A new concept in leadership - "rewardingness" - can help determine a leader's influence and the success or otherwise of their business unit, according to a social scientist.
Australia Post has cut by half the number of people it hires externally, using a strategy that identifies and builds on the skills already within its organisation, says the company's head of recruitment and transition, Rebecca Houghton.
'Put the customer first' is an outdated adage, says St George Bank chief executive officer George Frazis. Instead, any organisation that really wants to please its customers will put its own people first.
There's a high chance the investment your company is making in high-potential employees is simply grooming them for the competition, according to talent expert Eugene Burke.
Faced with a shrinking talent pool, Konica Minolta has gone back to basics and launched its own trainee program, targeting people of all ages without tertiary qualifications.
Too often leaders are focused on themselves and what they can achieve, but the best leaders engage in "collective leadership" - creating more leaders and bringing out collective creative capacity, says Roma Gaster, director of The Leadership Circle, Asia Pacific.
While the Asia Pacific region has improved significantly in gender diversity at the senior management level, thousands women in middle management feel unable to break into senior ranks, new research shows.
If you think a development program that focuses on building leaders as individuals will boost the diversity of your upper ranks, think again. Different demographics often require tailored programs, one company has found.
Employers relying on traditional workforce planning models to predict and meet talent needs will find the task impossible before long, according to talent expert Kevin Wheeler.
HR has traditionally been good at collecting operational metrics, but less so at using this data strategically to inform workforce planning decisions, according to a talent management and recruitment specialist.
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