Thought Leadership
White Papers and Articles |
With over 35 years experience in talent and performance management, TalentQuest consultants have accumulated a wealth of best practices, industry benchmarks, and research findings. We constantly strive to discover innovative approaches and offer the most insightful perspectives to our clients… in our quest to continually enhance peak performance.
We periodically publish white papers to delve deeper into targeted topics and share our holistic approach to enhancing talent management via our quarterly webinars. Our monthly newsletters succinctly spotlight a hot topic that offers relevance to organizations of all sizes- from hiring tips to succession strategies.
Following is a brief selection of articles and newsletter features. If there is a specific topic of particular importance to you, please click here to submit it to our consultants for future newsletters.
LATEST WHITE PAPER DOWNLOAD!* (April 27, 2009)
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The Importance and ROI of Training: Surviving and Thriving in an Economic Downturn
In most organizations today, fewer people are being asked to do more, as many positions have been eliminated. Ensuring supervisors and managers have the skills needed to increase employee productivity and engagement will prove to be critical to your near-term and long-term success. This paper discusses:
• The importance of talent management in increasing
engagement and productivity in a highly distracting
environment.
• The value of basic supervisory training and its potential
to have a real and immediate impact on organizational performance.
• Practical recommendations on how to turn training initiatives into development
programs that will make a lasting difference to the organization and the individual.
• Tangible ROI methods for you to shift organizational leaders’ mindsets from ‘training
as a cost center’ to ‘training as a profit driver.’
The key questions are a) how do human resources leaders make the most of limited training and development resources? and b) how do you shift the conversation from ‘can we afford to do it?’ to ‘can we afford not to do it?’ Find out how.
ARCHIVED WHITE PAPERS, REPORTS, AND ARTICLES, BY CATEGORY
Peak Performance
Leadership Development
- Talent Management in Financial Services: Best Practices for a Sluggish Economy* (6/08)
- “Developing Leaders - 2 Key Ingredients” (3/07)
- “Predicting Success in Managers - Key Personality Traits” (11/07)
- Quick Tips - How Does Your Leadership Measure Up? (3/07)
Management Training
Performance Management & 360s
- “Removing the Fear of Feedback - 360s as a Talent Development Tool” (6/07)
- Quick Tips - Potential Pitfalls of the 360 Process (6/07)
Succession Management
Executive Services
- “User’s Guide to Executive Search” (9/07)
- Quick Tips - Things Every Search ‘User’ Should Know (9/07)
- Quick Tips - Instilling Excellence: Hints for Leaders (10/06)
Human Capital Strategy
- “Committing to Excellence - New Challenges of Teams and Their Leaders” (10/06)
- "Organizational Leadership in the New World: Tomorrow’s Realities are Here Today"*(01/09)
Executive Coaching and Mentoring
Selection and Assessment
- “Creating Competencies That Matter"* (1/08)
- “Assessment for Retention” (1/08)
- “Selection Strategies” (12/06)
Strategic Workforce Planning
- “Layoff Advice... If You Have To Do It, Do It Right”*- (11/08)
- “True Cost of Turnover”- (12/07)
- Quick Tips - ‘Are the Right People in the Right Places?’ (12/07)
