In our Q2 TalentWatch® 
research report (TalentWatch is Bersin & Associates business research on employment, hiring, talent readiness, and investment trends, available to research members) we see definite signs that business leaders in most industries have now lowered their expectations and essentially “capitulated” on the 2009 recession. This means that companies have stopped looking … Read more»
One of the themes of our exciting new Succession Management research is what we call “transparent talent mobility.” It’s an important new concept in talent management, and one which came to us after more than a year of research into various succession management programs.
Let me start with the underlying issue: today, and on into … Read more»
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( 3 so far )This week we witnessed another vivid lesson in the value of executive succession: Jerry Yang steps down as the CEO of Yahoo!. Yang replaced Terry Semel, who spent years trying to build Yahoo! into a media company, only to see it lose market share to the more innovative, technology savvy Google. Yang presided over an … Read more»
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( None so far )We have been doing a lot of research and work with the Federal Government in the area of talent management. Let me share a few interesting findings.
The United States Federal government has more than 2,7 million employees, ranging in roles from secret service agents to financial analysts to IT specialists to scientists. These people work … Read more»
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( 3 so far )We recently completed our annual research conference and I had a wonderful opportuinty to meet and talk with 15 different HR and L&D executives in a special roundtable. The theme of our research conference is The Business of Talent®, and as you will read, this theme comes through in almost every organization. Talent management is a … Read more»
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( None so far )As we continue to study best practices in the implementation of corporate learning and talent management, we find that high performing organizations fall into two categories: those who endure and prosper over long periods of time (decades), and those who rapidly rise to prominence, then falter during a major business challenge, and often become acquired (or … Read more»
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( 1 so far )This week I had a call with five financial services clients to understand the impact of the economic slowdown on their learning, talent, and systems investments. How are HR, talent strategies, and enterprise learning investments being affected by the credit crunch and slowdown in the US financial system?
(The clients included companies in banking and insurance: TD … Read more»
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( None so far )As we continue to study best-practices in talent management and talk with many organizations, we see more and more evidence that top-down goal alignment and transparency truly do drive business results.
For example, we recently had an in-depth discussion with the Vice-President of HR at Bon-Ton Stores, a highly-successful mid-sized retailer which operates among the higher … Read more»
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( None so far )I recently completed a meeting with 200 of the top HR executives at MetLife, one of the most successful and sustainable global insurance companies. MetLife’s Vice-President of People, Deb Capolarello, is developing an integrated talent management strategy to help the organization integrate all its well-established HR processes into business solutions.
One of the problems MetLife … Read more»
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Josh Bersin is President and CEO of Bersin & Associates, a leading research and advisory services firm in enterprise learning and talent management.
