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  1. Is Intelligence Overrated? May 16, 2012

    Posted in Efficacy, Mike Hyter, Talent Development.

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    For as long as I’ve been in the workforce (over 35 years) I’ve heard people describe others by their interpretation of the person’s intelligence. This quest to determine who is smart and who isn’t as a baseline for considering who should be hired, promoted, etc., has always felt overrated to me. Many of you who [...]

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  2. How Clients Are Feeling About 2012 February 28, 2012

    Posted in Clint Poole, Diversity & Inclusion, Employee Engagement, Learning & Development, Talent Development, Technology & Learning.

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    Each year we engage our customers and members of the Global Novations community in a pulse survey to gain insights into their current Talent Management challenges and priorities.  We are pleased to share those insights with you via the 2012 Global Talent Management Challenges e-report. When looking at this response data versus last year’s report, [...]

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  3. Reverse Mentoring December 21, 2011

    Posted in Diversity & Inclusion, Employee Engagement, Kim Post, Talent Development.

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    Jack Welch is generally credited with creating reverse mentoring a decade ago when he directed his top 500 managers to get a technologically savvy junior employee to teach them how to use the internet.  The idea was that the junior person would be the senior person’s mentor.  What happened, of course, was that the junior [...]

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  4. Closing the Gender Gap December 13, 2011

    Posted in Diversity & Inclusion, Efficacy, Mike Hyter, Talent Development.

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    I was in London recently speaking to a number of senior level HR leaders for various companies. The topic was about how to increase the level of Diversity and Inclusion within their respective businesses. I always enjoy having the chance to engage with leaders from other countries, it’s quite an educational experience. As I spoke [...]

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  5. Mentoring and Sponsoring Women November 28, 2011

    Posted in Kim Post, Talent Development.

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    I was intrigued by the research conducted by Catalyst and reported in the Harvard Business Review (HBR) indicating that traditional mentoring may not improve the potential for women to advance in their careers after all.  More companies than ever before have mentoring programs for women (59% of companies surveyed by the World Economic Forum).  Yet [...]

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  6. The Gifts That Keep on Giving October 31, 2011

    Posted in Diversity & Inclusion, Efficacy, Mike Hyter.

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    Steve Jobs, the well-known founder of Apple, was such a visionary whose contributions are too lengthy to list. The business that he and his team built has truly altered how individuals and businesses communicate and how the world utilizes technology.   It was sad to hear the recent news of his passing, but it was also [...]

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