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Desperately Seeking Internal Successors: A Rescue Plan
by Steve Krupp, Carlos Rivero and Vandana Vaidyanathan

The recession helped clarify why building an internal pipeline of leadership successors is critical. Now talent leaders have to identify what high potentials should look like based on new business challenges.

Preference in Succession Planning
by James Bowley

Offering employees a choice in the succession planning process isnâ��t a common practice, but it has merit. Understanding preferences can give employees a window into career progression and development, and aid internal sourcing efforts.

Filling the HR Leadership Development Void
by Jeremy M. Eskenazi

Acquisition of a new title doesnâ��t necessarily confer the skills and abilities needed to lead effectively.

Emerging Leaders: Closer Than You Think
by Herb Greenberg and Patrick Sweeney

Successors will set the tone for a legacy; yet, talent managers often avoid this conversation for as long as possible.

Managing Talent Shortfalls
by Kevin J. Sensenig

Major consulting firms have been sounding the alarm about a coming talent shortfall since the turn of the century.

Transition at the Top
by Stuart Crandell, Ph.D.

Senior-level executive succession planning requires a careful process.

To Tell or Not to Tell: Grooming High Potentials
by Lindsay Edmonds Wickman

Just as Hamlet faced a critical decision, this parody on his soliloquy illustrates that talent managers do, too.

Stay Out of Workforce Planning Pitfalls
by Paige Menge, Nick Garbis and Mick Collins

It is critical to identify some of the common pitfalls of workforce planning and illustrate how practitioners can avoid them.

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Columnists:

March 2010
Is Your Talent on the Roof?
by Kevin D. Wilde

As the talent sitters for the organization, we shouldn�t be muddled about communicating potential.

March 2010
Why Don�t Men Listen?
by Harold D. Stolovitch, Ph.D.

In the workplace there is more to this question than meets the eye, or ear.

Dashboard

March 2010
Does Engagement Really Drive Results?
by Laurie Bassi and Dan McMurrer

Once organizations understand that employee engagement is not uniform and not necessarily aligned with the bottom line, they can focus on the true human drivers of business results.

Application

March 2010
Throwing Employees a Lifeline
by Marcia Carruthers

The detrimental effects of increased productivity demands can be avoided, and life stress held in check, for those employers who make the effort to extend lifelines to their employees.

Insight

March 2010
Vitamin T: Talent at Morrision
by Daniel Margolis

Morrison Management Specialists meets the nutritional needs of the nation�s patients via a large workforce that�s kept happy, healthy and growing.