With all the great posts hitting the Blogosphere this past week on the topics of leadership development, talent management, and human resource management, I would like to point you to five blog posts that I consider to be the best of the best for the week of June 22nd to June 28th.
Tyler Cowen, Fast Company: One Lesson From the Crisis: It's Time to Create Your Own Economy - Fast Company columnists Tyler Cowen wants you to learn a lesson from the current economic crisis. Cowen suggests you rethink the traditional economic definition of personal production and start to create your own economy online through the various social media and networking tools available to you.
Steve Roesler, All Things Workplace: Performance Tip: Recognize the Talent You've Got - Steve has a great post up encouraging you to start walking your employee development talk. One place to start, Steve suggests, is with words of encouragement recognizing the small everyday accomplishments and success of your employees.
Deb Own, 8 Hours and a Lunch: Stopping a Victim Mentality (Taking Responsibility for Your Life) - Deb has a fantastic post up about stopping your victim thinking mindset and taking responsibility for the events in your life. She provides some great tips for recognizing this dangerous mindset and what you can do to overcome it.
Wayne Turmel, Cranky Middle Manager: Cranky Middle Manager Show #197 with Dan Bobinski - Wayne over at the Cranky Middle Manager Show has a great interview with one of my favorite bloggers, Dan Bobinski, where they discuss "passion driven teams, motivation, and the war of 1812" among other interesting topics.
Ann Bares, Compensation Force: Salary Freezes and Reductions... Is the End in Sight? - Compensation pro Ann Bares points us to (and synthesizes) an nice piece of research from Watson Wyatt on the current trends in the employment market towards salary freezes, pay reductions, and merit pay increases.
