YOUR PEOPLE ARE YOUR BUSINESS
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 […]
What does evolutionary biology have to do with personality psychology or organizational behavior? Everything. By Derek Lusk, Ph.D., Ryne Sherman, Ph.D., and Robert Hogan, Ph.D. Our human ancestors repeatedly solved many problems related to their own survival (avoiding threats, finding food) and reproduction (finding a mate, caring for one’s kin). […]
If you can imagine your Big Arrow, you’ve already mastered half the strategy for getting your organization back on track. By Peter Bregman “I’m not sure whether we have a leadership problem, or a team problem,” my client’s panicked call began. “But either way, we have a problem.” John (not […]
The future is transforming by the minute. Can your company keep up? To rethink your workforce strategy and avoid getting creamed, you’ll need to build this critical competency. By Lisa D. Danels and Christian Neubert Is your organization skidding toward irrelevancy? Before you shout a resounding “no way,” consider the […]
Massive organizational change requires agility, business acumen, and complex problem-solving. So if your talent management team has grown complacent over time, that’s a massive problem. By Aaron Sorensen, Ph.D. The volatility of today’s business environment is unprecedented. New technologies like automation, artificial intelligence, and digitization are changing business models at […]
Employee attitudes have a major impact on retention rates. But are you focusing enough on the organizational procedures that shape those attitudes? Make these moves and reverse your attrition trends. By Leah Wolfeld Turnover doesn’t come cheap. When an employee leaves an organization, the company incurs direct costs through vacation […]
Why do so many managers let poor performance slide? It isn’t to coddle their employees—it’s to protect their own reputations. Too bad everyone loses in the end. By Rob Kaiser There’s an open secret in today’s workplace: Managers aren’t holding their employees accountable. Even with millennials hungry for more feedback […]
8 scientific steps for landing the promotion—and creating the future—you deserve. By Marc Effron Some people begin their careers with a clear performance advantage. They may be smarter than you, come from a better socioeconomic background, be physically attractive, or have helpful personality characteristics. Each of those factors is scientifically […]
As organizations must tackle more hot-button social issues every day, leaders are at greater risk than ever of saying too little. This is a problem, because feedback has never mattered more. By Angela Lane and Sergey Gorbatov Today’s business environment grows more complex by the minute. Blame it on 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.
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