Holistic Talent Management for the Health of Your Business
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Organizational strength is grounded in tacit knowledge. Knowing who our leaders are as human beings helps motivate and align our organizations.
My strategic initiatives (SI) team at Bellevue University has been involved in developing and deploying a social learning strategy since July 2010. The experience has produced some valuable lessons.
Workplace mentors used to be older and higher up the ranks than their mentees. Not anymore.
In an effort to school senior executives in technology, social media and the latest workplace trends, many businesses are pairing upper management with younger employees in a practice known as reverse mentoring. The trend is taking off at a range of companies, from tech to advertising.
Zynga’s chief executive, Mark Pincus, got an earful from employees last month.
In dozens of e-mails to a companywide list, frustrated workers complained about the long hours and stressful deadline periods. The quarterly staff survey solicited 1,600 responses, with plenty of criticism, including one person who said he planned to cash out and leave after the initial public offering.
Mr. Pincus took note, going through the comments and highlighting select excerpts. At a Zynga meeting several days later, he read some of the most acerbic words. Mr. Pincus said he was aware of the problems, but needed the staff’s guidance to fix them.
Fortune sat down with Randy MacDonald, IBM's worldwide HR czar, to learn how the company trains global leaders.
