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 November 2nd through November 8th, 2009.
Deb Owen, Beyond 8 Hours and a Lunch: You Can't Improve What You Don't Measure - Deb has a great post up about the importance of measuring performance and illustrates how you can add value to your organization by measuring what matters most.
Jon Ingham's Strategic HCM Blog: Ten Strategies for Improving Performance Management- Jon shares a slide show from a recent presentation in Athens where he discusses 10 strategies for improving performance management.
Chris Ferdinandi, Know HR: Seven Things Marketing Can Teach You About HR - Believe it or not, there is something the HR community can learn from those pesky folks in marketing. Chris shares seven things marketing can teach HR in a great guest post over at the Know HR blog.
Jim Stroud, The Recruiters Lounge: 7 Tactics to Retain Your Most Valuable Assets - "Our people are our most valuable assets" is a common corporate slogan that many employees can't help but feel is little more than lip service. If your employees are really your most important assets, Jim has seven tips to help you retain the top talent in your organization.
Mary Lorenz, The Hiring Site: Un-Boarding: 5 Ways Companies Get Employee Onboarding Wrong- The employee onboarding process is a critical element of an effective talent management strategy. Unfortunately this is an area where many organizations fail to properly set the stage for sustained exceptional performance. Mary Lorenz shares five ways companies get employee onboarding wrong and what can be done about it.
