning – the acquisition of knowledge, skills, and competencies through experience, practice, training, or other means – naturally leads to performance improvement when applied on the job. The degree of [...]

The 46th Super Bowl was played on Sunday, and it was a great game – a real nail biter at the end. This annual event long ago surpassed being just a game and is now more of a spectacle, a phenomenon that everyone – not just fans of NFL football – can enjoy. The half-time [...]