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Why A Succession Plan is not the same as Planning for Succession

One of the challenges I see often in organisations is that Talent Management focuses heavily on identifying who should be on the succession plan and who is considered a leader of the future. And that’s where it stops. Once the names are slotted into the relevant grids and boxes, nothing happens until the following year when the

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Is This the Biggest Risk to Your Succession Plan?

In my last blog post “Only 14% of Talent Management Programmes Work.  What Can You Do About It?” I talked about why it’s important to have a joined up approach to succession and talent management that creates a fit between the ambitions of an organisation and its leaders. Let me share a story of why

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Only 14% of Talent Management Programmes Work. What Can You Do About It?

Did you realise only 14% of Succession Planning and Talent Management Programmes are considered a success? That was the conclusion from a 2009 survey by the American Society for Training and Development (ASTD).  Frankly, experience tells me things haven’t improved over the last few years. Whatever the figure, there’s plenty of opportunity for improvement.  Talent

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My Most Popular Blog Posts of 2013

Antoinette Oglethorpe | Talent Development | My Most Popular Blog Posts of 2013 The end of every year is full of reviews.  Reviews of news, reviews of books, reviews of blog posts, reviews of, well,  just about everything. In my view, there are two reasons for this.  First, it’s a cop-out.  Let’s face it, people are

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A message to make you smile at Christmas…

2013 has been a great year for me – and I hope it’s been just as good for you too.  Here’s to an even more successful 2014, developing your talent and achieving business success. If you’re anything like me the last few weeks will have been hectically busy as you balance developing your talent, the demands

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3 Reasons You Need to Train Managers to Resolve Conflict in the Workplace

This post was originally published in the Newsletter for CIPD Management Toolclicks.  You can read the original article here. Conflict in the workplace is a management issue and every manager need to be able to resolve conflict in a healthy, productive fashion.  Workplaces employ people and, as soon as you have people working together, you have

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