Talent and Learning

It feels like these is a disconnect between talent and learning. Not so much that they aren’t in the same place and playing the same game, but more the lack of explicit connection, and implicit overlap between the two. I was speaking with someone recently about the shopkeeper to engineer analogy – learning needs to… Read More Talent and Learning

Roles v Skills

I was speaking with some people yesterday and someone mentioned that the word role was difficult to categorise. The people they work with might have a number of roles and, depending on their activity in the day/week/month, might be all, some, or none of them. When we’re building our talent pipelines, if we think only… Read More Roles v Skills

Retention isn’t what it used to be

According to a survey of almost 11k employees, opportunity for professional growth and learning has dropped from being the 3rd most important reason for employees to stay in an organisation, to 8th. Job security, flexibility to work from home, pay, reward, time off, and other benefits are way above the traditional development activities which LnD… Read More Retention isn’t what it used to be

It ain’t what they call you…

   …it’s what you answer to. WC Fields Manager sits at their desk wearing a Leader’s hat, ‘Send for Training right away’, I want to have a chat. Training attends immediately, carrying pen and paper, ‘I want to develop Talent’ booms Leader, And Training’s belief dissolves like water vapour. Seated back at their working space,… Read More It ain’t what they call you…