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How to “Freshen up” your Stale Succession Planning Process

Great Leadership By Dan

I recently asked readers to submit their burning leadership development questions. There was also a room full of talent management practitioners, so it was a lively dialog. For example, if you are looking to expand into a new market, are your succession and development discussions aligned towards achieving that goal?

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What I Learned from Transforming the U.S. Military’s Approach to Talent

Harvard Business Review

When contending for talent in a competitive world, no organization — let alone the largest in the world, with the largest stakes — can afford to lose employees like 2nd Lieutenant Riley. We learned that we would need to change the way we used analytics and data and the way we managed our personnel processes.

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Warren Buffett's 2010 Shareholder Letter: What to Expect

Harvard Business Review

Create a corporate culture that admits problems and maximizes talent : Buffett allocates capital, monitors enterprise risk, chooses the managers, and sets their compensation. Berkshire's talented managers get the P&L independence to run their own businesses. He annually reports on his own mistakes.

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We Need a New Approach to Solve the Innovation Talent Gap

Harvard Business Review

I previously wished for a Shark-Tank for Corporate America to create more efficient capital markets to fund great innovation ideas bogged down by bureaucracy. Many companies lack the right talent to take on important new projects that could help create the business’s next big category. Innovation Talent management'

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Generations Around the Globe

Harvard Business Review

We focused on the generations in eight countries, including the four BRIC nations (Brazil, Russia, India, and China), some of the most important markets for talent over the next decade, as well as one country from the Middle East. We also examined two European countries, the U.K. Highlights from this research.