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Will Shortage of Talent Derail the Brazilian Economy?

     Article: Author: The Wharton School | Source: HR Executive Online | 2 days ago

Brazil is on track for yet another year of above-average GDP performance. This boom, however, poses challenges for the country. Chief among them is a shortage of qualified labor.

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Spending Up For Learning, Development

     Article: Author: Michael O'Brien | Source: HR Executive Online | 2 days ago

Organizations substantially increased spending on learning and development over the past few years, according to the two new reports.
The American Society for Training and Development's 2011 State of the Industry Report finds that organizations in the United States spent $171.5 billion on employee learning in 2010, up from $125.8 billion in 2009 -- an increase of 36 percent.

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'Rank and Yank' Retains Vocal Fans

     Article: Author: Leslie Kwoh | Source: The Wall Street Journal | February 2, 2012

When it's time for annual reviews at LendingTree, there's one question on every employee's mind: Am I a 1, 2 or 3? Managers at the online lending exchange rate workers on a three-step scale, based on individual goals and performance. The top 15% are told they are "1s," the middle 75% are designated "2s" and the bottom 10% are assigned "3s." Managers are also ranked by their respective bosses.

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VUCA: the New Normal for Talent Management and Workforce Planning

     Article: Author: Dr. John Sullivan | Source: ere.net | January 26, 2012

If you are among the many strategic leaders frustrated with your inability to anticipate and handle the volatility and the speed of change in the talent management environment, you should take a few minutes to understand VUCA. VUCA best describes the volatile and chaotic business, economic, and physical environment that we all now face. Unless you have had your head in the sand, you must have noticed the chaotic business and economic conditions under which we currently operate. In fact, the last decade was so chaotic that in its cover story, Time magazine labeled it “the decade from hell.”

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Transform HR Into a Revenue-Impact Function to Increase Your Strategic Impact

     Article: Author: Dr. John Sullivan | Source: ere.net | January 26, 2012

HR and talent management leaders are constantly striving to become more strategic. But more often than not it seems that when they are presented with a strategic alternative that really breaks new ground, they retreat and stick with the status quo. However, if you are serious about making a strategic impact and you take a minute to reflect, it’s hard to think of many things that could have more of a strategic impact than increasing corporate revenues.

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City Beat: Seattle

City Beat: Seattle

Blog: Author: Alan Mellish | Source: HCI | 1 day ago
2012 Strategy and Workforce Planning Conference Part 4: Kaiser Permanente’s Workforce Planning

2012 Strategy and Workforce Planning Conference Part 4: Kaiser Permanente’s Workforce Planning

Blog: Author: Alan Mellish | Source: HCI | February 1, 2012
2012 Strategy and Workforce Planning Conference Part 3: The Science of People at Google

2012 Strategy and Workforce Planning Conference Part 3: The Science of People at Google

Blog: Author: Alan Mellish | Source: HCI | February 1, 2012
2012 Strategy and Workforce Planning Conference Part 2: Workforce Planning on a Shoestring

2012 Strategy and Workforce Planning Conference Part 2: Workforce Planning on a Shoestring

Blog: Author: Alan Mellish | Source: HCI | January 31, 2012
HCI's 2012 Strategy and Workforce Planning Conference “Dude, just use behavioral influence”

HCI's 2012 Strategy and Workforce Planning Conference “Dude, just use behavioral influence”

Blog: Author: Alan Mellish | Source: HCI | January 31, 2012