Year End Advice from Industry Experts
DDI Presents 10 Talent Resolutions for 2010
Wednesday, December 16, 2009
As businesses round the corner to another year, a new decade and hope of recovery, it’s time for organizations to take a hard look at talent practices, according to talent management expert Development Dimensions International (DDI), who compiled the “ 10 Talent Resolutions for 2010.”
Throughout the month of December, words of wisdom from top industry thought leaders will be posted on DDI’s blog, Talent Management Intelligence. Contributors are: management writers Ellen McGirt ( Fast Company senior writer), Alexandra Levit (author and Wall Street Journal columnist) and John Hollon (editor, Workforce magazine); bloggers Dan McCarthy (Great Leadership) and Heather Daigle (Speak the Culture); industry thought leaders Peter Cappelli (Wharton School of Business) and Josh Bersin (Bersin & Associates); along with DDI’s Mike Hoban (Senior Consultant), Matt Paese (Vice President) and Barry Stern (Vice President).
Some highlights of the resolution countdown include:
- In #9-Be the Love, Ellen McGirt declares, “When people get to become better versions of themselves, by virtue of the work they do, the world changes for the better.”
- “Most leaders have good intentions but are often set up to fail,” Dan McCarthy explains in #8-Repair the Reputation of Leadership.
- “With a possible economic recovery on the horizon, it is time for America’s business leaders to step up and start helping America’s workforce out of its funk,” warns John Hollon in #6-Walk the Talk.
- Matt Paese observes in #5-Vaccinate: For Growth: “Growth and fear are brothers. As we strive forward, each of us faces our own fears and responds in our own unique ways.”
- “In essence, when our brain goes into threat management mode, our ability to think critically is diminished,” Heather Daigle explains of the brain science behind motivation in #3-Ask More, Tell Less.
- “The reason talent mobility is so critical is that no business stands still,” Josh Bersin explains in #1-Expand Succession Management to Talent Mobility.
The entire series will be available on January 4, 2010 and are posted individually throughout the month of December. |