The Rainmaker 'Fab Five' Blog Picks of the Week

With all the great posts hitting the Blogosphere this past week on the topics of leadership, talent management, and human resource management, we'd like to point you to five posts (and a bonus pick!) that we consider to be the best of the best for the week of December 15th to December 21st, 2008.

Wally Bock, Three Star Leadership: Layoff Survivors: The Few, The Fatigued, The Forgotten - Understandably, victims of corporate layoffs receive a lot of attention in the media.  What we don't hear much about are the layoff survivors who keep their jobs.  Wally takes a look at some resent research on layoff survivors and discusses the management challenges they present.  Also, be sure to download Wally's free whitepaper on managing headcount in a downturn.

Steve Roesler, All Things Workplace: Stress, Fear, Action, Relief - Steve takes a look at workplace fear and stress and how taking action can provide relief. 

Jon Ingham's Strategic Human Capital Management (HCM) Blog: Human vs. Financial Capital - Jon examines the old saying "Our people are our greatest asset" by comparing the trends in human versus financial capital. 

John Agno, The Leadership Blog: Without a Sales Process: Expect Little Revenue - Jon reminds us of the importance of a sales process to driving sales performance and company revenues.

Nina Simosko: Leadership Pheromones - Ever noticed how some people seem to naturally command respect from others and assume leadership roles?  Nina takes a look at the "leadership pheromones" these individuals possess that make them natural leaders. 

Bonus Pick: Ann Bares of Compensation Force reports on an interesting reward and compensation plan being used by Credit Suisse whereby the company is unloading toxic assets from its balance sheet and giving them to employees as a part of their total compensation package.