Whether you’re scaling a large organization or building a new company, hiring and retaining top talent and building a high performing team is absolutely …Read more
Why You Should Consider the “High Commitments” Over High Potentials
Within progressive organizations, high-potential (HIPO) employees have been the mainstay of many talent management and succession planning system. Their …Read more
Why You Should Tell High-Potential Employees That They’re HIPOs
Most HR professionals say that finding and developing high potential employees (HIPOs) is a top priority, but for employees it can seem like joining an …Read more
When It High-Potential Employees, Is Your “High” Really High Enough?
Sometimes a firm’s search for its high potential employees can seem as pointless and unproductive as the famous race in Alice in Wonderland where everyone …Read more
Can a High Performer Be a High Potential, Too?
HiPo — it’s short for “high potential,” and a buzz word today among HR professionals. But, what is a high potential? Here is my …Read more
Five Dos and Don’ts of Managing High Potential Employees
As the War for Talent rages, ensuring the success of high potential (HiPo) employee programs is more important than ever. Many companies still struggle to …Read more
Hiring Wisdom: HighPo’s Are Great, But High Producers Pay the Bills
High Potential, or High Producer? The difference between these two desirable types of recruits or employees are that the High Producer is a proven entity …Read more
The Motivations and Behaviors That Define High Potential Employees
Being successful at work is mainly about two things: motivation and behavior. Even the most promising, high potential employees may look like high-flyers, …Read more
Five Critical Priorities HR Can’t Afford to Ignore in 2015
Editor’s Note: It’s a TLNT holiday tradition to count down the most popular posts of the year. This is No. 5. Our regular content will return on Monday. …Read more
Top 10 Talent Trends That HR Pros Really Need to Know
Editor’s Note: It’s a TLNT holiday tradition to count down the most popular posts of the past year. This is No. 38. Our regular content will …Read more
Five Critical Priorities HR Can’t Afford to Ignore in 2015
How employees get their work done has changed remarkably quickly; unsurprisingly HR needs to change, too Anyone who works in a global company doesn’t need …Read more
3 Ways to Identify and Develop the Critical Talent You Need
Talent is getting unprecedented recognition as a key determinant of business success, and talent management has become so crucial to business growth that …Read more
Top 10 Talent Trends That HR Pros Really Need to Know
CEB data show 10 trends that HR professionals should be aware of and four things to look out for in the next 12 months Despite 73 percent of HR …Read more
Getting Better Results: Go Beyond High Potentials, Look at ALL Employees
Personnel Today recently reported on a survey conducted by KPMG’s Global HR Centre of Excellence. The survey asked “people and change practitioners” from …Read more
The Problem When You Have a Pay-For-Pulse Compensation Strategy
Picture the scene: Your company doesn’t have enough money in the annual merit spend budget to grant more than an average 2 percent increase to …Read more
Why Do More Than Half of HiPos Drop Out of Development Programs?
Organizations the world over are investing big sums in high-potential employee (HiPo) development programs because they rightly see that developing their …Read more
Want to Excel? It’s About Whether You Pick For Potential or Achievement
If you’re promoting employees, advocating for them, or hiring them, your natural instinct is to choose someone with a solid track record of accomplishment. …Read more
Ruining High Potentials, or When Talent Management Goes Wrong
Once upon a time, there was a young man who was searching for a career. Like many young people, his early jobs took him on a circuitous route, and …Read more
Want to Engage High-Potential Employees? Don’t Take Them for Granted
Editor’s note: TLNT is continuing an annual tradition by counting down the most popular posts of the year. This is No. 16. Our regular content will return …Read more
What’s the No. 1 Worry For HR Executives? Surprise! It’s a Talent Issue
Want to know what’s reeeeeeally going on in the world of work? Right Management, the talent and career management arm of ManpowerGroup, has released a …Read more