YOUR PEOPLE ARE YOUR BUSINESS
On the importance of organizational health and agility, and why reading CEO biographies won’t make you a better leader. Interview by Markham Heid TQ: You’re a proponent of approaching leadership and organizational change using an evidence-based approach. What does that mean exactly? Bazigos: My overriding ethos has a few basic […]
Feedback has become the new F word in talent management circles. The authors would like you to know this: It’s okay to say it—and give it. And they have science on their side. By Jack Zenger and Joe Folkman A recent article in Harvard Business Review, “The Feedback Fallacy,” has ignited […]
Brash bigwigs used to get the glory, but then they started cratering companies. Now the next great leaders look a whole lot more selfless. By Robert Hogan, Ph.D., Ryne Sherman, Ph.D., and Scott Gregory, Ph.D. The research is now crystal clear: Three psychological concepts—charisma, narcissism, and humility—impact leadership. Each is […]
Harmful office practices like overbearing bosses and frantic deadlines promote out-of-control employee stress and all its attendant harms. But workers aren’t the only ones who lose when they’re grinded into the ground. And the author has the evidence. By Jeffrey Pfeffer, Ph.D. You don’t have to work in a coal […]
Too many companies are deploying the wrong weapons in the battle to retain top talent. Here’s what actually matters. By Graham H. Lowman, Ph.D., and Peter D. Harms, Ph.D. Between a tight labor market and the increasing necessity to attract and retain top talent, companies can find themselves in the […]
In an increasingly divisive American workplace, understanding employee sentiment has never been more critical to productivity and shareholder value. Do you have the resources to hear what your people are saying? By Kevin Oakes Americans are more divided than ever—and so are our workplaces. While this began in earnest with […]
The mission of Talent Quarterly is to make organizations more successful by providing their leaders with the science-based, insightful, and practical information to make critical talent decisions. We accomplish that mission by publishing serious, provocative, and practical articles and interviews that raise the quality of dialogue about talent. We believe the current dialogue on talent issues provides few insights and little guidance to senior-level leaders. We believe that an honest broker is needed to adjudicate the claims made by consultants and academics about the effectiveness of talent management practices and products.