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Talent Management
For a talent management process to have long-term success, solutions must go well beyond just identifying and recruiting the right managers and executives. Talent needs are constantly in flux, requiring a customized approach and a keen awareness of the challenges and opportunities that lay ahead. Leadership development is an ongoing process that must be aligned with the company’s strategic goals and culture while also taking in account influences from the marketplace as a whole.
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Asia 2.0: Leading the next wave of growth in Asia
Asia has emerged as the new center of global economic growth, which is now being driven by rising consumption and increased innovation across the region. This portends major changes for business talent and leadership by 2025. Western multinationals and Asian enterprises who want to expand in the region must develop their own flexible, creative, and collaborative leaders—a group currently in extremely short supply.
Date:
11/10/2010
Authors:
Indranil
Roy,
George S.
Hallenbeck, Ph.D.
Best practices in developing and implementing competency models
Extensive research has identified the competencies required for leaders to succeed. The best method for integrating talent management throughout an organization is to use competency models as the foundation for all aspects of strategic HR, including selecting, developing and deploying talent. When competency modeling efforts are sponsored by senior leaders, aligned to strategy, and based on validated research, that leads to increased shareholder value, studies have shown.
Date:
10/08/2010
Authors:
J. Evelyn
Orr,
Craig
Sneltjes,
Guangrong
Dai
The Strategic Talent Management Architect: A New Framework for Understanding Organizational Effectiveness
Businesses in many ways are comparable to machines. To operate, they require a prime source of power. We assert that leadership and human capital power the business machine. As such, talent becomes the primary driver of organizational effectiveness.
Date:
08/02/2010
Authors:
Kim E.
Ruyle,
Gabriella
Kilby,
Kenneth P.
De Meuse,
Kevin
J. Mlodzik
Navigating the New Talent Management Realities in the Consumer Industry
Organizations around the globe have been battered by unprecedented economic turmoil, as years of extraordinary growth gave way to a deep recession. Now, as whispers of an economic recovery grow louder, some anticipate that this too, will produce its own difficulties. Korn/Ferry sat down with a select group of human resource directors from consumer products companies across Asia Pacific to discuss the critical issues faced by HR professionals and the impact of an economic recovery on their organizations at large.
Date:
03/31/2010
Authors:
Jacqueline
Gillespie,
Lelia
Lim-Loges
MANAGING GLOBAL ENTERPRISES: The Critical Developmental Needs of Chinese Executives
Chinese businesses have been integrating into the global economy at an extraordinary pace during the past decade. This large scope of globalization in China has created unprecedented human resource challenges. A chief concern has been the acute scarcity of Chinese leadership talent. Based on our global leadership assessment data, we contrasted Chinese managers with a global sample.
Date:
01/29/2010
Authors:
Jack
Lim,
Guangrong
Dai,
Kenneth P.
De Meuse
Negotiating the Emotional Contract Before Signing on the Dotted Line
Following the onset of the recession, The Korn/Ferry Institute launched a new thought leadership series called "Korn/Ferry's Career Playbook: Winning Strategies in Today's Job Market" to address executive job seekers's most frequent and pressing questions.
Date:
01/04/2010
Discover the DNA of Future CEOs
Globalization, economic change, more stringent regulation and tougher governance make realizing shareholder value increasingly difficult. Never has it been more critical for companies not only to have the right leader in place, but a visible pipeline of high potential individuals ‘in-waiting’. Despite the immense challenges of the role, its prestige and visibility continue to create no shortage of people who aspire to become a CEO. So why do people strive to attain this pinnacle position and how do organizations identify the right attributes to make sure they invest in those individuals genuinely capable of reaching the top job?
Date:
12/21/2009
Driving Team Effectiveness
Research indicates a key reason why teams fail is that many employees are ill-prepared to make the transition from individual contributor to team member. One of the fundamentals to developing high performing teams is to understand that successful teams do not simply happen. They take much effort and time. They take proper guidance and support from the team leader. They require an organizational culture which enable and fosters team work.
Date:
12/16/2009
Author:
Kenneth P.
De Meuse
Ready! Set! Recovery! - Are you ready for the hiring realities of 2010?
As 2010 approaches, many organizations are anticipating the likelihood of renewing their hiring efforts. Before they begin, they must prepare to enter a decade where they will face new realities and new challenges brought upon by the economic upheaval of the preceding years. Some changes will provide opportunities while others will prove more vexing. Here is a look at eight likely occurrences, their probable impact on hiring efforts and how you can take action to best position your organization for success.
Date:
12/09/2009
Authors:
George S.
Hallenbeck, Ph.D.,
Sian
Connell
Protecting Your Reputation: The Importance of Reference Selection
In early 2009, The Korn/Ferry Institute launched a new thought leadership series called "Korn/Ferry's Career Playbook: Winning Strategies in Today's Job Market" to address executive job seekers's most frequent and pressing questions. The fifth article in this series highlights the importance of managing your references in today’s socially networked and often litigious culture. Understanding how recruiters use references can help you choose and prepare the most appropriate people to speak about you as a person and a professional. In this article, the experts at Korn/Ferry describe how they find and work with the most solid referrals possible.
Date:
10/25/2009