Monthly Archives: June 2009

Scott Powers – Alvarez & Marsal: Managing talent in a corporate turn-around environment

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Scott Powers, Managing Director of Alvarez & Marsal discusses the role of talent management in corporate turn-arounds. Specializing in stabilizing and improving company performance, Alvarez & Marsal helps firms manage promising but underperforming organizations. Scott often acts as interim CEO for newly acquired company and has been instrumental in several major corporate turn-arounds. Scott discusses the role of talent management in his work, with an emphasis on the importance of goal management in ensuring companies stay focused when they are fighting for their very survival.

Find out what it takes to recapture momentum and rebuild the “winning attitude” that is often lost when companies run into financial crises. If you work with companies facing financial strain then you will definitely want to listen to Scott Powers – this week on People Performance Radio.

John Ambrose – Skillsoft: Using social media to support knowledge management

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John Ambrose, Senior Vice President of Strategy for Skillsoft discusses how technology is facilitating knowledge sharing among employees both within and across organizations. John discusses the difference between effective knowledge management search engines versus more common “Google” type internet search tools. He also provides insights into leveraging social networking tools such as “Twitter” to rapidly locate the information you need when you need it.

Whether you are a “twitter master” or don’t know a tweet from a twerp, learn from John Ambrose about how to more effectively manage your knowledge – this week on People Performance Radio.

Thomas Britt – Clemson University: High engagement and high maintenance

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Thomas Britt, psychology professor at Clemson University shares insights from research studying potential limitations and downsides of employee engagement. Thomas explains that highly engaged employees tend to have much more demanding expectations from employers in terms of the resources they expect from employers. The more employees care about performance the less they tolerate work conditions that do not allow them to perform at an optimal level. Highly engaged employees even become physically more stressed when companies set them up for what they perceive to be failure.

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Learn about the caring, nurturing and feeding of highly engaged employees: this week on People Performance Radio.

Susan Burns – Talent Synchronicity: Candidate relationship management

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Susan Burns, Chief Talent Strategist at Talent Synchronicity explains how staffing and recruiting functions are changing to create more adaptive and sustainable workforce strategies. The rate of change in business is rendering more static, position based workforce planning and staffing models obsolete. Susan discusses how this is changing the nature of recruiting from “filling positions” to “maintaining candidate relationships”. This includes relationships with both external candidates and existing employees who are looking to advance their careers.

Learn what someone who has long been on the forefront of employment branding and staffing is forecasting for the coming years. Start building your relationship with the future of talent management: this week on People Performance Radio.