I like to start every week by pointing you to my choices for the top five talent management, leadership development, and human resource management blog posts from the past week. Here's what I've enjoyed reading this past week:
Don't Let Your Strength Become Your Weakness - Researchers interviewed 18,000 U.K. leaders over a decade (1999 to 2009) to discover what derailed them under pressure. They identified 11 derailers — strengths which turned into flaws under pressure. Watch for a future blog post I am writing titled - "Is Your Organization Too Politically Correct?".
A Better Way to Cut Costs - According to a recent McKinsey Quarterly survey, 79 percent of all companies have cut costs in response to the global economic crisis—but only 53 percent of executives think that doing so has helped their companies weather it. Yet organizations continue to cut. Are you cutting costs across the board or strategically?
Big Ideas- Seth Godin shares an insight about big ideas...
Economic Downturn Leading to Decline in Employee Commitment, Morale, Survey Finds - The cost-cutting actions that employers have been making to deal with the economic crisis have contributed to a sharp decline in the morale and commitment of their workers, especially top performers, according to an annual survey by Watson Wyatt, a leading global consulting firm, and WorldatWork, an international association of human resource professionals.
A Success Story - Using Social Media to Recruit - Jessica Lee from the Fistful of Talent shares a personal success story of using social media tools to find a new team member on the cheap.
