Topic: HR Strategy and Systems

What separates the Pats from the Colts is succession planning

With Super Bowl XLVI right around the corner, we want to reflect on seasons past and highlight leadership learning lessons from one of America’s favorite sports.

Doug Conant on Celebrating Contributions (Video)

Doug Conant’s work-life philosophy? Be tough-minded on performance and tender-hearted with people.

A Conversation with Bill Conaty on Candor and Talent Mastery — Part 2

On September 14, 2011 Linkage welcomed HR legend Bill Conaty on the Thought Leader Series. In this interview, Bill Conaty discusses how candor should be used to accelerate personal growth.

A Conversation with Bill Conaty on candor and trust in leadership

In the following excerpt, HR legend Bill Conaty depicts how Candor and Trust are to be used to lead to better insights into people’s talent and to pinpoint development needs in order to accelerate personal growth in organizations.

The end of “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell”

So after 18 years of forced secrets and lying, military personnel are now allowed to be open about their sexuality without fear of termination or discrimination.

Don’t Miss This Week’s Free Webinar: How to Develop an Integrated Women’s Leadership Strategy

August 23, 2011 2pm ET  To maximize returns in business today, organizations must have effective women’s leadership strategies. Today’s successful women’s leadership strategies have a clearly articulated business case, are linked to generating top line revenue growth, and are integrated and demonstrate the ability to drive operating profit. In this complimentary session, you will learn…

William J. Conaty Elected to Goodyear Board

“Bill Conaty is one of the most highly respected people in his field and is a true business leader,” said Goodyear Chairman and Chief Executive Officer Richard J. Kramer. “Bill’s experience in coaching and developing leaders and teams will be a tremendous asset to both our board of directors and our company.” — The Goodyear Tire Rubber Company, in a recent press release.

Free Webinar: How to Develop an Integrated Women’s Leadership Strategy

August 23, 2011 2pm ET  To maximize returns in business today, organizations must have effective women’s leadership strategies. Today’s successful women’s leadership strategies have a clearly articulated business case, are linked to generating top line revenue growth, and are integrated and demonstrate the ability to drive operating profit. In this complimentary session, you will learn…

Business Advisor, Dr. Ram Charan, on Jack Welch and What Makes a Great CEO

On September 14, 2011 Bill Conaty—GE veteran and best-selling co-author with Dr. Ram Charan of Talent Master: Why Smart Leaders Put People before Numbers—will present on strategies to attract and nurture top talent as a part of Linkage’s Thought Leader Series. Today, for fascinating insight on this pressing topic, watch this short BloombergUTV video of…

Tackling the 21st Century Talent Challenge by Roger Young

Being truly global requires more than having offices located around the global. Being a global organization means having integrated systems and processes that manage the flow of work, ideas, products, services and talent.