Talent Development

Courage, according to Aristotle, is the first virtue…because it makes all the other virtues possible.  If that’s true, then courage is also the first business virtue.  After all, courage is the lifeblood of such important business concepts as leadership, innovation, and entrepreneurship.  Indeed, in the absence of courage, these concepts don’t exist!
But how do you go about being courageous during tough economic times?
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I have a friend (we all have this friend) who is successful, financially comfortable and yet not terribly happy.  It makes you wonder, because these friends always seem to have it all - why wouldn’t they wake each morning and do the chicken dance?  The “right spouse,” good job, big house, great kids, all the chocolate you want, but happiness still seems elusive.  What about the other people we know who don’t have as much material goods, but are always upbeat and living life every day?  Outside of basic living requirements, happiness has little to do with how much you own or how much you earn.  It does however have everything to do with what’s in your head – and it turns out we can manipulate and change our happiness levels by taking a different view of everything around us.  Turns out happiness is a choice; it’s all dependent on the lens you use to perceive the world, and that perception makes all the difference in how you live your life, and how you perform in business. more »

HCI is kicking off a brand new Guest Blogger Program where we will be featuring thought leaders on topics related to Talent Management each month!  Here’s your opportunity to directly engage with our 195,000 members worldwide to share best practices, “next practices," new ideas or even case studies on the most important human capital issues of our time. more »

"There is No Career Path," "Career Paths are Dead," or the slightly less fatalistic "Career Paths Fade Away" - all recent headlines in notable news outlets teeing up a topic on the minds of a large swath of employees and employers alike. I have many concerns about formalized career paths, but luckily for readers, austere editorial constraints prevent me from droning on and on! Alas, I will try to focus my 750 words on the issues I find most neglected and absent from the majority of discussions I’ve read on the topic of career paths. more »